Edirol CG-8 Repair Guide: Difference between revisions
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== Inside the Edirol CG-8 == | == Inside the Edirol CG-8 == | ||
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=== VIA EPIA M Motherboard === | === VIA EPIA M Motherboard === | ||
Revision as of 14:00, 15 May 2025
The Edirol CG-8 is a "visual synthesiser" made by Roland in 2005.
Overview
Inside the Edirol CG-8
Computer Hardware
VIA EPIA M Motherboard
The CG-8 uses a VIA EPIA M mini ITX PC motherboard produced in the early to mid-2000s. It uses the VIA CLE266 chipset and comes with 512MB RAM in its single UDIMM memory slot and a 2.5in 40Gb hard drive, connected via IDE. The Retro Web provides comprehensive information about the board and notes that - like many computers of its era - it is prone to "faulty or leaking electrolytic capacitors".
Notes:
512Mb RAM
The RAM is in the form of a single 512Mb DDR UDIMM PC2100. According to the user manual, the motherboard has a maximum RAM size of 1GB.
= 40Gb Hard Drive
Notes: The 2.5" IDE connector is not well-suited to regularly plugging and unplugging while testing, It's easy to bend and misalign pins. SATA is much more robust. I therefore use an IDE to SATA cable and use Hitachi 40Gb SATA HD drives. I have tried an SSD drive, but so far without luck. To copy your existing hard drive to a new disk see the instructions below.
Software
Hard Hat Linux
VMVM
CG8 Application
Disk Images
- Boot to CG8
- Boot to Console
- Experimental
Diagnostics
Before doing any work on the CG-8 you should back up and clone the internal hard drive. It is strongly recommended that you don't do any diagnostic work with your original hard drive in place.