would this be the right 250 zip drive to upgrade to ex?

babkubwa · Post by **babkubwa** » Wed May 14, 2008 10:05 am

Black Iomega 250MB Internal ATAPI IDE Zip Drive

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Black-Iomega-Zip-Drive-250-MB-Internal-IDE-FAST-SHIP_W0QQitemZ190222255534QQihZ009QQcategoryZ116251QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD2VQQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1638Q2em122

I was just about to buy this zip drive from ebay to stick in my sp808 and make it an Ex. do you think its the right kind?

jbl · Post by **jbl** » Wed May 14, 2008 1:54 pm

are you doing the os upgrade i've seen online?

babkubwa · Post by **babkubwa** » Wed May 14, 2008 2:19 pm

yeah- just upgrading an original sp808 to an sp808 EX.

as far as I know its essential to change the zip disk to 250 - although not a 100 percent. what happens if you just update the os with the 100 mg zip drive?

babkubwa · Post by **babkubwa** » Wed May 14, 2008 2:38 pm

yeah- just upgrading an original sp808 to an sp808 EX.

as far as I know its essential to change the zip disk to 250 - although not a 100 percent. what happens if you just update the os with the 100 mg zip drive?

ColeRockLee · Post by **ColeRockLee** » Wed May 14, 2008 9:02 pm

Any internal 250mb ZIP drive should work. I had an ASR-X Pro a while back and replaced the zip drive in it. It was just a normal IDE ribbon cable connecting it just like in a computer. One thing you may want to take note of when you take the old drive out is where the jumpers (tiny plastic caps that connect pins next to the IDE connector) so you can set em the same on the new drive.

blast1 · Post by **blast1** » Wed May 14, 2008 9:10 pm

lol, i bought the sp-808 from some kat, when i turned it on it read e-mix studio. i didn't know that the upgrade was on there, what a trip...

jbl · Post by **jbl** » Wed May 14, 2008 11:37 pm

as far as i know the zip drive must be upgraded as well.
you should post a pictorial description after your done. a lot of people would probably like to try this.

jbl · Post by **jbl** » Sun May 18, 2008 3:51 pm

hey bub, how did it work? i read about the stop button going haywire (that was you right?), too bad; was it before or after you upgraded?

babkubwa · Post by **babkubwa** » Sun May 18, 2008 5:05 pm

not got one yet. keep getting outbid on ebay!

will try to take some pictures once I'm doing it though. cheers

drewzle · Post by **drewzle** » Mon May 19, 2008 8:25 am

have you guys seen this site:
http://scsiforsamplers.com/
?

would it help for updating SP-808s?

jbl · Post by **jbl** » Mon May 19, 2008 1:57 pm

nice find drew. i just won a sp-808 (groove sampler) online for less than a hundred dollars so i will be doin' some searching of places like this. i don't really plan on using it as a sampler but more as a four-track and i'm thinking of leaving it alone and not upgrading. maybe next i'll get a 808ex. i just hope this one works all right. the guy i won it from is just a used electronics seller but he got it to power up no problem. it seems good to me.

jbl · Post by **jbl** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 1:15 pm

has anybody ever upgraded to ex without upgrading to zip250?

pt3r · Post by **pt3r** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 2:55 pm

why not replacing the zip drive with a cf drive?

jbl · Post by **jbl** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 1:29 am

i have yet to see anyone who really has got this combo to work.
cf drive and 808, and when i say work i mean; no problems. is there anyone on here who is using a cf drive on their 808 with no probs?

BUT actually i want to upgrade the OS to EX version, while retaining my zip100. cuz i see no reason whatsoever to put any money into the 808.

Groovebuster · Post by **Groovebuster** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 1:54 pm

Hey JBL,

I got my SP-808 with the original OS, 10 Zips and neat gigbag a month and a half ago. (near-Mint condition for 150 Euros)
I immediately hooked it up to my computer to upgrade the OS to EX via MIDI.
I have been using the unit extensively all this time with the 100Mb Zipdrive and disks inside. No problems whatsoever. So i can confirm that it works!

Cheers, Rich

p.s. I will upgrade the ZIP to a 250Mb drive next week. (10 euros is not a bad deal)

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would this be the right 250 zip drive to upgrade to ex?

would this be the right 250 zip drive to upgrade to ex?

EX upgrade + 100Mb Zip works!