Emax

Decided to jump into the deep end of the pool???  :-)

You have to realize you just hooked TWO unkowns onto the SCSI chain and it could be either one or a combo of the two that is your problem.

Could be the bridge.
Could also be the Startech.
Could be your jumper settings.

I thought I had some reports previously the StarTech didn't work.

- but since I don't have the device, can't confirm it.

I have never seen this Yamaha bridge, can't verify it's compatibility.
I see in google it says used with EOS samplers, but I think they mean EIII onward by this.
I don't know that Emax 1 / 2 fit in that category.
Also- you should try PLUS 1.0 OS --- 1.1 version anything is not PLUS OS- it doesn't allow for external drive ID #s...

To eliminate possibility of what device it is:
1) Verify a drive (CDROM or HD) hooked to  the bridge and subsequently to the SCSI card in a PC is seen in dos / windows.
2) Try the bridge with an OLD IDE HD that had the 512MB limit jumper on it and see if you can get that working on Emax
Otherwise, another device to try would be:
3) Hook bridge to an ATAPI internal Zip (these seem to be available everywhere for cheap). - make sure it's atapi, some are not, but it says it on the label.
Then hook to Emax.

If 2 or 3 work, then the bridge is fine and it's the Startech.

Only other thing is to verify the bridge has it's latest firmware.

That is the testing I did to qualify / quantify workability of 7720 and 7722 (ATAPI only- can be used with ATAPI zip 100 and 250).

But then I have pretty much all options available to me for testing-
SCSI card for PC
ATAPI zip
Acard 7720 (in my Emax 2 with an IDE media drive)
Acard 7722 - tested with Atapi 100 and 250 zips - found these needed updated firmwares to work�.
Old Emax HD.
SCSI PCD-50b.

So you can see, I have all the devices (and the knowledge) to be able to test whether SCSI bus is working, whether it's a device, one bridge compared to another, etc.

I have to caution that buying IDE to CF bridge may often be a waste of money unless you are sure the device works for you, or you find the parts for very cheap.
You certainly aren't the first to buy a combination of parts that don't work.

SCSI PCD-60B / 50B is only about $100 and is known working�.

Regards,
Ted







On Mar 24, 2013, at 4:41 AM, e9000g wrote:

http://eu.startech.com/HDD/Card-Readers/Internal/Compact-Flash-Card-to-IDE-Adapter-with-35-Bay-Enclosure~35BAYCF2IDE



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