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Ricky
Joined: 11 Oct 2007 Posts: 27
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Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 5:45 pm Post subject: Solid State Drive in Oasys? |
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Can I (or my technician) put a solid state drive the the O, instead of the harddisk installed from factory?
AFAIK the drive is ATA100. Are there any SSD drives with that Interface?
Please advise. What about quality of SSD? Which are good and which are bad?
I travel quite a lot, and it would be safer to have a SSD.
If the harddisc should crash, how can I boot the O?
From USB? Or from Cd's?
Or am I totally "dead" and have to leave the audience without any music???
I haven't had any problems so far. Just tryin' to look ahead.
TIA |
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MartinHines Platinum Member
Joined: 21 Jan 2003 Posts: 3035 Location: Topeka, KS (USA)
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Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2011 1:12 am Post subject: |
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I doubt the custom operating system would support an SSD drive, so the existing hard drive is it.
If it fails, you are out of luck. However I haven't heard of this situation occuring. Any keyboard could theoretically die/stop working, so you should always have a backup available. |
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X-Trade Moderator
Joined: 14 Feb 2006 Posts: 6494 Location: Leeds, UK
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Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2011 9:03 am Post subject: |
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I suppose you could have an identical drive with the OASYS load cloned to it, using Norton or Acronis for example.
I have seen reports of users successfully having replaced the drive with a larger one so IF you did find a IDE SSD then it might work, but I would expect most SSDs to be SATA. _________________ Current Gear: Kronos 61, RADIAS-R, Volca Bass, ESX-1, microKorg, MS2000B, R3, Kaossilator Pro +, MiniKP, AX3000B, nanoKontrol, nanoPad MK II,
Other Mfgrs: Moog Sub37, Roland Boutique JX03, Novation MiniNova, Akai APC40, MOTU MIDI TimePiece 2, ART Pro VLA, Focusrite Saffire Pro 40.
Past Gear: Korg Karma, TR61, Poly800, EA-1, ER-1, ES-1, Kawai K1, Novation ReMote37SL, Boss GT-6B
Software: NI Komplete 10 Ultimate, Arturia V Collection, Ableton Live 9. Apple OSX El Capitan on 15" MacBook Pro |
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Pianomanjess
Joined: 20 May 2010 Posts: 24 Location: Oklahoma
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Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2011 2:17 pm Post subject: |
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I recently got my O back from the nearest KORG authorized repair center, because I had some issues upon loading the OS, and it turned out my hard drive had went bad, the hard drive they replaced it with was 120 GB instead of the factory 60GB! So I know a larger drive can be supplied, but as for a SSD I do not know. |
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Akos Janca Platinum Member
Joined: 16 Mar 2005 Posts: 1158 Location: Budapest, Hungary
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Sharp Site Admin
Joined: 02 Jan 2002 Posts: 18197 Location: Ireland
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Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2011 5:51 pm Post subject: |
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Can't see any reason why it wouldn't work.
You just need to clone the HDD with GHOST. It would be interesting to see how fast it boots and loads / saves files when a SSD installed. I bet it would be a lot faster.
Regards
Sharp. |
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Ricky
Joined: 11 Oct 2007 Posts: 27
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Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2011 3:32 pm Post subject: |
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Thanx for all your answers.
But someone's in doubt, other say it's possible!
Are there any way I can get it confirmed? Who will know it for sure?
Somebody at Korg? Can I contact them? How?
It will be an expensive operation. I will do it if it's possible, but I will not waste my money just to try it if it fails! |
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McHale Platinum Member
Joined: 10 Feb 2009 Posts: 2487 Location: B.F.E.
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Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2011 3:40 pm Post subject: |
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I'd bet it works. They make Parallel ATA drives that are pretty fast:
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/SandForce-IDE-ATA-Mercury-Extreme-Pro-Legacy-Edition-Legacy-PC,11917.html
I'd find out what the return policy is if it doesn't and give it a shot. I guarantee that I'd give it a shot if I had an OASYS. I will be doing a backwards test on the KRONOS using a standard HD. _________________ Current Korg Gear: KRONOS 88 (4GB), M50-73 (PS mod), RADIAS-73, Electribe MX, Triton Pro (MOSS, SCSI, CF, 64MB RAM), SQ-64, DVP-1, MEX-8000, MR-1, KAOSSilator, nanoKey, nanoKontrol, 3x nanoPad 2, 3x DS1H, 7x PS1, FC7 (yes Korg, NOT Yamaha). |
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MartinHines Platinum Member
Joined: 21 Jan 2003 Posts: 3035 Location: Topeka, KS (USA)
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Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2011 7:28 pm Post subject: |
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Ricky wrote: | Are there any way I can get it confirmed? Who will know it for sure?
