SE/30 Working to Non-Working — #15

Post #15 by Elfen

Source Forum	68kMLA
Category	Troubleshooting
Post Date	Thu, 18 Sep 2014 - 01:59
Original URL	https://68kmla.org/bb/threads/se-30-working-to-non-working.25/

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snake88usa said:
...Instead of starting another topic, I decided to boot up my other SE/30 last night. Still boots but a solid Hard Drive light and then flashes the floppy icon. Turned it off and turned it back on, the hard drive led is blinking but it almost instantly goes to a flashing question mark. I also had problems before getting some errors while copying floppies. Hard Drive crapped out or time for some more work on this board too?

The issue with the hard dive sounds like bad boot blocks, mostly a software issue. Do you have a Boot Floppy Disk with Disk First Aid or Norton's Emergency Boot Disk? Run Disk First Aid or Norton when it boots up.

The Floppy drive is harder to diagnose, as it can range from a misaligned or broken heads, floppy drive needs to be cleaned out, bad floppies, or Bournes Filter has crapped out.