emusonacid! legacy

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(kitl list....E64 v.3.0b , iomega JAZ 1GB , pc scsi card)

please dont ask why or how - just smile and please tell me what to do next....

everytime i try to mount , boot up or try to get the scsi to work the drive number search starts at ID 7 , which is (as im sure you know) is the last drive in the list (ID 0-7), and of course it does not find anything , even if i set my JAZ 1gb TO id 7 still nothing.

Oh you think thats bad enough check this......

now , i thought first thing that could rectify this problem is aclean install of the operating system (v.3.00b which was on it when i got it) i downloaded it and ran the img burner prog thingy and made me a floppy , but would the e64 accept it no, it did erase the existing flash and attempt to write the new o.s. but after it finished it said "csum failed" then goes to the start of the process to try updating flash again, so i did , again and again, so i downloaded another copy of the same o.s. and tried again , nothing so then i tried the older o.s. 2.8 and the same thing....

i have only had this e64 for a month and already successfully converted it into the grooviest of doorstops (clever eh!!!!)

I HEARD THAT YOU CAN GET REPLACEMENT MOTHERBOARDS , BUT THIS WAS ON A POST FROM 1998??? can i get a new motherboard to fix the scsi issue? or even an upgraded one (ultra board maybe) .

any reply welcome ... unless it just contains "LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL"



****since then , welll yesterday infact i took the sampler to the only UK repair man i can find in warrington a place called "proline audio"

well he tried his best and soldered on a new scsi fuse, but upon reloading operating system same thing occured, i also replced the Flash Rom and have since tried new ram too.

the kind dude at proline didnt charge me for the little bit of soldering but did say he thought it could be my floppy drive!!! or at least something was failing during the checks the e64 seems to do (invisibly) before allowing BOOT to proceed!!

So my questions are now:

1.can i modify a PC floppy to do the job of the E64 floppy?

2.anywhere i can obtain another genuine floppy?

3.is there any common problems that stop Boot proceeding i havnt tried?

4.am i fighting a loosing battle!

5.anyone have an ultra for sale?

6.any ideas or possible maybes welcome, thanks all!!!!!!!!!

m8se

I've had problems with my box before, but this honestly takes the cake. Somebody help this dude out 'cause he needs his E-mu fix before he does something drastic!

The connections for the floppy in the E-mu seem pretty standard. Maybe you could 'borrow one' from a standard PC just to get the OS up & running.

Good luck boss!

I've had a similar prob when running the flash prep disk on my emu4 xt. It killed my flash (cause you ONLY run it when upgrading from something like 4.5 and below to 4.6 and higher or so --- read before you try!!!). I had to get the OS directly flashed again. Only one shop in germany would do the job... Shit.

aXel

P.S.: But I had only some random LEDs burning and then the thingy froze...