Technical questions for the MPC2000xl and the MPC2000
By E2003 Tue Mar 30, 2010 4:05 am
I'm checking out this MPC 2000XL for sale on ebay and this is what the seller says concerning a memory issue it has:

This MPC has a memory issue, it's not detecting the memory, which makes some of the samples sound like there's static in them. This also prevents it from recognizing any drives except a SCSI.


Other than that, he says it works fine. Since it's dealing with memory, I'm kind of skeptical of bidding on it. Should I pass on this one, or is this an easy issue to fix?
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By mr_debauch Tue Mar 30, 2010 4:21 am
I've never even heard of an issue like that.

the memory and not being able to detect drives have nothing to do with each other.

that is like saying "I have a pain in my left foot... it must be strep throat"
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By i need a mpc Tue Mar 30, 2010 4:35 am
mr_debauch wrote:that is like saying "I have a pain in my left foot... it must be strep throat"


:lol: :lol: foreal though man, sounds like he is trying to cover up for a bad floppy drive and about the memory is just bad ram. So a bad floppy drive and bad ram if that's the only two things wrong with it, it can still be a good buy if the price is right.
By E2003 Tue Mar 30, 2010 3:51 pm
thanks for the input...right now it's going for $150 with a 1day 21hours left.
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By turn Tue Mar 30, 2010 6:19 pm
ram thats not fast enough will make a horrible static noise.
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By mumkai Thu Apr 01, 2010 12:38 am
turn wrote:ram thats not fast enough will make a horrible static noise.



yes, turn is on it. sampling will be a **** with bad ram.
if thats just prob i say invest in new ram. max it out... only 32mb! 32megs is really cheap for the 2kxl these days....not like the screens =(

good luck with your auction!
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By Lampdog Thu Apr 01, 2010 1:16 am
Installing Memory Expansion

SIMMs operate at different speeds. SIMMs that operate at a speed of 70nS (nanoseconds) or
faster are recommended.

pg 192, 2kxl manual.