MPC

Hello,

if i connect the floppy with the mpc and press the power button then the mpc dont turn on..
but if close the connection from the floppy to the mpc and then press the power button then the mpc turn on..
if the floppy is connectet with the mpc and i press the power button also comes a click.
2 weeks ago i already had that floppy on my mpc and it works good... now the shit dont works anymore
does any one had the same problem? can somebody help me please?

Thanks

Did you tried another floppy drive?

yes the other one startet to burn! started to smoke the floppy

i have akai mpc 2000xl when i disconnect the floppy drive i get power but when its connected no functions

cuban_linx wrote:yes the other one startet to burn! started to smoke the floppy

yeah man smoke went out from the floppy then i made the power off off the mpc..anyway can u help or do u have any idee what the problem is? if i connect normal the floppy with the mpc and click on the power button then the mpc has no function! and if i close the connection from the floppy to the mpc then everthing works well!

I will say it is your floppy drive but you said you already tried with another drive, your last chance it is to with a 3rd good known working floppy drive and see, if still not working then most probably you are connecting power cord the wrong way or your MB it is **** up

If you install the power cable to the floppy drive upside down you will burn up the floppy drive. Floppy drives don't like to have the 12V and 5V lines switched.

naw its not upside down brother

F#ck! the Floppy drive, switch to a card reader my friend, its much more helpful.

yeah i will but i cant switch right now becuse first i need to update my mpc to 1.20!
and for that i need a **** floppy driver or a zip driver! i dont have a zip driver and friends also not thats why i need to do update it with the floppy!

Post pictures of your MPC including pictures of the cables, floppy drive and motherboard so people here can help you troubleshoot your issue.

You do not necessarily need to update to OS1.20 if you are installing a passive card reader such as one of the Addonics models. I've seen the Addonics and ATAPI drives work on OS1.14 though with the occasional quirk.

i dont need to update the mpc to 1.20 for installing a card reader?

@mpchunter here are pictures of my mainboard

This cable that you are holding does NOT plug into either the floppy drive or the card reader. Next to the connector on the motherboard it says IB-M208P. This is for the 8-output expansion board ONLY.

Voltage is transferred on this connector which is why you are burning up your floppy drives.

You need to connect the floppy drive cable to the correct location on the motherboard.