Original Message 1/4                 Date: 22-Feb-01  @  03:27 PM   -   Emu E6400 IDE HD upgrade

Da1wSkillz

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I would like to know if anyone here has personally upgraded there Emu E6400 with a HD and if so.......Do I need to buy the IDE HD Mounting Kit from Emu directly($30).....or do I just need a normal mounting kit for a HD from any computer store($5)??? Any help on this matter would be greatly appreciated!
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GB

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Message 2/4                 Date: 03-Mar-01  @  06:28 AM   -   RE: Emu E6400 IDE HD upgrade

nebyon

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Basically I went to the pro audio shop in my area and they inserted what looked like a pretty normal mounting kit but im no computer wiz. so my conclusion is that u dont have to get it from E-mu, i think that most respectable pro audio shops will have a mounting kit for u.

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Message 3/4                 Date: 04-Mar-01  @  09:43 PM   -   RE: Emu E6400 IDE HD upgrade

influx

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Im assuming you have an ultra? if not I wouldnt try putting IDE in there...

dunno bout the mounting kit...$30 seems fair...how much did you pay nebyon?

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Message 4/4                 Date: 05-Mar-01  @  08:40 PM   -   RE: Emu E6400 IDE HD upgrade

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The HD mounting kit is pretty much all standard computer parts except for the power cable. The leads are reversed and backwards. If you put in a regular one, you'll fry your drive and possibly the board inside the sampler.

I don't know why E-mu did this but they really should only have charged $10-15. You can easily get the materials for this for under $10. I don't have a problem with forcing you to use their kit but I have a problem with their price. They are unnecessarily charging higher than they should for these parts.

Then again, I paid what they asked as I didn't want to void my warranty.

oh well,
fv

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