S950 Floppy Help! *Updated*

Hi guys, I'm new around here and have been reading on the forums for quite some time. I own an MPC1000 and S950 as of recently, which I'm having trouble with.

I've tried formatting the floppy disk (have tried DD, HD and 2HD disks), the little dots go on until the end, then nothing, it still reads total free: 0% and I can't do any floppy-related task. I've also tried formatting with AkaiDisk with no luck.
Is my floppy drive broken, or am I doing something wrong?

UPDATE

So I changed my S950 floppy with a S900 floppy, but the faceplate doesn't fit anymore. TEAC FD-235HF A259 seems the way to go. Are there any other alternatives?

Thanks

sounds like your floppy drive is broken... when my s900 had a broken drive it would also still format disks all the way through without any error screens... but then it wouldn't allow me to do anything else with the disk.

Great!

I have 2 spare non-working S900
Would the S900 floppies fit in the S950 ?

Thanks

that would probably work, but just keep in mind that those s900 drives will be double density whereas the s950 uses high density...

Would a cleaning kit help, or is the floppy most likely dead?

it might... kinda hard to know. but i suppose it couldn't hurt to have a floppy drive cleaning kit around the studio regardless... give it a shot.

Thanks for the replies!

I just took out my S900 floppy

Anybody know how to install it in the S950, jumper settings and everything?

Thanks!

So I changed my S950 floppy with a S900 floppy. The S900 floppy has 4 jumper settings (0, 1, 2, 3); I left it at the "0" position. When I insert a disk and try to format it, I get the "write-protection enabled" message. Obviously my disks aren't write-protected. I tried Maxell MF2-DD disks, which are supposed to be DSDD, but when I format them on computer, they have 1.35 Mb capacity, which is really weird. Any help appreciated!

How did you fit the 900 drive into the 950? they are complete different drives with different measures.
peace

peterpiper wrote:How did you fit the 900 drive into the 950? they are complete different drives with different measures.
peace

i've had a few different S900s over the years, and while most of them did have a larger floppy drive [which took up the entire drive slot], the one i currently have came with a regular sized floppy and a bit of plastic casing around the floppy drive to fill in the space... it seems that both types of drives are commonly seen on the used market...


the kind i'm speaking of looks like this here...

peterpiper wrote:How did you fit the 900 drive into the 950? they are complete different drives with different measures.
peace

Crap!

It fitted in the slot, but I hadn't put the faceplate back on... faceplate doesn't fit

Is there any way to cure this floppy?

TEAC FD-235HF A259 seems the way to go. Are there any other alternatives?

Thanks

Yes. ALPS DFP blabla (forgot the number but I got it somewhere in my ebay search since 2009 and never got an email that tell me someone is selling it

There are other alternatives but AFAIK on most of them you need to modify the drive (not only jumper settings but solder some things).

Another great alternative is the HcX floppy emulator.

@crossings: Ok, I see. I got a 900 with a replaced floppy too but its a Chinon FZ drive that is bigger than pc drives too. Never saw "slim" drives in a 900 before.

peace

Would you recommend the USB or SD floppy emulator?
I don't think you can save with the USB version...