cd burner crapped out on VS2000

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I believe my cd burner is not working anymore on my VS2000CD. Anybody know how to find a replacement? Or if there is another fix? I was backing up my projects on discs and was getting "write error" messages. Got it all backed up then formatted the hard drive and now the CD Burner will not recognize any disc that I put in. The manual says that this is because the burner is shot. Any suggestions? Thanks.
 
Damn that sucks man.

Also ask around on vsplanet.com. Guys there might know.

Somebody once told me that it is a replaceable "laptop" burner.


Damned that stupid machine. Dumped it's drive on me a time or 2. I never had a problem with the burner, but I feel bad for you man.
 
To make matters worse, its not mine. My guitarist buddy let me borrow it and he wanted it back in order to sell it. I backed up my projects using the burner, got all of my tracks backed up, formatted the hard drive, went to reinstall the demos that come with the thing and the burner stopped working. Kinda like borrowing someone's car and the transmission falls out. So now its my responsibility to repair the damn thing.

The burner does look like a laptop configured thing. I'll check out the website you suggested. Thanks for the info Mattkw80.
 
I believe I did. After several days of networking on VSPlanet.com (thanks for the suggestion), I found a gentleman, that e-mailed me last night, that had replaced the burner in a VS2480. He believes that Roland used the same burner in the 2000, 2400 and 2480. He even gave me a link to a PDF file that shows step by step instructions on how to replace the burner. If you would like the link, I can get it to you. He replaced it with a DVD burner and can back up all his projects on a DVD in about a fifth of the time it takes to go to CD (equivalent of about 6 CDS) It is the Matshita/Panasonic UJ800 series burners. Its either a UJ850 or UJ870 that should work. I'll have to take it apart and look to see, but I think I can do it myself. Cost of one of these burners is $60 - $80 on the internet sites, about $10.00 for shipping. Not a bad deal when you consider what it would cost to send the whole recorder to Roland and have them repair it.

What irritates me, is that I had about 30 hours of actual burn time on the thing before it went out.

Thanks again, if it weren't for your suggestion, I'd probably still be floundering around looking for a solution.
 
Okay great, hope it all works out.

I know how frustrating those repairs can be.

I actually don't have my unit anymore, so I don't need the link, but thanks for the offer.

The VSPlanet site has a really good bunch of people over there.

You won't meet a nicer guy than "String Jammer".

Anyway, hope you get it all sorted out.

I just had to contact Roland regarding a tweeter for the DS-50's, but, as luck would have it, somebody soldered it for me for $10, and, it works !!
 
I had the same problem with my VS1824, and it was corrected by changing to Japanese made CD's. Before you do anything, do 2 things. First, run a laser cleaning disc through it. Then, go to GC and grab a few Microboards Technology discs. The odds are 10:1 the machine is rejecting the discs you are using . Good luck-Richie
 
Richard might be right... I think I remember reading a "list" of media that was acceptable for use on the VS series.

Reading this thread just brings back old anger at Roland / Boss.

The BR and VS units we're abandoned much earlier than they should have been.

The VS-2000 is not even sold anymore, and I was using the Boss 1600 the other day.... the idiots at boss did not have enough commom sense to create a USB transfer program that is decent, or that could zero out the tracks so they all started at a common 'zero'.

(You have to buy the topsound 3rd party program, which is excellent. Boss was unable to think of that??? A 3rd party guy had to write the program in his basement ???)

Sorry to rant and hi-jack your post........


....but..... needing "special media" to burn to ?

Come on ROLAND !!!!

Really pisses me off.
 
Oh yeah, I'm serious. My 1824 worked fine for 2 years, even with El Cheapo CDR's. One day I tried to backup and got the same fault code as the original poster. I was trying to find a CDR drive that would work off of the Roland's antique SCSI port, and decided to give Roland tech support a call. More than once, they've answered the phone, and given correct answers to my questions. The guy told me,"99% of the time, when I've seen that fault code, it's been because the machine doesn't like the media. They seem to have a preference for CDR's made in Japan". He recommended Microboards. I switched to them, (and other better quality mastering discs) and I have had no problems for 2 years. So... it looks like the Rolands are picky about their CD's, and they can get pickier as they age. I'm betting a media upgrade will help the original poster out. It'll only cost him a buck or so to find out. And no, it doesn't appear to be looking for "special" media that only Roland makes, it's looking for *really good* CD's, which happen to be mostly made by the Japanese. It would be interesting, though, if Roland actually engineered it to reject Chinese CDR's...Good Luck.-Richie
 
The only problem that is sending up a red flag is that the burner won't recognize any CD's - Not at an artist's CD using the CD Player function. Not a CD with an already backed up project on it. Nothing. When I e-mailed Roland support, they indicated that the CD burner was out. But I'm going to try the Japanese discs nonetheless. But my "band" has two VS2400's now and I was actually getting the 2000 ready to sell it when this happened. If it works, I am going to take the burner out of one of the 2400's and put it in the 2000, then put a DVD burner in the 2400. The thing that chafes my ass, is that the 2000 has a USB port that can be connected to any PC and back up projects to the PC's hard drive; but the 2400 does not have that feature. Therefore, being able to back up to a DVD would be very beneficial (less expensive and quicker.) On the VSPlanet forum a user e-mailed me the following (he has a VS2480):

"I seriously doubt that Roland put a different burner in the 2000 model. The caddy that holds the hard drive and the burner are most likely the same as well. Anyway, you can't hurt it trying out a burner. The latest model burner compatible with the VS is the Matshita/Panasonic UJ 870, there's also the UJ850 it replaced. You can find them on eBay for $60 to $80.... Just search for the UJ850 or 870, actually, most UJ-800 series burners by Pan?Mat work.

Here's a link to a PDF on how to Convert the VS2480CD to DVD to give you an idea of how easy it is to do, or hard depending on how you look at it. You're just swapping out the CD with a DVD burner and it's that simple to do.. Run a post in the forum and see if anybody else has done it too...
http://www.rolandvs2480.net/VS2480CD t...a 2480DVD.htm
If you have questions just email me."

The only thing that concerns me is that the owner manuals for both the 2000 and the 2400 say that the cd burner can not be exchanged whereas the 2480 manual says that it can be. But they are definitely all the same CD burners. The other problem might be the drivers that are installed. If it works, I will update this forum to let you know.
 
Aha! New info. If it won't play a factory CD, the odds are you really do need a new CD-R drive. If you know the laser lens is clean, you're probably looking at a drive replacement. My condolences.-Richie
 
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