Bill...thanks for the info. I presume I would then be able to use the Smart Piano floppy/cd combo for audio? Thanks Sent from my iPad On Nov 27, 2014, at 3:57 PM, Bill Brandom bill.brandom03@gmail.com<mailto:bill.brandom03@gmail.com> [disklavier] <disklavier@yahoogroups.com<mailto:disklavier@yahoogroups.com>> wrote: Joseph, (not laughing...) you can use an off the shelf floppy drive with the DKC-850, but most cannot read Yamaha protected files (if you have Yamaha PianoSoft floppies, they are protected.) Yamaha sells a UDFD01 floppy drive that works well with Yamaha floppies. I have found two other external floppy drives that also work with Yamaha floppies: Iomega #32633 LaCie #706018 Bill iPhone On Nov 27, 2014, at 9:30 AM, 'Joseph F. Bert (Joe@FinancialGroup.com<mailto:Joe@FinancialGroup.com>)' joe@financialgroup.com<mailto:joe@financialgroup.com> [disklavier] <disklavier@yahoogroups.com<mailto:disklavier@yahoogroups.com>> wrote: Bill....pls don't laugh, but can one just attach an external floppy drive to the DKC 850? If so, any particulars I should know? Will this allow me to then use the cd/floppy combo that I was able to use before my upgrade? Thanks. You guys are great! Sent from my iPad On Nov 26, 2014, at 10:33 PM, Bill Brandom billbrando@aol.com<mailto:billbrando@aol.com><mailto:billbrando@aol.com> [disklavier] <disklavier@yahoogroups.com<mailto:disklavier@yahoogroups.com><mailto:disklavier@yahoogroups.com>> wrote: Geoff, Its worth it. Everything runs faster and the IO Center is nice and quiet. Bill iPhone On Nov 26, 2014, at 6:31 PM, 'Geoff Ward' gward1211@bigpond.com<mailto:gward1211@bigpond.com><mailto:gward1211@bigpond.com> [disklavier] <disklavier@yahoogroups.com<mailto:disklavier@yahoogroups.com><mailto:disklavier@yahoogroups.com>> wrote: Thanks Bill. Probably worth it to go with SSD. Kind regards Geoff From: disklavier@yahoogroups.com<mailto:disklavier@yahoogroups.com><mailto:disklavier@yahoogroups.com> [mailto:disklavier@yahoogroups.com] Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2014 7:48 AM To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com<mailto:disklavier@yahoogroups.com><mailto:disklavier@yahoogroups.com> Subject: Re: [disklavier] Urgent matter My Mark IV with a SSD drive boots in 1 minute 40 seconds. Bill iPhone On Nov 26, 2014, at 12:25 PM, 'Geoff Ward' gward1211@bigpond.com<mailto:gward1211@bigpond.com><mailto:gward1211@bigpond.com> [disklavier] <disklavier@yahoogroups.com<mailto:disklavier@yahoogroups.com><mailto:disklavier@yahoogroups.com>> wrote: In view of the drama that a failed hard disk drive causes, I think I will clone my Mark IV hard disk using Norton Ghost on my PC (I also have Linux Ghost which works with Windows 7). Can anyone say whether a solid state drive will improve the boot-up time – currently about 2.5 minutes. Kind regards Geoff From: disklavier@yahoogroups.com<mailto:disklavier@yahoogroups.com><mailto:disklavier@yahoogroups.com> [mailto:disklavier@yahoogroups.com] Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2014 7:19 AM To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com<mailto:disklavier@yahoogroups.com><mailto:disklavier@yahoogroups.com> Subject: Re: [disklavier] Urgent matter The operating system, along with the factory installed music software need to be put on the hard drive. A hard drive on one Mark IV can be switched with another Mark IV hard drive - nothing unique to the specific piano. Easiest way (without a hard driver cloner) is to use Mark IV Rescue discs (3) and install them to the blank hard drive, with it in the piano. An older firmware version (v3.0) is installed. From there, you can update to the current firmware using Network Update. To do the rescue requires pushing a couple of buttons, in sequence on the IO Center. The Rescue Discs are created using 3 ISO files. I have the files and installation instructions, if anyone needs them. Send me a private email and I will give you links to these files. Bill iPhone On Nov 26, 2014, at 10:22 AM, Mark Fontana mark@kinura.net<mailto:mark@kinura.net><mailto:mark@kinura.net> [disklavier] <disklavier@yahoogroups.com<mailto:disklavier@yahoogroups.com><mailto:disklavier@yahoogroups.com>> wrote: Is it possible for an enterprising member of this list to sell ready-to-install SSDs for Mark IV instruments? Or do the drives include information specific to each individual piano that is added by Yamaha during manufacturing, i.e. information that must be cloned from the original drive or configured by Yamaha in a replacement drive? On 11/26/2014 11:56 AM, George Frederick Litterst PianoBench@aol.com<mailto:PianoBench@aol.com><mailto:PianoBench@aol.com> [disklavier] wrote: Good afternoon, everyone. Julien, if it turns out that the hard drive needs to be replaced, I recommend that you replace it with an SSD drive and enjoy improved performance. I have never replaced the SSD in a Mark IV, but there are individuals on this list who have. Regards, PianoBench On Nov 26, 2014, at 11:03 AM, Julien Roche julien.roche@ymail.com<mailto:julien.roche@ymail.com><mailto:julien.roche@ymail.com> [disklavier] <disklavier@yahoogroups.com<mailto:disklavier@yahoogroups.com><mailto:disklavier@yahoogroups.com>> wrote: Thanks. I will do that right now. I am in Albania (europe), can you give me details where to send the hard disk for repair or replacement ? Thanks again Julien On Wednesday, November 26, 2014 3:55 PM, "Bill Brandom billbrando@aol.com<mailto:billbrando@aol.com><mailto:billbrando@aol.com> [disklavier]" <disklavier@yahoogroups.com<mailto:disklavier@yahoogroups.com><mailto:disklavier@yahoogroups.com>> wrote: Try unplugging it from the outlet and let the piano sit for about an hour. Then power it back up. If you experience the same problem, your hard drive has probably gone bad and will need to be replaced. 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Re: [disklavier] Floppy Drive
2014-11-27 by Joseph F. Bert (Joe@FinancialGroup.com)