Noise from the external zip drive..

Is it common that a zip drive has this little sound all the time when plugged in?

When I take the disk out of it, it stops immediately so its no problem, but I just wanted to know if its ordinary.

Peace

lol

yea

Smoove03 wrote:lol

yea

I thought so

it should "go to sleep" after a while though (even with the disk still in there)

dstruction wrote:it should "go to sleep" after a while though (even with the disk still in there)

It does. after like 10 mins...

mine is really loud. i think its related to the age or use of the zip because it wasn't like this before. is there any way to fix/clean the zip? its really loud, i can hear it from the other room...oh yeah its noisy w/ disk or w/o so...

what type of scsi cable you need to go from a zip drive to the mpc ?? i notice there is a few different types... and tracking one down in town is **** hassle!! i think it will be easier to order one online...

what type of scsi cable you need to go from a zip drive to the mpc ??

If you have the classic 2000, the cable that comes with the zip works fine because the 2000 has the same type of SCSI port as the zip drive. The xl uses a different type of port & that seems to be the difficult cable or adaptor to find.
Have a look at http://www.scsiforsamplers.com

incurablebeatlust wrote:mine is really loud. i think its related to the age or use of the zip because it wasn't like this before. is there any way to fix/clean the zip? its really loud, i can hear it from the other room...oh yeah its noisy w/ disk or w/o so...

im sure theres some type of disk cleaner out there that could help. but you said it makes noise with or without the disk in?

i wonder if that normal not sure tho man

i used the "autodetect" cable that came with the zip plus drive and it works fine... is there anything to worry about ?? i heard it's easy to blow the scsi port on the 2000 ?!

i am able to boot off of it... and save / load i just don't wanna ruin my mpc!!