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jbeliz · Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2016 4:33 pm Post subject: Tips on Hard drive replacement

Does anyone have any suggestions on replacing the HD Drive to an SS Drive and what model of drive will work and what is needed for the swap.
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Anukis · Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2016 6:08 am Post subject:

You need a PATA IDE SSD. You can buy the transcend ones on the bay but they are expensive. You can still buy them new but the price is thru the roof. Both my O's have these 64GB ones and it loads in about 10 seconds with all EXS STR LAC MOD-7 etc etc . Great upgrade, you won't regret.

Also you won't get noise from the hdd since there is no spinning drive.

It is located under left side of the O above the joystick. The problem you will face is getting into the drive to get it out. Its a tough job but doable. Then you will have to restore from the original operating disks etc and re-enter your authorisations from the korguser.net website. Do not clone the drive. It will not work for long and you will have problems in future. The whole system just works better and faster obviously.

Best of luck.
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jbeliz · Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2016 1:01 am Post subject:

Thanks, so I thought you have to clone the drive then install the new drive and recovery disc. So do you just install the blank drive without cloning?
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Kevin Nolan · Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2016 9:51 pm Post subject:

jbeliz · Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2016 9:31 pm Post subject:

Kevin to upgrade the Hard drive you would need to buy an SSD IDE 44pin Drive, i just purchased mine and i am still waiting for it i can maybe post the procedure if i get it right the first time on the swap.
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DennyC · Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2016 11:47 pm Post subject:

J,

I sure hope it works out. The keybed is super and with an expanded drive like the ss type, it should really be fantastic. I know they are built like a tank...and I also love the non weighted keys. Best of luck with the new project.
thanks,
Denny C
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Anukis · Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2016 7:19 pm Post subject:

jbeliz · Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2016 12:56 pm Post subject:

I was able to successfully install my first SSD drive to my Oasys it was a 64GB King Spec model cost me about $50 for the drive. The process was easier than i thought and i did notice faster boot time by 40 seconds vs the factory HDD, and in loading samples i noticed about 10 seconds faster loading a pack of 564mb of samples. So all in all i am happy it worked. I cloned my drive installed it and it booted up with out having to re-authorize anything all my data was there the way it was. I love the Oasys even more now. I made a video of the procedure that i hope to upload soon on the process to help anyone else out that is interested.
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DennyC · Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2016 1:59 am Post subject:

Congrats Josh!

Denny C
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Geoff Flynn · Full Member Joined: 04 Jun 2016 Posts: 112

jbeliz · Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2016 10:22 pm Post subject:

Here is a video I made showing the boot time difference in HDD vs SSD before and after the install.
https://youtu.be/M2llrofA5Xs
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jbeliz · Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2016 1:31 pm Post subject:

Rav2 · Joined: 28 Mar 2016 Posts: 7

Hi Kevin

Yes, upgrading the OASYS hard disk to a solid state can be done and is actually quite easy! I did it myself per K_Take's instructions (google translator is your best friend here Smile

: https://synth-voice.sakura.ne.jp/synth-voice/html5/column11.html)

I've purchased a TRANSCEND 64GB SSD IDE (order code "TS64GPSD330"). See the product details from their website https://www.transcend-info.com/products/Product_detail.aspx?no=418. I am a happy camper since that upgrade (quicker boot times, no HD noise). Note that an OS re-install / re-authorization of synth engines may be required (at least I did it that way: let the OASYS 76 format the SSD, then build up the OS from scratch). Great upgrade, you won't regret!