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I have a spare IDE hard disk after an upgrade and i would like to try putting it in my E6400 Ultra. I opened up the device and saw there is place to screw a hard disk dirrectly on the side, however the power connector (directly on the board itself) isnt the standard molex. Could someone please tell me what type of cable i need?
Also, before i go diving in, is there anything else i should know? The hard disk i have is 250GB. Is that too big? I guess it will format as FAT32?
Also, while i have you. Is there a particular type of RAM the device takes? I’ve seen some RAM sold as ‘EMU RAM’ on ebay, but it seems a little pricey.
Cheers!

Be careful.

Search this board for info :-

* Certain drives draw too much current for the Emu power supply - check that out
* the power connector ma be reversed for 5 and 12V - check with a meter. one external site that used to have this info is now gone
* 3.5" drives are the ones that may draw too much startup current - emu's specs have info on what to look for as does a lot of pages on this board
* FAT32 on EOS 4.7 only supports up to 138 GB - 250 may work but you won't get full capacity.
* The Emu file and bank handling can also only handle 1000 banks - so sometimes you won't get full capacity of the drive itself
* 2.5" drives are practically silent - 3.5" drives can be noisy - not cool in the studio :)

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kalide wrote:Be careful.
* The Emu file and bank handling can also only handle 1000 banks - so sometimes you won't get full capacity of the drive itself

This is only when formatted with the EMU file system, right?

Also, can an internal drive on the sampler be FAT-formatted without problems with the connecting PC?

Hi. Would someone be able to link to me to details for reversing the power cable? I've had a search on the forum but the site everyone links to is no longer there (and not even on google cache). I have butchered an old 2.5 inch IDE drive from a laptop...

Thanks!

How to do it:

* Get a cheap Voltmeter - analog or digital - 5 quid/10 bucks is good enough
* measure which line is +12 V to Ground (usually black wires) and which is +5v
* map it to the pins on the drive.

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