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mikeks
Joined: 21 Feb 2017 Posts: 6
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Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2017 4:57 am Post subject: Korg t3 data error |
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Hi Purchased Korg ex T3 at auction,. Brought it home and tried to upload factory sounds with disk I bought on line. Followed youtube protocol and got "Date error". tried the tape the square hole trick I read about with same result.
I really am not a tech and actually a guitar player to boot but I spent $400 on this so I'm in too deep to back away,..so far. So I just bought a replacement drive and am waiting for that. I hear they just snap in so i'll try that.
Any help would be appreciated tremendously.
Thanks,
Mike |
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T3owner Senior Member
Joined: 17 Jun 2011 Posts: 368 Location: USA
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Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2017 6:12 pm Post subject: Re: Korg t3 data error |
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mikeks wrote: | Hi Purchased Korg ex T3 at auction,. Brought it home and tried to upload factory sounds with disk I bought on line. Followed youtube protocol and got "Date error". tried the tape the square hole trick I read about with same result. |
HD (High Density) 3.5" disks are used in the T-series. There should be two square holes in those disks - one is for write protection, which occurs when the hole is not covered by the movable tab. The other square hole is for identification of HD disks - there's no point in covering it on a T3.
Getting a "Data Error" doesn't necessarily indicate a problem with the disk drive. It can be caused by corrupted data, a bad disk, or even just dirty heads.
Quote: | I really am not a tech and actually a guitar player to boot but I spent $400 on this so I'm in too deep to back away,..so far. So I just bought a replacement drive and am waiting for that. I hear they just snap in so i'll try that.
Any help would be appreciated tremendously.
Thanks,
Mike |
You may find that replacing the disk drive requires somewhat more effort than just snapping it in.
I suggest that you get some unused 3.5" HD disks, and see if you can successfully format them on the T3. If so, the disk drive is probably OK. If not, the problem might still just be dirty heads. _________________ Korg: T3EX, 05R/W | Yamaha: Motif XF6 and XS6, A3000V2, A4000, YS200 | Fender Chroma Polaris | Roland U-220 | Etc. |
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mikeks
Joined: 21 Feb 2017 Posts: 6
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Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2017 2:42 pm Post subject: T3 Data error |
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Thanks for the reply.
I put in the new drive, then got message about the drive not working. Oh boy, I'm going down a rabbit hole here.
I will try your suggestion.
Thanks again.
Mike |
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sunriser111671 Full Member
Joined: 17 Jul 2013 Posts: 129 Location: Michigan USA
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Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2017 5:59 am Post subject: |
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Have you considered just using a MIDI interface from a computer and downloading the factory sounds via SYSEX datadump?
If so, I have the prefect program to handle that..... |
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