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Hi, I'm really new in this FORUM. I found you on Internet, and I'm asking for your help, please. I have a Roland VA-76 keyboard, and a problem with my ZIP drive (maybe a couple of problems). 1) sometimes the keyboard is not able to read the zip disk. 2) sometimes when I return from the Lyrics screen to the 'directory' screen, I see a lot of un-understandable chars (strange chars) instead of the normal titles, names. 3) when I try to Format a zip disk, it always starts to show the increasing percentage of completion quickly varying from 0% to 100% and again from 0 to 100 (couple of seconds is the elapsed time between 0 and 100) lot of times. Without format the zip disk.

Please, does anybody have a clue of wich kinf of problem(s) could be on my keyboard. (I had the 2.0 OS previously installed, then I installed 2.1 OS, but nothing changed on this matter).

I thank in advance every one of you who could give some ideas (just before to bring the keyboard to a ROLAND assistance center). Ciao, from Italy (Milan). This message has been edited by ssb (edited ).

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#303498 - 03/21/06 09:31 AM Re: VA-76 zip disk problems Senior Member Registered: 05/26/99 Posts: 8427 Loc: Levittown, Pa, USA. Ssb, have you tried another zip disk? If you have the same problem with another disk, it is most likely your zip drive. Odds are, you probably have a errored disk.

Also are you aware Roland has a Data Base Manager for the VA series.This allows you to organize and load a blank zip disk using a computer. I just replaced my zip drive on my 8 year old Roland G1000.With care, the drives can last. You mentioned cryptic lettering after you come out of lyrics window.This could be a sign of an internal battery going badthey usually last ten years on average. If you have a reliable repair shop, maybe it would be worth while, to have them check everything out. Originally posted by Fran Carango: ssb, have you tried another zip disk?

If you have the same problem with another disk, it is most likely your zip drive. Yes I tried nultiple new zip disks with the same result. Odds are, you probably have a errored disk.

Also are you aware Roland has a Data Base Manager for the VA series.This allows you to organize and load a blank zip disk using a computer. Yes I know, and I use it to 'load' the ZIP disk with songs etc. The only thing is that Roland recommands to format the zip disk with the keyboard, and then use it with a PC, so with RDBM. I just replaced my zip drive on my 8 year old Roland G1000.With care, the drives can last.

I saw somwhere that I can replace the ZIP drive with a common IOMEGA internal ZIP drive with IDE interface. For what you know, is it a difficult action to be performed? I'm quite used to work with computers.

Do you think I could do it by myself? Download software malvern zetasizer software manual. You mentioned cryptic lettering after you come out of lyrics window.This could be a sign of an internal battery going badthey usually last ten years on average. I thank you for this information. I'm not aware about any battery in my VA-76. I didn't find anything related to in my Manuals. If it is so, where is that battery? May I replace it by myself?

If you have a reliable repair shop, maybe it would be worth while, to have them check everything out. I'm just thinking to go there, but, for instance, I would not leave my keyboard there for couple of weeks.

Just to replace a battery, even paying for that a lot of dollars. In the meantime I thank you for all your suggestions. This message has been edited by ssb (edited ). This message has been edited by ssb (edited ). This message has been edited by ssb (edited ).

Free Zip Drive Software

Roland VS-840 SD card drive replcement Installing an IDE to SD Card Media Adapter in a Roland VS-840 Multitrack Recorder Today I received a couple of new Secure Digital SD SDHC MMC to IDE 3.5 40 Pin Male Adapter Converter cards for my Roland VS-840 Multitrack Recorder. I installed the device and was able to successfully partition and initialize a 2GB Sandisk SD Memory card in the Roland VS-840. Partitions are 1GB. The VS-840 is now totally silent and I no longer get any “drive busy” errors when using the VS-640 in MT1/MT2 Song format.

The installation was flawless and although there may be some future SD card compatibility issues, I have so far found most SD cards to work with the device. The person I bought the SD adapter converter card from on Ebay is. I attached a photo to this article of what the device looks like.

Previously in another article I wrote I had purchased a couple of similar converters from an online shop called DealExtreme which had horrible service. I eventually got my money back and promised I would never do business with them again. The product I purchased above came from Hong Kong and it arrived actually in exactly one week from purchase. The service was great and I would definitely order again from this one individual. Replacing the Zip drive with an SD Card in the Roland VS-840 works beautifully and really cleans up some of the issues I had with the unit. I’ll probably try the same SD card converter with the Roland VS-1680 and Roland SP-808. It’s likely the SP-808 won’t work as I’ve yet to hear any success stories with SD cards working in an SP-808.

SD Cards do however work very well with the Roland VS-840. I use my Roland VS-840 extensively to import WAV files into my Roland VS-1680. I export WAV files into the VS-840 format using the BR WAV converter software and then import that into the VS-1680.

It works great. UPDATE #1 – The replacement of the Roland VS-840 250MB zip drive with an SD Card adapter is really working well. I am using a SandDisk Extreme III 2GB card that has a 1GB Fat16 partition.

I did this on the computer using the free version of MiniTool Partition Wizard. I tested with the BR To WAV converter software and was successfully able to convert Wav files to and from the SD card.

I was then able to drag and drop all tracks into Sonar which all played back perfectly and in sync. I swapped out the short IDE cable in the Roland VS-840 for a longer one. I had to use a needle to create a 40th hole in the cable as there are 40 pins on the connector side of the Roland VS-480.

My cable only had 39 holes but it’s easy to puncture a hole to make it 40. I also had to wrap the SD card converter to ensure nothing touched the metal casing of the VS-840.

These SD card converters MUST be shielded from the metal case properly to work 100%. I used plastic to wrap the SD card converter and it works beautifully. Finally I did some recordings in MT1 format that required some heavy reading from the SD card. I have yet to get a single “drive busy” error. Everything works perfectly and it’s all a 100% silent.

I forget the unit is on sometimeslaugh. An SD Card Adapter is a definite “must” upgrade for the Roland VS-840. Highly recommended. UPDATE #2 – I installed this SD Card Adapter into the Roland SP-808EX and it unfortunately didn’t work.

I was able to turn on the SP-808 and it gave me a message that the SD card needed to be formatted. I performed “Quick Format” but after that I couldn’t create a song or do any sampling. Instead I got a no disk space error. I got really close, but I don’t think it’s going to work with this particular SD card adapter.