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Maybethiswillbeofusetosomeone. IfyouarethinkingaboutinstallingaSCSIharddriveinyourK2000thenyoumaywanttoconsiderthesecons: AharddrivewilldrawmorepowerfromyourK2000itwillcausethepowersupplytoworkharderand makemoreheat.Aharddrivealsogeneratesheat,sotheK2000willrunevenhotter.Heatreducesthelife ofelectricalcomponents.YouwillneedafaninyourK2000. AharddriveismechanicalTherearemovingpartsandtherearebearingsthatwearinnormaluse.They aresensitivetoshock(fromadroporafall)andvibrations. Harddrivesmakenoisetheygetnoisierastheywearandheatup. Limitedselectionofdrivesit'stheyear2012....seeifyoucanfindabrandnew2GBWideSCSIHDDthatis onthe(now15yearold)approveddrivelistprobablynot.Youcouldtryalagerdriveofcourse,butyou canonlyaccess2GBfromtheK2000anyway,sotherestwillbewasted. Theproisthatyoucanstilluseyourfloppydrive. InstallingaCF(CompactFlash)drivehastheseadvantages: Doesnotdrawasmuchpowernodiskspinuppowersupplydroop.Runscool. NomovingpartsOk,well,theejectbuttonisamovingpart,butthat'stheonlyone. Nonoisesilence! FewerlimitsinselectionIDEmakeshackingoldgeareasierinthispostSCSIworld.StarTech&Addonics bothhaveIDECFreadersnewforaround$30US. TheconisthatyouwillloseyourfloppydriveunlessyoumountyourCFcardreaderinternally(whichshouldwork too,astheCFdrivewithouta3.25"baywilltakeupmuchlessspaceIwillnotcoverinternalinstallationhere).IMO, onceyouseehowfastyourprogramsandsamplesloadfromSCSI,you'llneverwanttousethefloppyagain. IfyouhavedonethesameresearchthatIhave,youwillhaveseenmuchmentionoftheSCM/MicrotechSCSICF drives(pcd47B,pcd50,etc.)asanoption.Theywereaviableandinexpensiveoptionaslittleasfiveyearsago,but nowtheycanbehardtofind,expensiveandstillmaynotworkwithyourK2000.Inmanycases,youmightbelimited tousingonlycertainCFcards.Thedrivesarealsolonger/deeperthanafloppydrive,sotheywillnotfitinaK2000R.I personallytriedaSCMPCD47binmyK2000Sv3anditwouldnotwritewithoutrebootingmyK2000S,thoughitread fine. However,thispersonseemedtogethispcd47bworkingwell:http://www.keyboardz.net/en/kurzweil-k2000-adding-ascsi-card-reader.html Ihavereadreportsofotherpeopleusingthisdrivesuccessfullyaswell,soitmaybeanoptionworthtryingonyour K2000.
K2000xKeyboard
Partsneeded: AcardAEC7720U~$50$270USusedoneBayasof13June2012 ALTAcardAEC7720UW~$50$270USusedoneBayasof13June2012 ALT68pinto50pinSCSIadapterw/HighByteTermination~$18US CFreader,3.5"bay~$30US 2GBCompactFlash~$10USYoucanuselargercards,buttheK2000willonlyformat2GB 13"SCSIcable~$? 3"IDEcable,40pmaletofemale~$? FDDYpowercable(Molexto2Bergconnectors)~$6US 10"HDDpowercableextender,maletofemale~$?Iffanisinstalled KurzweilK2000OS3.54andup(3.87isrecommendedIhaveconfirmedthatthiswillnotworkwithOS3.01) Doublesidedtape,Velcroorhotglue~$? OpenyourK2000.
DisconnectfancableharnessatJ18
Afankitisrecommendedifyoudonotalreadyhaveoneinstalled. RemoveSMPKoptionifyouhaveone.
Remove3boltsintherearandtwoscrewsonthetop.
Lookathowmuchroomwehavetoworkwith!
