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Emax II Issue

2013-02-28 by peccisteve

Hi there!

I'm having some trouble with my recently acquired Emax II Keyboard.

When powered up, LED's for Transpose, Drive Select and Dynamic Processing remain on. After a few seconds, Transpose turns off, but the two other LED's are still on and the unit doesn't completely boot. Furthermore, the LCD show no letters at all, just a black stripe on the first line.

What can I do to get the unit working again?

P.S. Here are some pictures of the Emax when powering up.

http://img4.hostingpics.net/pics/730991Picture3.jpg

http://img4.hostingpics.net/pics/139651Picture2.jpg

Re: [emax] Emax II Issue

2013-02-28 by Ted Summers

Start by reseating your ICs and the connectors to the main logic board.


On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 2:26 PM, peccisteve <peccisteve@...> wrote:

> **
>
>
> Hi there!
>
> I'm having some trouble with my recently acquired Emax II Keyboard.
>
> When powered up, LED's for Transpose, Drive Select and Dynamic Processing
> remain on. After a few seconds, Transpose turns off, but the two other
> LED's are still on and the unit doesn't completely boot. Furthermore, the
> LCD show no letters at all, just a black stripe on the first line.
>
> What can I do to get the unit working again?
>
> P.S. Here are some pictures of the Emax when powering up.
>
> http://img4.hostingpics.net/pics/730991Picture3.jpg
>
> http://img4.hostingpics.net/pics/139651Picture2.jpg
>
>  
>


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Re: [emax] Emax II Issue

2013-02-28 by Robert Paul

Ok, cool. One more question (well two part).


the HD's are 50 pin SCSI? just in case I need to replace it. And what is the process to flash the SE Plus OS to the HD? Can any floppy disk with the SE Plus OS format the HD?



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 From: Ted Summers <djtbs1@...>
To: emax@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2013 5:36 PM
Subject: Re: [emax] Emax II Issue
 
Start by reseating your ICs and the connectors to the main logic board.


On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 2:26 PM, peccisteve <peccisteve@...> wrote:

> **
>
>
> Hi there!
>
> I'm having some trouble with my recently acquired Emax II Keyboard.
>
> When powered up, LED's for Transpose, Drive Select and Dynamic Processing
> remain on. After a few seconds, Transpose turns off, but the two other
> LED's are still on and the unit doesn't completely boot. Furthermore, the
> LCD show no letters at all, just a black stripe on the first line.
>
> What can I do to get the unit working again?
>
> P.S. Here are some pictures of the Emax when powering up.
>
> http://img4.hostingpics.net/pics/730991Picture3.jpg
>
> http://img4.hostingpics.net/pics/139651Picture2.jpg
>
>  
>


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Emax and Emax II User's Group Website

http://www.silveriafamily.comYahoo! Groups Links



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Re: Emax II Issue

2013-02-28 by rahway_exit12

Sorry about that, disregard...

--- In emax@yahoogroups.com, Robert Paul <rahway_exit12@...> wrote:

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>
> Ok, cool. One more question (well two part).
> 
> 
> the HD's are 50 pin SCSI? just in case I need to replace it. And what is the process to flash the SE Plus OS to the HD? Can any floppy disk with the SE Plus OS format the HD?
> 
> 
> 
> ________________________________
>  From: Ted Summers <djtbs1@...>
> To: emax@yahoogroups.com 
> Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2013 5:36 PM
> Subject: Re: [emax] Emax II Issue
>  
> Start by reseating your ICs and the connectors to the main logic board.
> 
> 
> On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 2:26 PM, peccisteve <peccisteve@...> wrote:
> 
> > **
> >
> >
> > Hi there!
> >
> > I'm having some trouble with my recently acquired Emax II Keyboard.
> >
> > When powered up, LED's for Transpose, Drive Select and Dynamic Processing
> > remain on. After a few seconds, Transpose turns off, but the two other
> > LED's are still on and the unit doesn't completely boot. Furthermore, the
> > LCD show no letters at all, just a black stripe on the first line.
> >
> > What can I do to get the unit working again?
> >
> > P.S. Here are some pictures of the Emax when powering up.
> >
> > http://img4.hostingpics.net/pics/730991Picture3.jpg
> >
> > http://img4.hostingpics.net/pics/139651Picture2.jpg
> >
> >  
> >
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------------
> 
> Emax and Emax II User's Group Website
> 
> http://www.silveriafamily.comYahoo! Groups Links
> 
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

Re: [emax] Emax II Issue

2013-02-28 by Ted Summers

yes- it is 50 pin scsi- it might not handle a drive larger than 512MB.
They came w/ 20 and 40MB drives.
most people are moving to flash media these days.
boot from floppy and format hd from the menu, which will copy the OS.


