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Thanks Nick ......
I'm gonna regroup ....... find a tech ......... see what transpires and hopefully learn how to use the MX2424. I will keep you in mind along with your
Mx2424.!

dusty

thanks nick for your help ! i learned that the MX2424's that are out there have been used and modified etc etc and #2 not to mess around or assume anything with what is inside these units. Looking for a good tech and i did purchase another MX2424 which has only one hard drive in the front bay and on...

Nick, on the forth picture you sent [ bottom ] to the right of the 4 prong power connector is C204 ..... capacitor ? ..... it is cooked on my unit , like melted . into a flat lump. i unpowered all the drives and turned the unit on .... it seemed that smoke started to come from the ribbon connecting ...

thanks nick s ....... i have mucho pondering to do ......... i will check out your pictures etc ......... pretty sure i fried a capacitor next to the power connector for the drive that was on top of the caddy .......... i have a friend who has some tech background ....... but need to get the schemat...

i need to take a good look at your response etc .......

Damage done ..... top cover removed .... both four pin power supply cables from the board to the internal drive and the front bay are not connected. I can see burn damage to the four pin power supply connector on the board which goes to the internal drive , and major damage to the small square tan b...

Not Good. I open up the unit and noticed that the power supply chord [ 4 pins ] for the front bay enclosure was not plugged in. [ this is directly behind and next to the power connection for the internal drive. I proceeded to plug in the front bay to the board, closed up the unit, and then inserted ...

thanks nick ........ wow !! ...... this is getting way over my head ...... but i will plod on ...... thump thump.

upon further investigation ......... first some info ........ the caddy is a Data Express - DE100 ATA 33 drive enclosure ....... it has selector leads [ ID Select Cable ] in-between the I/O cable and the Power cable. Facing the back of the hard drive the 6 sets of connecting pins are as follows: fro...

with a hard drive mounted in the front panel expansion bay, i have run a low disk format and then a drive initializing. The SCSI I D # was 0 . I recieved a "non- existent device" message when used SCSI I D # 1. Am i correct in thinking that SCSI I D # 0 includes both the internal drive and the hard ...

with a hard drive mounted in the front panel expansion bay, i have run a low disk format and then a drive initializing. The SCSI I D # was 0 . I recieved a "non- existent device" message when used SCSI I D # 1. Am i correct in thinking that SCSI I D # 0 includes both the internal drive and the hard ...

MX2424 does not read the hard drive [ Seagate ] in the front bay. Only SCSI ID 0 is displayed. The previous owner supplied me with 5 mounted hard drives which i assume he was using etc. Been searching internet for "Option Installation" which was mentioned in the manuel but not to be found in binder ...

just getting started. Plodding through a manual and attempting to familiarize myself with all the terms etc. Was hoping to find those who have gone down this road and can be of help ! Using a allen & heath gl2400 mixer. Collecting cables and navigating the menus. Lots of terms and abbreviations i do...