SetSCSI/IDEbridgeID.ThisoneissettoSCSI0.DonotuseSCSI6asthatistheK2000processorsID
ThereasonweneedashortmaletofemaleIDEcableisbecausetheSCSI/IDEcardwouldnotclearthebracketif installeddirectlyonthedrive.
Iusedoldcablesfrompreviousprojects&boughtconnectorsfromthelocalelectronicsshop.
CFIDEBridgeAdapterconnection
Atthispoint,beforeyouapplypowertoyourK2000,youllfirstwanttocheckthatyoumadeyourconnections correctly,thatnothingisshortedoropenandthateverythingissecurealwayscheckanddoublecheckbefore applyingpower! Youcanalsoreinstalltheblackplatefromthefloppydrive.Thisblackplatefillstheslightgapbetweenthebottomof thebayandthedrive.Reinstalltheblackplateasitwasonthefloppydrivethereisalittleridgeonthebayopening thatactsasastopfortheplate.Theplatewillstickoutafewmillimetersfromthefrontofthedrive.Sincethereare noboltholesintheCFdrive,usedoublesidedtapetosecureittothebottomoftheCFdrivewheretheboltswere. Sorry,Iforgottotakeapictureofthis,butyoucanseetheplateonthefloppydrivepictureatthebeginningofthe guide. Youmaynowputthebottomcoverbackonthesynth(donotputtheboltsbackinuntilaftertesting).Makesureyou arentpinchinganycables.Flipthekeyboardsoyoucanseethedisplay.
PresstheMOREsoftbuttonuntilyouseeFORMATpressFORMAT.Themenuwillask(repeatedly)ifyouaresure youwanttoformat,pressOKuntilitstartstoformat.
K2000RRackModule
ThisCFinstallationontheK2000R(andK2500R)istheonlyCFconfigurationthatwillworkinK2xR,asfarasIknow. ThisisbecausetheSCMCFdrivesaretoodeeptofitintherackunitsthereisnotenoughroomintherack;theback ofthedrivewilltouchtheaudio/powerboard,andthefrontwillstickoutfromthefaceplate.BecausethisIDECFcard readerissoshort,itcanbeinstalledinanumberofways.Iwillshowaneasy,accuratewaytodothis. *IfyouhavenotreadtheK2000keyboardsection,Iurgeyoutoreaditbeforestartingastheremaybeinformationor stepsnotcoveredinthissection. Partsneeded: EverythinglistedintheK2000keyboardguideexceptfortheHDDpowercableextender #4sheetmetalscrews Zipties Toolsneeded: Drill 1/8drillbit 3/32drillbit Tape File Safetyglasses*Alwaysusethesewhenusingpowertools,ALWAYS! Startbyopeningupyourrackunit. ThisaFrankensteinrackthatIbuiltoutofpartsfromdeadracks,sothismaynotlookexactlylikeyours.Aswiththe K2000keyboard,layatowelundertheracksothatitdoesnotscratchyourworkingsurface.
Layyourfloppydriveupsidedownonthetableandnotethelocationofthescrewholes.
Alignandmarkholes
Removethetapeholdingthefloppydrivetothebracket.FlipthebracketandCFdriveupsidedown.Useapencilto marktheCFdriveholesusingthetwoexistingholesinthebracket.
Drillingtheholes Useapunchtoputanindentationonthemarksthatyoumadethebracket.Ifyoudonothaveapunch,usea sheetrockscrewandahammer.Thisstepisimportantbecause,withouttheselittleindentations,yourdrillbitwill danceorwanderaroundonthemetalandstartaholeinthewrongplace,especiallywhenusingahandpowerdrill. Theindentationgivesthedrillbitsomethingtograbonto.Nowdrillyourholesusinga1/8drillbittomakethetwo newrearmountingholes.Useafileorlargerdrillbittodeburrthenewholeswhenfinished. ReinsettheCFdriveintothebracket,aligningthetwofrontholesthatyoumarkedpreviously.Nowmarkyournew rearholesontheCFdrivejustasyoudidwiththefront.YoushouldnowhavefourpencilmarksonyourCFdrivethat exactlycorrespondtotheholesinthefloppybracket.Sorry,Ididnttakeapictureofthisstep. CarefullyremovetheCFreaderinternalsfromthe3.5drivechassisandsetaside.YouneedtoremovetheCF board/slotmechanismfromthe3.5chassissoasnottodamageitwhiledrilling.Becarefulnottosmudgeyour pencilmarkswhiledoingthis.
