Akai S1000 / S1100 samplers

Thanks a lot for answering.

My MO drive is a Toshiba CD-Rom TXM 3301A1 external drive.
It may works well with CDROM as MO? I bought on eBay a Verbatim MO disk 600MB/512KB-sector that I'm waiting to arrive.



 

--- In akaiS1000S1100Samplers@yahoogroups.com, PeWe <ha-pewe@...> wrote:
>
> Akai S-1xxx only works w/ MOD media 128 / 230 / 520 MB formatted to 512 
> sectors !
> Seems your Akai cannot see the media because it�s formatted 1024 
> sectors, which starts w/ all MOD media 640MB and larger.
> The drive itself has to be compatible w/ the AKAI S-1xxx series too.
> Fujitsu MCB 3064SS works w/ Verbatim Optical 230MB here.
> Try to find drive and media 1st, then test.
> If it doesn�t work, your IB-103 might be faulty, but I think it 
> isn�t�cuase the harddrive works.
> 
> You cannot change sector formatting w/ MO media by re-formatting w/ the 
> Akai sampler.
> Akai S-1xxx series formatting is a soft-formatting or "arrange" 
> formatting,- just only printing the Akai directory format on the media.
> 
> All this is not an assumption,- I own S-1000, S-1000 PB and S-1100,- all 
> fitted w/ IB-103 and I have 2 Fujitsu MOD drives as well as Syndrives 
> from Synthax, Lacom and Hybrid Arts.
> 
> All works well.
> 
> 
> 
> Am 30.03.2011 12:44, schrieb jaumemod:
> >
> > Hi! Dear friends:
> >
> > I have a problem with an AKAI S1100 sampler and do not know the cause. 
> > Well, I think the problem is in the SCSI system but not sure.
> >
> > I tried first with an MO drive, set to ID 5 and S1100 in ID 6. When I 
> > inserted the disc it starts to turn but soon stops and the sampler 
> > does not detected it "Disk drive not ready ..." MO drive is apparently 
> > in good condition and with the terminator position.
> >
> > Later I tried connecting to the internal SCSI connection IB 103 a HD 
> > installed in a ITX pc case with power supply. Surprise! The HD works 
> > if I just plug the power wire , if I connect the SCSI ribbon cable 
> > does not turn, and of course is not detected by the sampler "waiting 
> > for hard disk ..."
> > The HD has the ID properly configured and the terminator position.
> >
> > I read on this web http://akaiscsifaq.digidude.net/ about terminator 
> > fuse, I checked the fuse and is in good condition. However I'll try to 
> > change it to see the results.
> >
> > I'm starting to get a little desperate.
> >
> > Thanks and sorry for used a google traslator, I'm from Spain
> >
>