konica 7045 87-3

[rbell12]

we inherited this machine and have not hooked one up to print before. the manual says this a hdd problem or ip431 control board. does anyone have an idea how to clear this short of a new hdd or ip431 control board. any help would be greatly appreciated. thank you for any suggestions. rb

[laserman06]

	Quote:			Originally Posted by rbell12
	we inherited this machine and have not hooked one up to print before. the manual says this a hdd problem or ip431 control board. does anyone have an idea how to clear this short of a new hdd or ip431 control board. any help would be greatly appreciated. thank you for any suggestions. rb

Konica All Solution says to do the following:

Warning does anyone use Windows 98 anymore

Description
Intermittent F87-03 and/or Printer Board Failure messages only when an IP431 is installed.
Solution
CAUSE: During initial install, if the machine and IP unit are not allowed to boot up completely, the code from the CF card(s) will not be written completely to the hard drive. This may occur if the machine is powered OFF prematurely to access the 25, 36 or 47 adjustment mode. The code written to the hard drive will be partial and the IP will be unable to boot the next time power is applied.

SOLUTION: If unable to reformat the hard drive from the operation panel, remove the HD103 and recover by installing it in a PC. Use a Microsoft* Windows 98 boot disk and the fdisk utility to clean and reformat the drive on a PC. The following instructions explain how to use an IDE adapter to attach the HD107 to a standard PC to reformat the drive:

1. A 2.5" laptop IDE hard drive adapter. This adapter can be found at most computer stores that sell a wide variety of cables and adapters. One online
source for this adapter is [[www.cablesonline.com| URL http://www.cablesonline.com]].

2. An IP controller or standard PC. The IDE adapter will need to be plugged into a standard IDE cable that is connected to the master channel of the PC or IP controller. Power is supplied by the IP/PC's power supply through a standard power connector.

3. Use a Microsoft Windows 98 boot disk which can be created on a Windows 98 workstation.

4. Connect the hard drive to the 40-pin connector on one side of the adapter and connect the IP/PC's IDE cable to the 44-pin connector on the other side of the adapter. Ensure that Pin 1 on the IDE connector and hard drive is connected to Pin 1 on the adapter .

5. Insert the 98 Boot disk into the floppy drive of the IP/PC, reconnect the IP/PC power cord, and power ON the IP/PC.

6. Once the IP/PC boots from the floppy, press return at the date and time prompts to get to the A: prompt.

7. Use FDISK to create a primary DOS partition and set it as active.
WARNING: Do not use large disk support.

8. Format the newly-created partition with the /s switch to transfer system files.
=================================C A U T I O N ==============
If the hard drive is not connected to the IDE master channel, and is not configured to be the MASTER
drive, the setup program will format whatever drive is connected and setup as the MASTER drive.
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9. Remove the hard drive from the PC and reinstall it the IP unit. Allow the IP and main body to completely boot or this process will have to be repeated.

[rbell12]

thanks laserman06, already had that info, was hoping there was possibly an easier type of fix. appreciate the help. rb

[laserman06]

You might try and pull the hard drive out and try to find one just like it. I am not sure what kind is in there. I will ask around and see if any of my fellow techs know anything else.

[nmfaxman]

An 87-03 code is caused by the customer turning off the main power before shuting down the FIERY.
The FIERY is Lynix and adobe based with an HTTP interface.
You have to shut down FIERY first to park the hard drive.
In DOS and win 95-98 thru XP it is not good to just kill power. The HDD loses the home position and it has to do a surface check. Find a used computer store and buy a 20GB EIDE hard drive and install the system software.

Once you make it work right again, bypass the main power switch.
You may get a call that it is locked up, but you won't kill anymore HDDs.
IT people and Engineers think that if you recycle power it will work.
Sadly not this machine.
There was a firmware and system software upgrade but it still came down to the contoller hated being killed without shutdown.