On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 2:41 PM, Robert Paul <rahway_exit12@...>wrote:

> **
>
>
> Ok, cool. One more question (well two part).
>
> the HD's are 50 pin SCSI? just in case I need to replace it. And what is
> the process to flash the SE Plus OS to the HD? Can any floppy disk with the
> SE Plus OS format the HD?
>
> ________________________________
> From: Ted Summers djtbs1@...>
> To: emax@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2013 5:36 PM
> Subject: Re: [emax] Emax II Issue
>
> Start by reseating your ICs and the connectors to the main logic board.
>
> On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 2:26 PM, peccisteve peccisteve@...> wrote:
>
> > **
> >
> >
> > Hi there!
> >
> > I'm having some trouble with my recently acquired Emax II Keyboard.
> >
> > When powered up, LED's for Transpose, Drive Select and Dynamic Processing
> > remain on. After a few seconds, Transpose turns off, but the two other
> > LED's are still on and the unit doesn't completely boot. Furthermore, the
> > LCD show no letters at all, just a black stripe on the first line.
> >
> > What can I do to get the unit working again?
> >
> > P.S. Here are some pictures of the Emax when powering up.
> >
> > http://img4.hostingpics.net/pics/730991Picture3.jpg
> >
> > http://img4.hostingpics.net/pics/139651Picture2.jpg
> >
> >
> >
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Emax and Emax II User's Group Website
>
> http://www.silveriafamily.comYahoo! Groups Links
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>  
>


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Re: Emax II Issue

2013-02-28 by peccisteve

I forgot to mention I'm not into electronics at all, so I wouldn't risk myself inside the Emax... Tha would make things worse! Any idea who could help me out?

--- In emax@yahoogroups.com, Ted Summers <djtbs1@...> wrote:

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>
> Start by reseating your ICs and the connectors to the main logic board.
> 
> 
> On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 2:26 PM, peccisteve <peccisteve@...> wrote:
> 
> > **
> >
> >
> > Hi there!
> >
> > I'm having some trouble with my recently acquired Emax II Keyboard.
> >
> > When powered up, LED's for Transpose, Drive Select and Dynamic Processing
> > remain on. After a few seconds, Transpose turns off, but the two other
> > LED's are still on and the unit doesn't completely boot. Furthermore, the
> > LCD show no letters at all, just a black stripe on the first line.
> >
> > What can I do to get the unit working again?
> >
> > P.S. Here are some pictures of the Emax when powering up.
> >
> > http://img4.hostingpics.net/pics/730991Picture3.jpg
> >
> > http://img4.hostingpics.net/pics/139651Picture2.jpg
> >
> >  
> >
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

Re: Emax II Issue

2013-03-01 by cheju_99

If you don´t wanna spend money first try  reseating IC´s on a garbage circuit board. Same opinion as Ted....i had the same event on my EMax, finally resolved by this way.
good luck hunting the IC.


--- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "peccisteve" <peccisteve@...> wrote:

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>
> I forgot to mention I'm not into electronics at all, so I wouldn't risk myself inside the Emax... Tha would make things worse! Any idea who could help me out?
> 
> --- In emax@yahoogroups.com, Ted Summers <djtbs1@> wrote:
> >
> > Start by reseating your ICs and the connectors to the main logic board.
> > 
> > 
> > On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 2:26 PM, peccisteve <peccisteve@> wrote:
> > 
> > > **
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi there!
> > >
> > > I'm having some trouble with my recently acquired Emax II Keyboard.
> > >
> > > When powered up, LED's for Transpose, Drive Select and Dynamic Processing
> > > remain on. After a few seconds, Transpose turns off, but the two other
> > > LED's are still on and the unit doesn't completely boot. Furthermore, the
> > > LCD show no letters at all, just a black stripe on the first line.
> > >
> > > What can I do to get the unit working again?
> > >
> > > P.S. Here are some pictures of the Emax when powering up.
> > >
> > > http://img4.hostingpics.net/pics/730991Picture3.jpg
> > >
> > > http://img4.hostingpics.net/pics/139651Picture2.jpg
> > >
> > >  
> > >
> > 
> > 
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>