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Dead CDS3

Dead CDS3

2011-09-12 by trickstar303

Last saturday I picked up a semi-working EII, it came with the OMI CDS3 optical drive and the original 3 UOS disks. However, it seems dead and won't power up. When I flip the power switch on, I can hear a humming sound inside, presumably from the psu, but the power-led in the front won't light and the tray won't open either. Anyone experience with these drives can tell me if there's hope? Thanks in advance.

Paulo

Re: [emulatorII-list] Dead CDS3

2011-09-12 by David Dehart

I assume you have tried to boot with the built-in disk drives ?� If so the "insert disk" prompt could be simply an indication of a dirty disk drive.� Office supply stores sell 5.25" drive cleaning kits for under 10.00.��The "insert disk" shows up with a dirty drive because it just does'nt see that there is a disk inserted.� Many times, just cleaning the disk drive will fix the problem.
Best of luck, it sucks when you're ready to go but your electronics are not.
Dave�

--- On Mon, 9/12/11, trickstar303 wrote:

From: trickstar303
Subject: [emulatorII-list] Dead CDS3
To: emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, September 12, 2011, 1:06 PM

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Last saturday I picked up a semi-working EII, it came with the OMI CDS3 optical drive and the original 3 UOS disks. However, it seems dead and won't power up. When I flip the power switch on, I can hear a humming sound inside, presumably from the psu, but the power-led in the front won't light and the tray won't open either. Anyone experience with these drives can tell me if there's hope? Thanks in advance.

Paulo

Re: Dead CDS3

2011-09-12 by trickstar303

David, yes, I'm trying to boot with the  built-in 5.25" floppy drives.

I will get a cleaning floppy and try that out. Thanks a lot! :-)

The OMI CDS3 is a different issue I'm trying to resolve...

Paulo



--- In emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com, David Dehart <mytunes@...> wrote:
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> I assume you have tried to boot with the built-in disk drives ?  If so the "insert disk" prompt could be simply an indication of a dirty disk drive.  Office supply stores sell 5.25" drive cleaning kits for under 10.00.  The "insert disk" shows up with a dirty drive because it just does'nt see that there is a disk inserted.  Many times, just cleaning the disk drive will fix the problem.
> Best of luck, it sucks when you're ready to go but your electronics are not.
> Dave  
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> --- On Mon, 9/12/11, trickstar303 <trickstar303@...> wrote:
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> From: trickstar303 <trickstar303@...>
> Subject: [emulatorII-list] Dead CDS3
> To: emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Monday, September 12, 2011, 1:06 PM
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> Last saturday I picked up a semi-working EII, it came with the OMI CDS3 optical drive and the original 3 UOS disks. However, it seems dead and won't power up. When I flip the power switch on, I can hear a humming sound inside, presumably from the psu, but the power-led in the front won't light and the tray won't open either. Anyone experience with these drives can tell me if there's hope? Thanks in advance.
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> Paulo
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