MounttheCFreadertothefloppybracket.
Powercable
LaststepSCSIcable DONOTconnecttheSCSIcableyet!
ThesolutionistofilethekeyoffofoneendofyourSCSIcable..
andthenplugthecableinbackwardssothattheredstripe(pin1)ofthecableisclosesttotherightsideoftheunit. Finishingup
Itsuptoyoutodecideifyouwanttoinvest$100USormoreinyouroldsynth.Forme,itwasworththemoneyand efforttobeabletoloadsamplesandprogramsquicklywithabootmacro.AllIneedtodoisturnonmysynthandit loadseverythingautomaticallyessentialinalivesituation.Ispentalittleover$100USeachtomodifymytwo K2000Ss.ItwouldhavebeenlessexpensivetouseaPCDdrive(especiallyifithadworkedforme),butmuchI preferredthecleanlookofablack,singleslotCFdriveinmyK2000,andwaswillingtopayalittlemoreforit. ThismodificationshouldworkontheK2500/K2500Raswell. *NoteregardingDISKModepause. Iwasalertedtoissuesofa7secondpausewhenusingtheAEC7720.ItooexperiencedthispausewhenIfirst completedthismodontheotherK2000,butitneverhappenedagain.Tofindoutwhy,Iloaded4differentcardswith thesamefilesoneach.HereiswhatIlearnedafteracoupleofhoursoftesting: Yes,thissetupwillapparentlywork(meaningthesynthwillbootandplay)withanyCFcard(Iused2GBTranscend 80x&133x,SiliconSystems4GB,andaSmartdisk512MBfromanoldcamera),butallwillhaveasevensecond(or more)delaywhenaccessingDISKMode.Idonotfeelthatthisisaproblem,butsomefolksmaybeannoyedbythe delay.ThispausehappensonlythefirsttimeyoupressDISKafterpoweringup,sosubsequentpressesshouldbring themenuupasquicklyasothermenus. but,ifyouuseofthemacrofunction,youcanmakeabootmacro(BOOT.MAC),whichseemstosolvethe7second pausewhenaccessingDISKmode.ThisiswhyIdidnotnoticethedelayIuseabootmacrotoloadsamplesfromthe CFcardduringbootup.AssoonastheK2000isbooted,DISKModeworksasyouwouldexpect(Isuspectthatthe7 seconddelayhappensduringstartupitmakesthedelaytransparent).So,toavoidthedelaywhenyoupressDISK, usethemacrofunctiontomakeaBOOT.MACfileandenableStartup:andLibrary:withyourSCSIID.Youcanfindout howtodothisinthemanual. ***Disclaimer*** Thisguidehasbeenwrittenandpostedtoshowanddescribeatechnicalprocedurethathasworkedformeonmy keyboards;itmayworkforyouoritmaynot.Youmaytrythisprocedure,buttryatyourownrisk.Tothoseless technicallyinclined,someofthestepsinthisdocumentmayappeardifficultormissingsomedetailsIwould recommendthatthisprocedurebeperformedbyacompetentelectronicstechastherearepotentiallylethal voltages/currentsinside.IamanexperiencedtechwhoisnotassociatedwithKurzweilMusicSystems,Acard, Addonics,StarTechoranyotherbrands(whosenamesandtrademarksremainthesolepropertyoftheirrespective owners)mentionedinthisdocument.Iamalsofromapartoftheworldwherepeopleoftentakenoresponsibilityfor theiractions,hencethisdisclaimer:Iwillnotbeheldresponsibleforanydamage,injuryordeathtopersonsor propertycausedbyfollowingthestepsinthisdocument.Ifyouhavechosentofollowthestepsinthisguide,itis understoodthatyoudosoatyourownrisk. Woodman1200June2012 K2000RaddendumaddedOctober2012