Emu XL-7 & MP-7 User's Group

When I turn my Xl-7 on, I get this message- Error! Code 100. Save 
Failed. I'm using OS 1.31. The last time I used the unit and it 
booted up without this message, I set my tempo to ext to slave to my 
computer. Now, when I turn on and get this error, my tempo is still 
set to ext(this has not happened before). When I go to midi function 
to reset tempo, I get a message - Compact Data Now--press Enter. I 
hit midi button again and this goes away with a message that says, 
Compact Data Soon. Then the unit works fine. But this happens each 
time I turn on the unit. Anyone know what this means?

--- jdou1901 <jdouglas@...> wrote:
> I get a message - Compact Data Now--press Enter. I hit midi
> button again and this goes away with a message that says, 
> Compact Data Soon. Anyone know what this means?

It means exactly what it says.  You need to press Enter when it wants
you to.  Since you didn't press Enter, it's telling you that you need
to let it compact soon.

Press Enter the next time it asks.

-Aaron

PS. in case you're wondering, after time, flash memory gets fragmented
just like a hard drive.  you're now at the point where there's no free
space and it needs to defragment (compact).

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Thanks for the response, I will do it.

-----Original Message-----
From: Aaron Eppolito [mailto:synthesis77@...] 
Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2004 2:54 PM
To: xl7@yahoogroups.com

It means exactly what it says.  You need to press Enter when it wants
you to.  Since you didn't press Enter, it's telling you that you need
to let it compact soon.

Press Enter the next time it asks.

-Aaron

PS. in case you're wondering, after time, flash memory gets fragmented
just like a hard drive.  you're now at the point where there's no free
space and it needs to defragment (compact).

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Aaron Said:

"PS. in case you're wondering, after time, flash memory gets 
fragmented
just like a hard drive. you're now at the point where there's no free
space and it needs to defragment (compact)."



BTW, where exactly is this flash memory located? I seem to remember 
when I was installing the expansion roms that only the original Xl-7 
rom said 2mb flash... Is it there where the memory is at or is 
elsewhere on the machine? Just curious....


thanks in advance...

There's several flash parts lurking around in your XL-7.  You could
have 2MB on each sound ROM (or it could be a 2MB ROM to hold presets),
you could have a whole 32MB flash ROM (which actually has 34MB,
[32+2]), but the flash part you're referring to is on the main board. 
It is 16MB and holds the boot loader, the main OS, two copies of all
your settings, patterns, songs, and then has "room to grow".  It is
this room to grow that must get flushed back.

That was probably more info than you wanted...

-Aaron

--- sincultura13 <sincultura13@...> wrote:
> BTW, where exactly is this flash memory located? I seem to
> remember when I was installing the expansion roms that only the
> original Xl-7 rom said 2mb flash... Is it there where the memory
> is at or is elsewhere on the machine? Just curious....

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