Sorry for the newbie question, but can someone please explain the how to tell a Mk I unit from a Mk II unit.

Thanks,
TR

Visit http://geek.empeg.com/ and go to the products section. There is a history of each revision.

Rob

Main difference is a Mk2 has round rotary button on the right side whereas the Mk1 has none.
A Mk1 has round left side buttons, and pretty much a smooth face to it, the Mk2 has a black plastic faceplate that looks similar to a airfoil shape.
The bottom two are Mk2's the top is a Mk1 in this [url=link]photo[url]


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Thanks!

aehm.... please follow the link that Rob posted to the geek site.
the rotary knob is definetly NOT the main difference!

bobo

they both have about the same functionality but the mk2 is much more refined

32Gig MK2 In 2001 VW Golf TDI

the rotary knob is definetly NOT the main difference!

True. It is one of the most obvious differences, but I would enlist the differences as follow:

• Front panel changed, nice wing like design.


• rotary knob adds some functions to the front interface


• Ethernet interface added


• More RAM (the MkIIa adds some more)


• Single channel IDE controller instead of the dual channel one in the MkI


• Tuner module interface for the MkII, the MkI had a tuner included

There might be some minor other changes, but I guess, these were the most important ones.

cu,
sven

proud MkII owner (12GB blue/green/smoked, was #080000113 is #090001010)

Single channel IDE controller instead of the dual channel one in the MkI

Does that in mean, 'in theory', the MK1 units can handle four harddrives?, master/slave on each channel?

Single channel IDE controller instead of the dual channel one in the MkI
Does that in mean, 'in theory', the MK1 units can handle four harddrives?, master/slave on each channel?

In theory, I guess it would, but I am not sure if it really would, cause I know there are IDE controllers out there that are only able to handle a single (master) drive, no master/slave combos.
One way or the other: There is simply not enough space in the case to fit four drives in.

cu,
sven

proud MkII owner (12GB blue/green/smoked, was #080000113 is #090001010)

...or enough PSU current to supply 4 drives spinning up concurrently, either!

Hugo

He did ask how to tell them apart didn't he? I was refering to the looks between the two, which IS the big difference and tells a person right away, since I've never owned a Mk1 that's all I can help him with.

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