Technical questions for the MPC2000xl and the MPC2000
By Jazzlib Thu Aug 08, 2024 11:49 am
Hello. I have installed a Startech Compact Flash 35BAYCF2IDE reader.
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Before doing this I have installed the 1.2 OS version in the MPC 2000XL.

I have tried the following cf cards but the MPC always show a "no floppy disk" message.

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All cards have been formatted to FAT 16

I have double checked all connections.

What can I do?

Thanks
By Jazzlib Thu Aug 08, 2024 11:53 pm
Hi Lampdog.

I can't set the card reader because the MPC doesn't recognize it, or doesn't recognize the ATAPI/IDE.

I forget to mention the card reader jumper is setted to master.
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By richie Sun Aug 11, 2024 4:40 am
Post a picture of what you see on the actual screen.

Unfortunately the pictures you did post are of no help as all it shows is that you connected a card reader and a picture of random CF cards.
By Jazzlib Sun Aug 18, 2024 1:12 pm
Problem solved.

The fault was that the connector that goes to the motherboard was not fully inserted.

By the moment it can read:

Sandisk Ultra II 1 Gb cards
Sandisk Extreme III 1GB
CnMemory 512 GB

I will check making a partition with the cards with more than 1 Gb to see if it can read it.

Thanks!
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By chilom Sun Aug 18, 2024 1:18 pm
Jazzlib wrote:I will check making a partition with the cards with more than 1 Gb to see if it can read it.


With os 1.20, it wont recognize more than 1GB regardless the CF card size as far i remember (IF formated from os 1.20).

Edit : a quick search, you want to read : viewtopic.php?f=1&t=150716