Tascam 788 - replacing HDD with SSD

[AlexBel]

Hello everyone.

Today I installed a 16GB SSD in Tascam 788 (firmware 1.02). It works fine, I checked the guitar input - it records and plays. A few photos with the message.

Best regards, Alex.

 

[shredd]

That's great!
When I spent a great many years on various incarnations of the 2488's, there was a looot of talk around about people replacing the 40G or 80G HDD w a SSD...there were even little kits out there to do it.
Noted yours was a 16GB (smaller than my 2488's stock 40 & 80GB drives)...am wondering how the various '88's would behave with a larger-capacity SSD (like into the upper 10's or even 100's of GB's?).

I never did it, as my 'neo had 80GB and I never even approached the space limits on ANY of the numerous large partitions.
It's also worth mentioning that none of my HDD's ever failed (even my 'neo, which was my studio workhorse for nearly 10 years).
But someone who maintains a large libary of work could surely benefit.

Perhaps you'd detail some of the process, for the benefit of future users/readers who wish to do this?

PS: the photos are great - but file sizes are SO BIG that it took over 5 minutes for ONE to load. Suggest uploading smaller file-size photos that still show what you want them to...

 

[AlexBel]

Unfortunately, I don't have any other SSD drives at the moment and I can't test the work with a larger capacity. But I assume that disks with a larger capacity will work. When I update the firmware to version 2.02, I'll try to buy another SSD and connect it.There's nothing to describe in detail, all I did was connect the SSD via an adapter bought on Aliexpress. After switching it on, everything worked immediately. Apart from what's in the photos, I didn't do anything, so there's nothing to tell I reduced the photos to 25 percent.

Sorry for my bad English, I use an automatic translator.

 

[shredd]

English is pretty good. Usually "I use a Tascam 788" A.I.-translated to English comes out "I enjoy purple doughnuts while using astrophysics in the bathroom".

Anyway - we'll be interested in how a larger-capacity SSD gets along with your 788, even with updated firmware.
Perhaps post a link to the source of the adapter, so others can look for it (or something similar)?

 

[AlexBel]

I can't find a link to the adapter I used, I bought it a long time ago. But there are many similar adapters on Aliexpress. You can find them by searching for "SATA to IDE". I ordered this adapter yesterday: https://aliexpress.ru/item/10050058...l.0.0.17a24aa6zmJhOA&sku_id=12000034660527810
When searching, you need to pay attention to the IDE connector. It should be 40pin Male and fit the hard drive cable. There are adapters with 44pin connectors, there are reverse adapters - SATA to IDE. But you need IDE to SATA on IDE 40pin, other types of adapters will be useless. Purchasing a larger SSD depends on when I update the firmware to 2.02. A forum member sent me the firmware file, for which I am very grateful. I ordered the flash memory chips for the firmware and now I just have to wait for them to arrive. And since China is celebrating the New Year, I think I will have to wait quite a long time.