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What is the regular boot procedure ?

When we turn the power on we get the "Boot in Progress" message.
We then insert a floppy to the upper drive, close the drive locker,
and nothing happens (no click sounds from the drive, no change of the  displayed message)

The seller says that he thinks he used to push two buttons to make it completes the boot process, after which the unit could load sounds....

Any help on this please ?






--- In emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com, "elmbeatz" <elmbeatz@...> wrote:
>
> Hmm...
> 
> Well, it's pretty likely that the disks you have are "performance" disks, which is good (and usual). I have never used nor seen any "library" disks. Performance disks contain the OS as well as all sample and preset data. After a proper booting procedure, the EII has loaded the first preset and you're ready to go - simple as that. 
> I don't assume that the disks you have are the problem (because whether good or bad disk - the EII will normaly TRY to boot, which you hear AND see).
> 
> What I would try now is to open the EII (easy) and disconnect, clean and reconnect the molex (voltage) connectors of the disk drives. Then try again powering up with a disk in the upper drive.
> 
> A common procedure for servicing the EII is to unplug, clean and replug anything inside the machine (which includes all socketed ICs, too). This is a pain, but chances are high that the thing will function properly again afterwards. Be careful and stay grounded while doing this.
> 
> Greetz,
> Elm.
>