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Hello I have an E2 + HD abd it boots but it sometimes takes several 
attempts to power it up and have the HD boot the OS any advice on how 
to fix this? I usually power it on and off several times until the HD 
dtops flashing wildly at boot then it works fine.
 Also does anyone have just one sound disk they can sell me to verify 
that the 5 1/4 drive really works, I beleive it does because I was able 
to format the floppy but need to validate it works before I spend $$$ 
at norhtstar.

Kevin Kelley 
florida 33701

Hello Kevin,

welcome here.

>> Also does anyone have just one sound disk they can sell me to verify 
that the 5 1/4 drive really works, I beleive it does because I was able 
to format the floppy but need to validate it works before I spend $$$ 
at norhtstar. <<

If you could boot your EII, why do you not create a soundbank by simply 
sample something and store this on a disk? You say, that you could 
format a disk, so you should be able to write a sounddisk. After doing 
this, simply switch of the EII and boot it with this new created disk. 
So you could see if it works

Best regards
Heiko

--- In emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com, "Kevin Kelley" <xirin6@...> 
wrote:
>
>  Hello I have an E2 + HD abd it boots but it sometimes takes several 
> attempts to power it up and have the HD boot the OS any advice on how 
> to fix this? I usually power it on and off several times until the HD 
> dtops flashing wildly at boot then it works fine.
>  Also does anyone have just one sound disk they can sell me to verify 
> that the 5 1/4 drive really works, I beleive it does because I was 
able 
> to format the floppy but need to validate it works before I spend $$$ 
> at norhtstar.
> 
> Kevin Kelley 
> florida 33701
>


  Hello Kevin:  Have same model and this seems to be typical symptom of 
these hard drives. I can assume when you power up unit the red l.e.d . 
flashes 3 long and 5 or 6 short. The problem is in the "park" 
actuator.  When you power unit down the cluster needs to be parked at 
zero so it has a reference point when it powers up again. If you remove 
the drive from the cradle, 4 screws on sides, and look at the bottom of 
drive, on the lower right corner you will see an arm with a lever 
attached that tapers . Note the position of the arm and lever should be 
horizontal and pointing to the front of the hard drive.  If not, 
carefully move it to horizontal as described.  Make sure hard drive is 
well grounded and power up and note that the pointer is moving, 
normally at boot will cycle quickly in both directions until it finds 
first cluster, which it will then boot up.  Another symptom is after 
you have booted up and load a bank,  hard drive will cycle at random, 
again a voltage problem, bad caps or bad zener diodes. You should also 
see the magnet that lever recesses into.  Make sure the magnet is clean 
and free from dirt. A light shot of wd40 or equivalent on the arm would 
be a good idea.
 When the drive parks, the lever should be horizontal with respect to 
the drive and the point should face front of drive..  Also check your 
+5v feed and make sure voltage has not dropped, which leads to another 
weakness, the power supply.  Check the molex connector on power supply, 
especially the red and yellow connections.  If the molex looks dark at 
the terminals you will need to fix to ensure a tight connection. 
Hope that gets you in right direction...Doug 
















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