By dumbeat
Fri Aug 10, 2018 6:46 pm
Hi-
I bout the kit. Got the SCSI2SD card v5, with an 8gig Micro SD card in it and an adapter ribbon for connection to the internal scsi port in the MPC3K Vailixi 3.5.
It wont recognize the SCSI2SD when connected internally.
However, i connected a DB25 cable that i have in my studio, normally an audio DB25, from the SCSI2SD to the external SCSI port on the MPC.
In this case it does recognize the SCSI2SD, but when trying to format the card, it reaches an error after about 10 seconds of saying "Formatting Disk".
I followed all the advice on this forum as far as how to set up the MPC in the DISK => 9 => 5 setup menu.
What i can conclude is:
1. The internal setup is NOT working, which makes me think that connecting directly to the SCSI board inside the MPC is not enough. The back of the external scsi port of the MPC has a few components on it's own card, When connecting into the MPC internal SCSI card we are in tact bypassing the External Port's own card. That makes me think that there is a component on that bypassed card that is required, and thats why all the internal storage solutions out there provide a special adapter card that has a few components on it in order to make the connection to the MPC scsi card.
2. Even when i DO get the MPC to recognize the SCSI2SD card, by hooking it up to the external SCSI port directly with a db25, as if it was any ol' external drive , it wont Format the disk, so this error has nothing to do with the connections but something else.
Needless to say the SCSI2SD is programmed to have 4 ID's, first i tried 4X2g and then i re programmed to 4 X 1g and then 4 X 830mb, just to see if that makes a difference, it does not.
Anything im not thinking of? Termination? Fuse?
Also just as a note, the SCSI2SD is NOT getting power from the scsi port. i need to tap power from the Floppy drive's Molex.
What are your thoughts?
I bout the kit. Got the SCSI2SD card v5, with an 8gig Micro SD card in it and an adapter ribbon for connection to the internal scsi port in the MPC3K Vailixi 3.5.
It wont recognize the SCSI2SD when connected internally.
However, i connected a DB25 cable that i have in my studio, normally an audio DB25, from the SCSI2SD to the external SCSI port on the MPC.
In this case it does recognize the SCSI2SD, but when trying to format the card, it reaches an error after about 10 seconds of saying "Formatting Disk".
I followed all the advice on this forum as far as how to set up the MPC in the DISK => 9 => 5 setup menu.
What i can conclude is:
1. The internal setup is NOT working, which makes me think that connecting directly to the SCSI board inside the MPC is not enough. The back of the external scsi port of the MPC has a few components on it's own card, When connecting into the MPC internal SCSI card we are in tact bypassing the External Port's own card. That makes me think that there is a component on that bypassed card that is required, and thats why all the internal storage solutions out there provide a special adapter card that has a few components on it in order to make the connection to the MPC scsi card.
2. Even when i DO get the MPC to recognize the SCSI2SD card, by hooking it up to the external SCSI port directly with a db25, as if it was any ol' external drive , it wont Format the disk, so this error has nothing to do with the connections but something else.
Needless to say the SCSI2SD is programmed to have 4 ID's, first i tried 4X2g and then i re programmed to 4 X 1g and then 4 X 830mb, just to see if that makes a difference, it does not.
Anything im not thinking of? Termination? Fuse?
Also just as a note, the SCSI2SD is NOT getting power from the scsi port. i need to tap power from the Floppy drive's Molex.
What are your thoughts?
