Akai S1000 / S1100 samplers

I got an external (internal mounted in case) 50 pin SCSI Jaz drive 
off of ebay for my S1000. I had to send the first drive back because 
it was a total piece of crap, it was mounted in the case wrong and it 
grinded like a chainsaw when it powered up. For the cost of return 
shipping the guy put a "new one" in the case and sent it back. It 
still grinds but doesn't sound as bad, he also included another 
cartridge. When I chain it up to my S1000PB with a newly formatted 
disc it doesn't read it. I have a standard sampling S1000 without a 
SCSI card. I don't have any dated 50 pin SCSI computers to test the 
drive on. Should I swap the SCSI card into my S1000 and try to format 
and save the JAz disc or would this be a bad choice? I really don't 
want to damage the only SCSI card I have, since I had so much trouble 
just to get the CD Rom to finally work with the PB. Right now my 
pathetic Jaz drive is just a $30 paperweight.

phrenology,

As you might know by now, the scsi implementation on the S1000 is
fragile. Its better to ask the members of this or another akai list
for scsi devices that are recognized by the S1000. I don't know for
the Jaz drive, maybe you can try the midicase list. Before I bought a
scsi medium, I googled until I found someone with a Fujitsu MO drive.
I found one on ebay for no money, together with loads of discs. And as
expected: it works fine. So, please, with the S1000 series of samplers
stay conservative and try to find people which have already such a
storage device and buy exactly the same. There is enough supply of
that stuff on ebay.
The scsi interface is very fragile! I think if your not comfortable
with the sound of your jazz drive, save 100$ and do not hook it up to
the scsi of your S1000. 

Rgds,

frank

--- In akaiS1000S1100Samplers@yahoogroups.com, "phrenology"
<phrenology@y...> wrote:

> I got an external (internal mounted in case) 50 pin SCSI Jaz drive 
> off of ebay for my S1000. I had to send the first drive back because 
> it was a total piece of crap, it was mounted in the case wrong and it 
> grinded like a chainsaw when it powered up. For the cost of return 
> shipping the guy put a "new one" in the case and sent it back. It 
> still grinds but doesn't sound as bad, he also included another 
> cartridge. When I chain it up to my S1000PB with a newly formatted 
> disc it doesn't read it. I have a standard sampling S1000 without a 
> SCSI card. I don't have any dated 50 pin SCSI computers to test the 
> drive on. Should I swap the SCSI card into my S1000 and try to format 
> and save the JAz disc or would this be a bad choice? I really don't 
> want to damage the only SCSI card I have, since I had so much trouble 
> just to get the CD Rom to finally work with the PB. Right now my 
> pathetic Jaz drive is just a $30 paperweight.