Somebody at Korg? Can I contact them? How? |
No one at Korg will give you a yes or no answer since that is not part of the original product specification. Also, no one at Korg is going to open up an OASYS and test it for you.
You would do this at your own risk. If you messed up your OASYS, you would have to pay to get it fixed. |
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Anukis Full Member
Joined: 23 Mar 2008 Posts: 141 Location: Australia
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billysynth1 Platinum Member
Joined: 22 Jan 2005 Posts: 1148 Location: Australia/Melbourne
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Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2012 11:10 am Post subject: |
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Can someone translate all that lol
billy _________________ Yamaha C1 Grand Piano.
Korg Oasys 88, Jupiter 80
Kronos 88, V Synth GT
I am a student of classical piano...I am not a classical pianist. |
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Akos Janca Platinum Member
Joined: 16 Mar 2005 Posts: 1158 Location: Budapest, Hungary
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Anukis Full Member
Joined: 23 Mar 2008 Posts: 141 Location: Australia
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Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2012 12:26 am Post subject: |
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Im having great problems finding a 44 pin ssd drive. There is a brand called KingSpec but I don't want to use an unknown brand drive. If anyone is computer savvy enough to know what ssd drives will definitely work in the O please provide some links. As soon as I find one I will take my O apart and document this. OWC Mercury extreme pro seem to fit but I can't find out if they are 44 pin.
I have downloaded HDclone which should also clone the drive exactly so there should be no need to use authorisation disks. It has been used and passed by someone on karma-labs. _________________ Korg Oasys 88
Korg Oasys 76
Jupiter 80
Fantom G8
Fantom G7 |
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Anukis Full Member
Joined: 23 Mar 2008 Posts: 141 Location: Australia
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Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2012 12:02 pm Post subject: |
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after a lot of research would it be safe to say, If I bought an ssd drive that was 2.5" IDE PATA that was 44 pin in any brand that it would work on an O?
I'm really getting excited about trying this since the factory hdd makes a tremendous amount of noise that travels out the audio outs into my soundcard and speakers. Im convinced its the hdd and not a ground loop. _________________ Korg Oasys 88
Korg Oasys 76
Jupiter 80
Fantom G8
Fantom G7 |
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razzaq1 Junior Member
Joined: 15 Jul 2003 Posts: 50
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Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 7:51 pm Post subject: |
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Anukis wrote: | Im having great problems finding a 44 pin ssd drive. There is a brand called KingSpec but I don't want to use an unknown brand drive. |
Hi all,
I just installed a 128Gig KingSpec SSD KSD-PA25.6-128MS bought from Amazon for £75 into my OASYS using AKOS's link at
http://synth-voice.sakura.ne.jp/synth-voice/html5/column11.html
Excellent instructions.
PS. Take the left aluminium 'cheek' completely off, and just the indicated yellow/red screw on the right cheek, so that the control panel hinges up.
I DID try to put the SSD into the OASYS and use the restore disk as mentioned, but I got the "unable to access the harddisk on this OASYS" screen several times.
I had not done the 'OPERATION CHECK OF SSD' section because I didn't have a connection adapter for the smaller 2.5" drive.
I thought that the SSD might have been faulty.
Then, I bought an external enclosure for the SSD and I used the 'clone disk' menu option of EASUSs (free) Partition Master (this is SUCH a good program)
http://www.partition-tool.com/ and when put the cloned SSD into the OASYS it worked straight away
I changed the button (clock) battery, and I think I'll get a silent fan whilst it is open.
Boots up QUICKLY (as I wished)
It is not a difficult install to do, but take precautions, the SSD is susceptible to electrostatic discharge.
Happy bunny here! |
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