Shymon184 Posted November 1, 2020 Report Share Posted November 1, 2020 I've been struggling to set up SCSI2SD for my Mac CC for quite a while and I've decided to try the SCSI2SD monitor and to my dismay it said "SD Test: FAIL". My question is: does this mean that SCSI2SD adapter is damaged? (the worse case) or is it just that the SD card is damaged? (a bit unlikely yet better case) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
68kMLA Supporter davidg5678 Posted November 1, 2020 68kMLA Supporter Report Share Posted November 1, 2020 I think this probably means that something is wrong with the SD card. The easiest way to find out is to try using another SD card. The monitor says that the SCSI2SD Device is ready, which probably means that it is working. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Shymon184 Posted November 1, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2020 2 minutes ago, davidg5678 said: I think this probably means that something is wrong with the SD card. The easiest way to find out is to try using another SD card. The monitor says that the SCSI2SD Device is ready, which probably means that it is working. I've tried with another SD card and SD Test failed again Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Shymon184 Posted November 1, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2020 I'm no expert on these things, but I've noticed that the SCSI2SD utility log said: Quote 15:44:56: SD Capacity (512-byte sectors): 0 SD CSD Register: 00000000000000000000000000000000 SD CID Register: 00000000000000000000000000000000 which seems suspicious to me, any SD card should not have 0 sectors... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Shymon184 Posted November 2, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2020 Good news! The SCSI2SD adapter doesn't seem broken but is just picky about the way the SD card is inserted. I've decided to run SCSI2SD monitor once again and it said "SD Test: fail" at first, but then I applied some force on the SD card and it flashed to "SD Test: OK". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
68kMLA Supporter cheesestraws Posted November 2, 2020 68kMLA Supporter Report Share Posted November 2, 2020 1 hour ago, Shymon184 said: Good news! The SCSI2SD adapter doesn't seem broken but is just picky about the way the SD card is inserted. I've decided to run SCSI2SD monitor once again and it said "SD Test: fail" at first, but then I applied some force on the SD card and it flashed to "SD Test: OK". Ahhh, it's the mechanical parts that get you Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Shymon184 Posted November 28, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2020 (edited) I have some news: the SCSI2SD works, but has a defective SD card socket, I have to hold down the card to make it work. I've bought it from a chinese seller on eBay which means the SCSI2SDs manufactured in china have poor assembly quality. WARNING: DO NOT buy SCSI2SDs from china/chinese distributors, they are poorly assembled. Edited November 28, 2020 by Shymon184 formatting Quote Link to post Share on other sites
68kMLA Supporter Crutch Posted November 28, 2020 68kMLA Supporter Report Share Posted November 28, 2020 If from Chinese distributors, I am pretty sure those are knockoffs, not genuine SCSI2SDs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
max1zzz Posted November 28, 2020 Report Share Posted November 28, 2020 5 minutes ago, Crutch said: If from Chinese distributors, I am pretty sure those are knockoffs, not genuine SCSI2SDs. If they are form ITEAD they are genuine, if they are form anyone else they are knockoffs Quote Link to post Share on other sites
68kMLA Supporter Daniël Oosterhuis Posted November 30, 2020 68kMLA Supporter Report Share Posted November 30, 2020 On 11/28/2020 at 8:54 PM, max1zzz said: If they are form ITEAD they are genuine, if they are form anyone else they are knockoffs Well, knockoffs, that really depends. The older SCSI2SD versions are open source, so they're not knockoffs per se, unless they are infact cloning the newer revisions. They're just not from any of the dealers aligned with codesrc/Michael McMaster, and thus not of guaranteed quality. And definitely not of the same level of support... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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