emusonacid!

Hi all,

i've read a few posts that mention members having put 60gb hard drives in their emus - an i remembered something that might be worth checking:

From memory the maximum start up current the EMU can provide to a hard drive is 2.1amps or 1.7 amps (cant remember)

what you will find is that most of the newer 7200 rpm drives exceed this.

I guess that it wont really fry a power supply the first time or maybe even never, but it is something to consider when u have added extra options...

in the end i found some nice quiet 5400 30gb drives that have a 1.7a startup current..

Or, you could install a separate power supply that powers just the hard drive. That will let you use any drive you want.

use 2.5 inch HD, the kind for laptops.


+ they are much quieter

lordtoranaga wrote:use 2.5 inch HD, the kind for laptops.


+ they are much quieter

Amen.

lordtoranaga wrote:use 2.5 inch HD, the kind for laptops.


+ they are much quieter

Some of us need to have access to the hard drive over the SCSI bus. If you use a large IDE drive, you have to take it out of the E-mu every time you want to back up its contents - not fun. Here's a solution to this particular issue:

http://www.acard.com.tw/english/fb01-pr ... pe1_idno=2

You can use a quiet IDE drive and still have access to it over the SCSI bus.

I just installed a 2.5" kind of harddrive because of this post, replacing my regular ide 40gb. And wow.. why didn't i do that before, its sooo much more quiet. :)

ehasting wrote:I just installed a 2.5" kind of harddrive because of this post, replacing my regular ide 40gb. And wow.. why didn't i do that before, its sooo much more quiet. :)

I think i have to do it also.

Can you please explain wich HD you used.? ( i thing about 80GB /120 GB ?)
And you need the Adaptor 3.5 -2.5 ?
Anything else ? Cables ?

I use Samsung 120G IDE 2.5" PATA drives - about $60 now.

Samsung SpinPoint 120GB SATA/150 5400RPM 8MB 2.5-Inch Notebook Hard Drive

e.g. http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-SpinPoint ... 612&sr=8-1

I used a 2.5" IDE to 3.5" IDE adapter

Like this: (they are cheaper on ebay)

http://www.amazon.com/QVS-CC2200-2-5-Dr ... 697&sr=8-1

Works like a charm.

I used 2" Velcro to mount the drive without screws - just use sticky back velcro similar to this kind of stuff:

http://www.amazon.com/Lumiquest-Velcro- ... 851&sr=1-9

I mounted mine on the back of the existing drive (which is no longer powered or connected, but still in place).

M

Thanks all !

ok next week i try to get all this Stuff...i give a report

It?s didn?t work.

Don?t know...i go back!

After install the new Harddisk , the Emu don?t start up .
Just a few Led?s blow up and the Display is Dark .....? Anybody an idea ?
After reinstalling the old Ones , everything works fine.
I tryed this two Times !
Anybody an idea
?

Otherwise a bring them tomorrow back . ;-(

I have it ! The Adapter was not realy Plug.

But now comes the next Problem.

He see the external SCSI Devise after mounting but say there is nothing on there ???

Any idear ?

I have it ! ( After a long night backing up 9 external SCSI Harddisk + CDs )

After installing the new internal Disk, it seems to be that the Scsi Bus can only mount one Disk at the time. Don?t know .
Anyway , all Disks and Cd-Rom are now on One disk , what a wonderful workflow!

Thanks for support an PM`s here !

Michael

By the Way , i bought a Western Digital 80GB. There was also a 160GB only for a view Euros more.? Don?t know . Perhaps for my second Emu. Anybody expierience ?, Where is the Limit ?

MFPhouse wrote::thumbs:

I have it ! ( After a long night backing up 9 external SCSI Harddisk + CDs )

After installing the new internal Disk, it seems to be that the Scsi Bus can only mount one Disk at the time. Don?t know .
Anyway , all Disks and Cd-Rom are now on One disk , what a wonderful workflow!

Thanks for support an PM`s here !

Michael

By the Way , i bought a Western Digital 80GB. There was also a 160GB only for a view Euros more.? Don?t know . Perhaps for my second Emu. Anybody expierience ?, Where is the Limit ?

Check your SCSI IDs on each device, they should be different. Each device on the SCSI chain will show up as a separate device in the EMU. If you have them showing up as one, your IDs are set wrong and you're asking for your data to get corrupted.