Fist Full of Dollaz wrote:
were u not on akai's site and couldnt find it?
cuz from ur post above it does seem that you were on the akai site and not just an email
please dont bul*shi* just to make a point its not that serious
and why were u even speaking on whether or not to format the drive,
point being if you never read the instructions u dont know if its mandatory or just recommended
and to top it off the 2500 is a new machine with its 1st OS update so what u said was purely an assumption
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Man...what is your issue with me the past two days??
Son...I am ain't BS you....I will let you know when I am. I already said that I couldn't find it on the site. And no, I most likely didn't look that hard. What you want next? I have to send you the email I received which gave me the link to the download (which didn't have any instructions)? What will satisfy you today? I have nothing to do now so I can entertain you if you want.
Let me explain it to you like a two year old:
1. I received an email from an Akai contact with the link to the download.
2. The release notes were posted in the forums.
3. Couldn't find the MPC 2500s specific instructions for updating so I used the MPC 1000s instructions which didn't work.
4. I attempted to load the OS like I have done so many times with the MPC 2000XL..bingo..it worked.
5. I spent the rest of the evening burning a CD and testing previous problems...and posting in the forum which I love to do...
6. At this point..I still didn't have the manual add-on which wasn't available for download or I overlooked it.
7. But I am so much an MPC Guru (any idiot that can turn it on can be one as well in a few weeks), not having these instructions didn't slow me down a bit.
8. The next day, look up the MPC 1000s procedure and noticed that it did say format your drive...still couldn't find this info on the MPC 2500
So after all of this and just browsing the forum...this thread came up. I answered dablunt question saying that it wasn't necessary to format the drive because I UPDATED my 2500 with no problems (I didn't format my drive). You enlightened us all saying that Akai does say to fornat the drive. So..I cleverly stated that Akai also states to buy their approved RAM and advises to pick up hard drives on their tested/approved list...which many have ignored. Bingo!! That is where I hurt your feelings. I don't know this for a fact...but I may have offended you by implying that you are among the bright few that saved about $50 or so by buying the unapproved RAM and hard drives..although you just spent over $1500 on this drum machine
I apologize for hurting your feelings. That wasn't my intentions. It was insensitive of me. But if you can buy unapproved cheap RAM and hard drives..why can''t I cut a corner and not format my hard drive and tell about it in the forum?? This site is public..no??