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Cheers. I already have a USB -> IDE interface that I used for putting PS2 images into an IDE drive. Does that make things any easier?

It's only a bit more for a QL QUBIDE interface with DOM card. Seems like a better option?

Cheers guv. That issue where first power on I only get a Minerva logo, requiring a reset to get to the proper boot screen (f1/f2 for mo it or/tv) is still there. Hit reset again and back to Minerva logo, hit it again and it boots etc. Most odd and I can’t find anything about it. Sorry, this is going...

My mdv1_ seems to be faulty anyway so I wondered if I can just replace it with a vDrive, or do I need to mount it externally? Cheers.

Also, save making another thread, the main QL power led doesn’t work. Common problem?

Those shots good enough? I have it in bits at the moment so can take more.
All seemed well then after 5 minutes of sitting there drive 1 started whirring and wouldn’t stop lol. Gotta be a loose connection I guess.

Ok a clean up of the Micro drives and a reseating of the wires seems to now have both drives working. The only oddity is the every other boot thing that’s going on. This is completely reproducible; every other reset or boot shows the Minerva logo bottom right but no box on the left inviting f1 etc. ...

Also sometimes when I power on the drives just spin up and stay spinning up :( I think the wires that connect the main board to the keyboard assembly might not be in Properly. 3 black a grey a white and a red. They came out. I put them back in after looking at a photo of a QL motherboard. I assumed ...

It’s alive!! New membrane working. Psu working. It boots and I can even die mdv2_ Mdv1 makes an awful noise and seems to make the machine hang One weird thing, it only boots every other time. If it’s working and I press reset, or power off, then when it next boots it just says Minerva bottom right t...

Yeah, disappointment incoming!
I have electronics 'mending' equipment here and after a couple of large whiskies I have a steady hand so if it doesn't work hopefully I can do whatever needs to be done.