250 Iomega Zip Internal

How many yall using the 250 instead of the 100 mb.

Since I have been sampling more (thanks to yall I find I need more space.

My computer been had the 250 so I got mad extra 250 disk.
It would be cheaper to cop a new Internal for MPC rather than
buying more 100 MB disk.

Are they any know issues with installing a 250 MB internal?

Any special accessories or parts needed to fit the MPC bay?

I am thinking it should be straightforward like the 100MB but
you know like old folks say "you can make an azz out yo self assumin"

Holla Back!

One

cashstill,

I bought my 2KXL with an internal 250MB, and it works fine. I only have 100MB discs, so don't exploit it to the max, but have no problem using them to xfer samples from my Mac USB 250 to the MPC.

I don't have any experience of actually fitting one though.

GeoffShoulders

Thanks Geoff!

Get the 750

I'm using an external SCSI 250 at the moment, but as soon as I figure out where to buy the wire harness, I'm going to install an internal 750. I have an internal floppy drive inside the beast right now

bk

I have internal 250 in my PC and my MPC.

I installed both Zip250's in the MPC and my PC and never had a problem.

aoism wrote:Get the 750

I'm using an external SCSI 250 at the moment, but as soon as I figure out where to buy the wire harness, I'm going to install an internal 750. I have an internal floppy drive inside the beast right now

bk

I've heard about this wire harness from other topics regarding installation of zip drives. Does the mpc require a different type of connection as opposed to connecting to a computer?

From what I can tell, it's not the data connector (the MPC has a standard IDE connector, and floppy connector on the motherboard), but the Power that needs to be modified to fit inside a standard ZIP drive. The tutorial on this site explains how to splice the wires and make your own, but I'd rather spend the $30 - $40 bones for something made by Akai

bk

aoism wrote:From what I can tell, it's not the data connector (the MPC has a standard IDE connector, and floppy connector on the motherboard), but the Power that needs to be modified to fit inside a standard ZIP drive. The tutorial on this site explains how to splice the wires and make your own, but I'd rather spend the $30 - $40 bones for something made by Akai

bk

I made my own and saved the money, it's not hard at all. That $30-$40 could be spent on some more zip disks or something.

Yeah - I can build computers myself and I can do some minor electrical work (such as this). I don't think anything would go wrong if I did it ... but there is the whole warranty thing. I've had my 2Kxl for around 2 years now and while I'm pretty sure the warranty was only 1 year, I don't want to risk voiding it until I know for sure I tried calling Akai today for information on the cost of the harness but I got voice mail and no one called me back with a definite cost and availability.

bk

yo cat, it's very easy to make the cable.

I went to my local mom and pop computer store and got a "y" power cable. preferably one that goes from female floppy power connector to two IDE power connectors (you need the extra length to reach the power of the internal zip). there are these tiny little pins on the floppy power connector (right at the top where the plastic grooves are) that pop out the wire if you apply pressure to them with a pin. on the "y" cable just replace the wire connecting the floppy connector to the first IDE connector with the mpc wire that connects the floppy to the motherboard. You might have to solder a bit here but that's it.

The easiest mod you will ever do and it won't cost you anything (well unless the computer store charges you for the cable but even then it will be like 0.50 max).

1-0ne

btw anything you install yourself voids the warranty