Emax

Hi all,

My somewhat scruffy but perfectly functional Emax II went bezerk, briefly, this evening - flashing, clicking leds (all of them), flickering screen (saying "checking floppy"), the works. 

It happened the first time after I reconnected the zip drive after moving the Emax II to a different room.

I checked all the wires, tightened the SCSI plug and now it seems to be working perfectly again.

Obviously common sense says it was a loose plug that caused this; is there any other possibility?

Thanks,

D.

PS. I'm a little paranoid about my Emax II. It's not the oldest piece of equipment I own, but it does seem to be the most vulnerable to a million types of sticky end . . . . 

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Really check for any bad connection- burnt pins / oxidation on the  
power supply connections both in for the AC and out to the logic boards.

My .02

Regards,
Ted

On Oct 6, 2009, at 2:05 PM, Daniel Baum wrote:

Hi all,

My somewhat scruffy but perfectly functional Emax II went bezerk,  
briefly, this evening - flashing, clicking leds (all of them),  
flickering screen (saying "checking floppy"), the works.

It happened the first time after I reconnected the zip drive after  
moving the Emax II to a different room.

I checked all the wires, tightened the SCSI plug and now it seems to  
be working perfectly again.

Obviously common sense says it was a loose plug that caused this; is  
there any other possibility?

Thanks,

D.

PS. I'm a little paranoid about my Emax II. It's not the oldest piece  
of equipment I own, but it does seem to be the most vulnerable to a  
million types of sticky end . . . .

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