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From: "elmacaco" <elmacaco@...>
> Not true at all.
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> the HD I use in My SE HD Rack was opened many times and manually spun numerous
> times and then put back together and it still works fine.
>
> The trick with the HD, especially if it hasn't been used in a long time (most
> Emaxes you buy will fall into this category) is once you get it spinning, Format
> that fucker, and do it a few times, like say, 4. You can do the data check and
> the other Emax things you can do to the hard drive at this point if you want.
>
> That will wake up your drive and make it really perform. Then with the spinning
> up issue, when I don;t power my emax up for a while, the HD won;t spin up,
> now I use the rack, so this may not be possible on the keyboard version, but
> when this happens, I turn on the emax, and punch the panel with the instructions
> on it, this shakes the drive a bit so it can spin up, once it starts spinning
> sometimes I get a bit of gibberish in the display, and I turn it off then on
> again and it spins up now that the motor spun up just before.
>
> This probably sounds worse than it is, I actually used to manually spin the
> drive internally until someone on this list told me they just punch it (speak
> up, I owe you a thanks ;) and it beats having to open the emax and the drive.
>
> I have a spare drive that I could replace the one I have with, but for now this
> works fine, when I'm on point I power up my emax every couple of days to avoid
> the drive spin problem, but the punching is really a great trick.
>
> as for exposing the plates, I've even touched them, still no data loss.
>
> And that's how you navigate the Emax HD.
>
> Long live old samplers!!
>
> el
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: gray
> To: emax@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 7:47 PM
> Subject: Re: [emax] Re;Emax SE HD issues
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> You actually open the drive itself and exposed the plates.....if you did
> that I would say its toast.....
> gray
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: angelo_negrette
> To: emax@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 7:39 PM
> Subject: [emax] Re;Emax SE HD issues
>
> Can someone offer me some direction as far as navigating the hard
> drive on an Emax SE HD? I purchased one off of E-Bay some time ago and
> it worked fine for a while. I was able to access the sounds off the
> factory loaded hard drive with no problem. Then the hard drive stopped
> working, so I opened the unit up and re-seated the cables and it
> functioned again. After it stopped spinning a second time, I opened up
> the hard drive case and spun it manually. I put it back together and
> it powered up, spun and the display stuck on 'loading software' after
> initially saying 'diagnostics'. Thinking that it was the hard drive, I
> bought a re-furbished one off E-Bay, but I am having the same problem.
> I don't see anywhere in the Emax manual or SE manual where it tells
> you how to access sounds or save sounds to the hard drive. Any help in
> these matters would be greatly appreciated. Sorry for the long winded
> inquiry. Thanks in advance, -Angelo
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