inside the eiiix are two scsi ports on the main board; one for outgoing scsi and one for internal scsi. when operating the eiiix with floppy drive only, for termination to be present and to bypass this fatal startup error there must either be a row of jumpers in place next to the internal scsi port(see photo), or there must be termination supplied externally via the external scsi port(termination block can be used). according to the eiiix manual, the sampler was sold with the row of internal jumpers in place but without termination power supplied. many of these samplers have had these jumpers removed and they are very difficult to replace
whether termination is supplied externally or internally, termination power must also be applied. next to both of the scsi ports on the main board are two-pin jumpers, one next to the outgoing scsi port and one next to the internal scsi port. if you have the row of internal jumpers already in place, connect the two-pin jumper next to the internal scsi port for termination power. if you have an external device such as a terminator block, connect it to the bottom external scsi port on the back of the sampler and connect the two-pin jumper next to the outgoing scsi port on the main board to supply termination power
this is for operation with only a disk drive. if you plan to add a scsi drive make sure to configure it accordingly so as to not have two devices supplying termination power(!) for example, when connecting an internal scsi drive, make sure its termination power is not enabled if the eiiix termination power is connected (two-pin jumper). conversely, if the internal scsi drive has termination power enabled, make sure to disconnect the two-pin jumper inside the eiiix that is supplying the termination power
^^should have been in the manual lol
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