MPC2000XL Compact Flash Card Readers - NEW, NOW ON EBAY

scsiforsamplers.com wrote:^^Hey, I'm not as dumb as I look.

How come you took off buying the drive alone without the card for $55?? I was going to buy that today

stinktank wrote:

Dome wrote:hey, i have the following problem:

my OS is corrupted and i cannot re-install it. i've put in the compact flash card with the OS1.20 setup on it, but when i start the mpc it just says "insert mpc2000xl disk !" and doesnt do anything. what can i do?? thanks!

dome

I had the exact same problem, and I put the 1.20 .bin in the root directory of my CF card and it loaded up just fine. Weird.

i am pretty sure i did the same thing. still, i just wanted to check and when i put the cf card back in the pc it says "you need to format the disk before you can use it", is that normal?

i heard that there are specific jumpers inside the mpc, that can change the drive to boot from. so i thought maybe i can change the boot device to the CF drive, would that be possible? and if yes, which jumper is it and how do i have to set it up? i still couldnt find a floppy drive that fits in the mpc!

Aries wrote:Hey, Whats up everybody? This is my first post here...which is kinda funny cause i didn't even realize there would be such a huge community of mpc users all chatting online...ANYWAY..this is dope. I'll def be snoopin around the site more often.

My reason for being here in the first place is these Flash card issue's with the 2KXL. I bought my drive from Mpc Stuff a few years ago and remember reading the myth/story that only 1G Sandisk cards were compatible. Well in my case that has been true. Ive tried verbatim 1G' and now a Sandisk 2G with no luck with either of them. I have a friend that has the same machine and bought his drive from the same place and got him to bring his 1G Sandisk card to my studio to check it out. IT WORKS. the only problem being, trying to find those cards these days..My brother manages a computer store and cant even find them... They aren't made anymore i don't think and my buddy found some in china on e-bay for sale? is that sketchy??

I read in this thread about the ide cable being backwards? if that's the case would it have worked with my buddies 1G card? I basically don't look forward to opening my mpc ever again after my first 2 adventures. I also installed the 8 outs card and still to this day cannot figure out how to make it work? that's a whole other issue tho.

Anyway ive been making beats and tracking them into pro-tools the same day for the last 4 years...and have lost lots of beats due to leaving my mp on for weeks and then a thunder storm taking the power out..lol...my flashcards work to load sounds onto the mp, but i cant save anything on them....Someone help? Should i be opening it up again and checking the ide cable???shiit its sitting here on... FULL of sounds and sequences and I CANT SAVE IT! lol...

hey, do you get a disc write error message? because i have the same problem. ive tried three cards and two drives and none work. i can only save sometimes. piece of shit. to think i went from the 1000 to this problematic situation