Can You Fit An Internal Zip For Me (In London)?

Big up BRAVO & PENFOLD!! It seems like you are the only guys representing London on this forum.

Im in Camberwell trying to set up my home studio. I'm technically a newbie so any help would be appreciated.

Will travel with my MPC (and a sack) to get the job done.

earwolf wrote:

percy wrote:^ nah, you only need the 5V (red) and the ground cable (black).. the yellow cable can be cut off. in fact, if you are modifying the original power cable the floppy was connected to (which i did) then there isn't even a yellow cable there..

percy do you think you could possibly break down exactly how you did this, maybe with a clear digital pic? that would be great.
thanks.

dunno if you need this now, sorry for the delay but i haven't had a reason to open the thing up until this morning (installed the 8 outs).. anyway :



that's the original power cable still plugged into the motherboard, i just snipped the wires close to the end that was plugged into the floppy drive.. then, i bought the new power cable needed for the zip and snipped off the yellow wire. then i just connected the loose ends of the 2 cables together in the terminal block (this isn't exactly necessary, you could twist the wires together but i think this way is safer)..

does that help at all?

From that pic...Every1 should be good to go!

Thanks for the pic but thats exactly how I had it installed. I returned the zip and I am currently waiting on another 100mb and a 250mb drives to try out. If the new drives don't work I don't know what to do. I also got a new ribbon cable just in case. I'll let you know how things work out for me when I get the new drives. I have bad luck with zips, I have 3 external zips that are all dead from the click of death.

percy thanks so much that's excellent.

Shout out to Bravo and Penfold.

Now that the holiday's are out of the way, any of you guys fancy helping a brother out? My zip install still refuses to co-operate! This is the second zip 100 i've tried and it's very frustrating. I NEED to lose some of those wires in my studio!

As I said before, I live in camberwell, will travel, with a sack!

Any other cats in the area who can offer practical help, will be appreciated.

Musicians achieve very little alone, who knows what can develop from a chance meeting???

One of the biggest problems when installing mine was figuring out what way the ide cable was supposed to go. You have to try it every possible way. Thats probly where you are stuck at. The cable may not be inserted the right way.

I say go for that example in the pc mate....Match it up exactly...and make sure u got the cable in right. If still no luck with all that, I'll help u

YES YES CLINT WHA GWAN !!!

I'm back from smelly NYC where people is damn wrenk!! untill you tell them your a foreigner!

Hey bruv I'm in Tottenham! but I go uni in Greenwich so Cambewell, Peckham, Deptford, New Cross Gate and Bam Greenwich!
You can come down to my uni and I can sort it for you there!!
Or whatever! as long as you bring all the correct wires\leads and stuff
also!!
I beg look at that PICTURE its perfect and spot on, except for one part
the ZIP's jumper pin must be on MASTER SETTING.

By the way you should have bought a ZIP 250! i wonder is 750's work?
anyway 250's have been the best so far! as i know

HEY .......................EASY ON


NEW YITY Bro ......................C'MON Spread LUV


THO' Yankees Are Kind of RAW........................ LOL

mpc4000xl wrote:HEY .......................EASY ON


NEW YITY Bro ......................C'MON Spread LUV


THO' Yankees Are Kind of RAW........................ LOL

HHAHAHA!! Bruv I grew up there as a kid, and I was so upset with them when I was there its like they all forget how much we struggled when we was younger, money has made dem all mad! any time I want anything I got to pull the foreigner card on them and speak all british for them to realise i need assistance. it should have been standard in the first place.
no common decency! at all...not all but a majority that used to be a minority.

Penfold wrote:

mpc4000xl wrote:HEY .......................EASY ON


NEW YITY Bro ......................C'MON Spread LUV


THO' Yankees Are Kind of RAW........................ LOL

HHAHAHA!! Bruv I grew up there as a kid, and I was so upset with them when I was there its like they all forget how much we struggled when we was younger, money has made dem all mad! any time I want anything I got to pull the foreigner card on them and speak all british for them to realise i need assistance. it should have been standard in the first place.
no common decency! at all...not all but a majority that used to be a minority.

I Dig Ya And I Still Live HERE .................LOL.............. LOL ....


4 REAL

I'm STILL Thinkin' BOUT Philly

I tell you what thou!! the second you step out of the Tri-state and end up in like Pensylvania or Philly or like Virgina its mad love! its like everyone there has what we call in my manna over here "brought-up-see"

Penfold wrote:YES YES CLINT WHA GWAN !!!

I'm back from smelly NYC where people is damn wrenk!! untill you tell them your a foreigner!

Hey bruv I'm in Tottenham! but I go uni in Greenwich so Cambewell, Peckham, Deptford, New Cross Gate and Bam Greenwich!
You can come down to my uni and I can sort it for you there!!
Or whatever! as long as you bring all the correct wires\leads and stuff
also!!
I beg look at that PICTURE its perfect and spot on, except for one part
the ZIP's jumper pin must be on MASTER SETTING.

By the way you should have bought a ZIP 250! i wonder is 750's work?
anyway 250's have been the best so far! as i know

For some reason my browser isn't showing the picture, just a small white square with a red X! If it's not one thing then t's another!! I'll check the pic ....when I can see it. Cheers.