Hi,
My Roland W30 startups but doesn’t ask for the OS disk. The display keeps showing “Roland W-30” and that’s it. Any ideas ?
Ive disconnected the drive data cable and power to isolate any potential issues but no luck. I can do in depth troubleshooting if needed
Thanks
Any help will be appreciated
Usually this problem is related to a defective floppy disk drive. Also, If the floppy disk drive is removed, the same thing will occur and the sampler freezes at the “Roland W-30” screen. There’s some useful info about replacements at this link --> http://llamamusic.com/s50s550/fdd_tech.html
Thank you.
I was planning to probe the signals once i have time.
It looks like the cable was replaced . I bought it as is. It was not powering up until i found the cable was connected upside down on the floppy drive side. Im suspecting the controller IC to be damaged. However, i’ll try to connect the drive to an old test pc to see if it works.
Regards
Sorry for reviving this old thread. I’m hoping you can give me more information of how you resolved the matter. I’m having the same exact issue. I swapped my floppy drive with another W 30 floppy drive and I’m getting the same result. So this leads me to believe that it’s not necessarily the drive itself,
but something else.
I also went to the process of installing a new screen via the popular method online and on YouTube. Got the screen from buydisplay, and took out the necessary components and installed the resistor.
It starts and the W 30 screen thanks in advance
comes up but the insert system disc Message does not appear.
I appreciate any information or help you can give.
Hi,
I 'll get back to you later today or tomorrow as i have to dig into my notes.
Hello. Sorry to be a pest, but were you able to locate your notes?
I didn’t find specific notes in my w-30 folder but i have some other misc info. What’s the exact floppy drive model number you have ?