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Author Topic: DTS-6D with recurring problem. Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 06-16-2016 07:24 PM                     I've gotten away with using APPLE SCSI drives for 6D units.  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-21-2016 10:57 AM                     If you have the proper aquilla board installed these can be put on the back of any sata drive and it usually works http://www.addonics.com/products/adsalvd160.php the DTS firmware needs to be v1.46  |  IP: Logged Greg Routenburg Expert Film Handler Posts: 178 From: Toronto, ON, Canada Registered: May 2003 posted 06-22-2016 01:14 PM                     Additionally, the DTS conversion kit included 3 of the ACARD IDE to SCSI bridge http://www.acard.com/english/fb01-product.jsp?idno_no=23&prod_no=AEC-7720U&type1_idno=2&ino=43 and three off the shelf IDE DVD-ROM drives. The kit also included the new bootrom board with the AQRM_RC chip and an Adaptec ISA SCSI adapter. I don't remember which one the kit included but I successfully used many 1520B ISA boards in the kits that I put together for our own units.  |  IP: Logged Rob J. Buskop Expert Film Handler Posts: 111 From: Rotterdam, the Netherlands Registered: Aug 2005 posted 07-03-2016 05:23 PM                     Received like new Toshiba XM-3501 drives last week. As mentioned before these are official DTS approved caddy drives, as described in "Notice to field technicians" dated June 16th, 1995. These units are the last version of the one year older 3401 that served the DTS-6 model so well.With ROM-DOS chip Rev.C or higher these are the drives to have if one wants original adaption without after-market modifications. They spin at 1-4x speed and work absolutely perfectly as expected. If anyone still uses a non DTS approved drive set, this is the time to get hold of a set of these rare and extremely solid drives.They sport a casting as main structure (!) and they're available now. Superb units that work like a dream and will do that for a very long time! IMG]http://www.film-tech.com/uploads/uploads0503/ToshibaXM-3501B.jpg[/IMG]  |  IP: Logged Rob J. Buskop Expert Film Handler Posts: 111 From: Rotterdam, the Netherlands Registered: Aug 2005 posted 08-08-2016 05:45 AM                     O.K., I've promised Marco Giustini to report back on the subject, so here it is: The Toshiba XM-3501B units have been installed some time ago now. Hereafter, to make sure there were no problems with the TCR's, I hooked my timecode generator on and ran several reels on timecode. All drives performed perfectly fine, as expected. The only thing you've got to get used to is the longer booting time that these drives need. (remember I used to have Plextor Ultraplex 32x units before...) No problem. After this I've run some shows in DTS. No drop-outs, perfectly steady green light throughout without any "winking", and no freezing so far on the system. All in all it's working absolutely perfectly and the acquisition of these drives has been a good choice for me. Both from an originality standpoint and a technical one as well, whilst retaining the protection of the discs by the venerable caddy design philosophy. This procedure is recommended to those who, like me before, are using alternative alien drives that "work", but are not 100% in concert with the original DTS design particulars. If interested, here's the website where to get these babies: http://www.ebay.com/itm/TOSHIBA-XM-3501B-4X-50-PIN-SCSI-CD-ROM-DRIVE-WITH-CD-CADDY-WITH-WARRANTY-/141600211757?hash=item20f807c32d:g:znoAAOSw3YNXaZ0C  |  IP: Logged Carsten Kurz Film God Posts: 4340 From: Cologne, NRW, Germany Registered: Aug 2009 posted 08-08-2016 06:07 AM                     Can you report which SCSI controller is used in your DTS-6D? There are technotes explaining that faster drives need a different SCSI card and ROM card to work reliably (same as with the SCSI->ATAPI conversion kits). - Carsten  |  IP: Logged Marco Giustini Film God Posts: 2713 From: Reading, UK Registered: Nov 2007 posted 08-08-2016 11:21 AM                     Thanks Rob for reporting back - and glad I could be of assistance. As you did, I hit a brick wall in the past when I tried to go the cheap way on my DTS unit!  |  IP: Logged Rob J. Buskop Expert Film Handler Posts: 111 From: Rotterdam, the Netherlands Registered: Aug 2005 posted 08-09-2016 10:27 AM                     The 6D is equipped with the 1.46 chip and the AQRM update.  |  IP: Logged

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