Roland VS2480 convert internal PATA HDD to SATA SSD 

Winyard Productions it works well and i have several projects in the vs2480. I record every week in my studio. No problems at all. It doesn't do things any faster regarding the wave form display. Cheers

Great! I'll put it on the list of mods. Thanks.

You will need to use a converter's software. Or you can get a VFire and an older desktop. Or you can record everything out of the VS into another recorder live. Here is a link that will show you what the files will look like once you pull the HDD switch the pins to slave from master and place it in a desktop...www.rolandvs2480.net/2480-FAQs/Roland%20VS2480%20Hard%20Drive%20Recovery%20Procedure.htm

@@ianglispy2885 Thanks for your reply. Actually yes recording everything out live might be the most straight forward solution... although lengthy in time! But if one can send out 8 individual tracks at a time then not too bad either... I probably have around 60 projects in there at least, over 10 years of recordings! Thanks for the idea!

Mark "M.E." Edwards hi. you need to use the exact bridge i used in the video. i have heard that others do not work. also i formatted the ssd drive to fat 32 before putting it in the vs2480. now in theory that should not matter, because the VS is going to format the ssd. i did it anyway. so i knew the ssd was able to work before putting it in the VS. good luck.

Thank you so much for the prompt reply, Ian. The ADP-06 was only $8 and locally available which is why I gave that a try first. I shall track your unit down. I will also try formatting the SSD to fat 32 and even try it with this board since the board you used won't ship til Monday at this point (today is Saturday). It appears the model # is RXD-629A7-7 though I can't tell who the manufacturer is. This appears to be it. A seller in Pennsylvania (I am in NJ) . www.amazon.com/HDE-Computer-Drive-Interface-Adapter/dp/B008X8NK0I/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&qid=1500125852&sr=8-11&keywords=sata%2Bto%2Bide%2Fpata%2Bconverter%2Badapter&th=1

Ken Totushek in the description below the Video look for that specific one adapter on eBay. When I bought mine I ordered a few because I had a few vs units. Others are known not to work. Some sellers on eBay say it is the DVD type of adapter with those specifics but you need to match the picture with it to make sure. Thus I added the picture to the video. Good luck.

Thus far I have noticed stability (not that it was ever lacking before for me), slightly faster start up project load project save and shut down (nothing drastic), no need to ever have to defrag again because it is ssd, then the obvious improvements of quieter (disconnect the HDD fan), lighter weight, tons of storage drive space.

Thanks Ian, I appreciate your quick response! I shall source what I need now and do the conversion. Thanks again.

Rodney Ramos Jr. It works great so far. No stalls or hiccups. No need to defrag ever again also.

I do not think it will work. sorry. Try it and prove me wrong. Good luck.

Steve Hampton i left a lot of files on the old HDD. I transferred to the SSD when i had completed all projects.

That's cool. There's some out there called VirDir that enables you to do file transfers. It's a bit of a Rube Goldberg process but at least it enables you to store your data on your PC.

Blair Cromwell look at the picture at 3:01. Yes you need to take the back off the vs2480. then go into the cage around the hdd. then go into the caddy and secure the adapter and molex power cable then add the ssd to that. Should take 15 minutes.

wasn't sure if this was a hard drive version or a cd/dvd. I can remove the hard drive caddy on mine without taking the machine apart......?

Blair Cromwell mine in this video is 2480HD.

MightyHip hi I guess there is no need to remove the back if your harddrive caddy isnt locked. It was my first time opening it.

Unfortunately your hard drive is failing. I was also receiving the message "Drive Busy" or "IDE not available" while trying to record and even save my projects. Eventually it just continued freezing and would not save any progress so I have a lot of re-recording to do. However, if you are able to get an IDE to SATA bridge and look up VS Wave export free software, you can backup your VS project data onto another computer. Of course depending on the current state of your drive, it may recover everything or parts of tracks. Now that I have my data backed up, I will be disposing of the IDE to not be tempted to use it again in a pinch and replace it with the SSD shown above. I'm just worried about purchasing a defective PATA to SATA adapter since the specific ebay seller is not listed in the comments section. As far as your data recovery, good luck and let me know if you run into anything else.

gary lowe the adapter has some prongs on it. There is a small plastic fitting on the prongs. Depending on which prongs it it covering determines whether the adapter is set to master or slave. Look closely at the adapter and you will see for yourself how to set it. It is a common thing with he'd and such so look at a RU-vid video on the subject. Cheers.

IanCanefire thanks for the response, yeah I tried swapping the cover over but that didn’t work unfortunately, must be either the adaptor, the disk or both! I believe that I have the 2 exact same devices as the video though...

@@gazz5467 , I think that it has to do with the dvd model - I converted my vs2000 with no problem but had no luck with the vs 2480 DVD

I wish I could help you. I've done it twice and it was a simple process with a successful result.

thx for your answer Ian, I noticed that on the delivered adaptor card is printed : RXD 629 A-7 while i've ordered on Amazon the adaptor with printing RXD 629 A 2008 on it, is there a diference ? is this the reason why it's not working ? Anyway I also ordered yesterday the StarTech.com 40/44 Pin IDE to Compact Flash SSD Adapter (IDE2CF) for a convert solution with Compact Flash card, wat do you think about this solution ? thx and kind regards from Belgium, Will (Crosswood-Studio)

Hi Will, did the SSD adapter work for you?

Hi Ken, no unfortunately not, although I tried several IDE PATA TO SATA Adapters from Amazon, my VS 2480 still refuse to format the SSD ... for the moment a friend of mine is formatting the SSD in FAT 32 in his old computer, we'll try this ASAP, keep you posted .. ! thx Will

Will Tranchet hopefully you used the exact type that I spelled out in the description verbiage below the video. This converter has now worked three times for me without hassle.

john Barry thanks for the heads up. I obviously did not look closely at the image. That is the image that was on my eBay purchase. So it seems that the seller just used the same image for all the adapters. It the name of the adapter was the determining factor. I bought the one for use with DVD.

Hi IanCaneFire, Great video! Still trying to determine which adapter is the correct one? The first one I have purchased (RXD 629A 2008) was pictured when I ordered it but received (RXD 629 A-7) which didn't work on my 2480 with the same SDD in your video. I had thought I needed the card printed with (RXD 629A 2008) ? if you have a second could you give me a little more info on the card that worked? So I an order the correct one Thanks in advance, Lance

Sorry I meant vs2000

Marvin arthur Lutchman hi, I am about to install this setup in my two VS2000s. In theory it should work. i need to backup my projects first though.

IanCanefire thank you for you're reply, I also followed you're mpc4000 videos!!!! Great work( keep it up)peace.

@@marvinarthurlutchman5353 Hi, I converted my vs 2000 with success - the same adaptor (JP103-5) and a Kingstone A400 120gb ssd. The vs2000 reconised it right away. I just did a exFAT format prior on windows10. I didn't have the same luck with vs2480DVD, it just stuck after "scsi OK".

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