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#103535 - 07/04/05 12:26 PM can't eject ZIP-drive from my Roland EM-2000
lucreyns Offline
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Registered: 09/23/04
Posts: 11
Loc: Belgium (europe)
I just bought a second hand EM-2000. It's in a very good condition and sounds great (really!!), but the manual procedure to eject the ZIP-disk doesn't work!. Anyone experienced this problem or has some hints to solve this problem? Can it be removed manually? If so, how?

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#103536 - 07/04/05 01:56 PM Re: can't eject ZIP-drive from my Roland EM-2000
Artaher Offline
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Registered: 12/04/01
Posts: 143
Loc: Madrid, Spain
I just bought a second hand EM-2000 too.
About ejecting discs, floppy disc may be ejected manually, as you do in a computer.
But zip drive must be unmounted before pressing the eject button. You cannot eject a zip disk without unmounting it first. It is in pag. 17 of Em2000 manual.

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#103537 - 07/04/05 02:47 PM Re: can't eject ZIP-drive from my Roland EM-2000
lucreyns Offline
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Registered: 09/23/04
Posts: 11
Loc: Belgium (europe)
Dear Artaher,

I unmounted the zip-drive as indicated in the manual on page 17 of the manual (Disklist --> F4 --->upper2 --->lower1 (the manual says here upper2 once more, but the lower1 blinks!!). After this procedure, the zip drive is unmounted, but the eject button fails to eject the drive.
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Originally posted by Artaher:
I just bought a second hand EM-2000 too.
About ejecting discs, floppy disc may be ejected manually, as you do in a computer.
But zip drive must be unmounted before pressing the eject button. You cannot eject a zip disk without unmounting it first. It is in pag. 17 of Em2000 manual.

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#103538 - 07/04/05 02:51 PM Re: can't eject ZIP-drive from my Roland EM-2000
Fran Carango Offline
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Registered: 05/26/99
Posts: 9673
Loc: Levittown, Pa, USA
The EM2000 should eject the zip disk by holding the ejection button in and powering up..
Internally , there is a pin hole in the back end of the drive to release the disk, but you should not have to do this if your drive is getting power..

[This message has been edited by Fran Carango (edited 07-04-2005).]
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#103539 - 07/04/05 11:54 PM Re: can't eject ZIP-drive from my Roland EM-2000
lucreyns Offline
Junior Member

Registered: 09/23/04
Posts: 11
Loc: Belgium (europe)
Dear Fran,

Thanks for your suggestions.
Trying the first one (powering up while pressing the eject button): I hear some clicks (probably the zip-drive trying to eject the disk), but the disk doesn't eject
The second one: I suppose I have to dismantle the EM-2000 to reach the back-side, because the zip-drive is an internal one ... a little bit risky?
Quote:
Originally posted by Fran Carango:
The EM2000 should eject the zip disk by holding the ejection button in and powering up..
Internally , there is a pin hole in the back end of the drive to release the disk, but you should not have to do this if your drive is getting power..

[This message has been edited by Fran Carango (edited 07-04-2005).]




[This message has been edited by lucreyns (edited 07-04-2005).]

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#103540 - 07/07/05 07:13 PM Re: can't eject ZIP-drive from my Roland EM-2000
Vadim Offline
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Registered: 07/13/03
Posts: 321
i had problems with zip too, my Roland VA76 couldnt read my Zip , what i did was put it in the computer and computer fixed it,(but you wouldnt be able to put yours into computer because you cant eject it)
i dont know what is your problem with the Zip, i think its a hard ware failure,
does your em-2000 read the disk , does it load/save Styles/songs?

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