By Disastrous
Tue Jan 17, 2017 3:34 pm
Hey Guys,
Having a real problem with my MPC. I bought it relatively recently and I've noticed that lately it's got a habit of resetting itself when loading samples and so on.
After a bit of troubleshooting and a LOT of Googling, I think I've narrowed down the cause to when it's accessing the internal HD.
Every time it reads the drive, you can detect a slight flicker in the screen and it seems that when it's been on a while, loading something big can cause one flicker too many which reboots the unit.
My question though is this:
1) Is this a sign of a failing hard drive?
or
2) Is this the sign of a failing power supply (power caps or somesuch)?
I guess what's happening is the drive is spinning up, causing something BAD to happen powerwise and the unit shuts down. But I'm not techy enough to workout which end is causing the problem.
In other bad news, I just connected to my computer to backup my HD, just in case, and this sent it into a terminal reboot loop that needed switching off and on again to fix
I know something is goosed but any thoughts on whether it's drive or supply would be a big help...
Having a real problem with my MPC. I bought it relatively recently and I've noticed that lately it's got a habit of resetting itself when loading samples and so on.
After a bit of troubleshooting and a LOT of Googling, I think I've narrowed down the cause to when it's accessing the internal HD.
Every time it reads the drive, you can detect a slight flicker in the screen and it seems that when it's been on a while, loading something big can cause one flicker too many which reboots the unit.
My question though is this:
1) Is this a sign of a failing hard drive?
or
2) Is this the sign of a failing power supply (power caps or somesuch)?
I guess what's happening is the drive is spinning up, causing something BAD to happen powerwise and the unit shuts down. But I'm not techy enough to workout which end is causing the problem.
In other bad news, I just connected to my computer to backup my HD, just in case, and this sent it into a terminal reboot loop that needed switching off and on again to fix
I know something is goosed but any thoughts on whether it's drive or supply would be a big help...