mpc 4000 freezes with 128 gig flash drive

Hi,

I plugged in my Flash drive and my MPC will just freeze it won't load it and it's scaring the shit out of me. I turned it off since it just wouldnt unfreeze and when I restarted it it took way longer to load. Why does this happen lol I thought I could use any FAT32 Formatted flash drive ... did i just break my MPC?

well my mpc isnt broken it works with my 16gb and 8gb flash drives but those have lots of files... is it cuz my flash drive has 100gb worth of stuff on it?

I removed all my files and it still freezes up... this thing just dont work with 128gb flash drives?

cleansocks wrote:I removed all my files and it still freezes up... this thing just dont work with 128gb flash drives?

What drive is it?

CharlesRandolph wrote:

cleansocks wrote:I removed all my files and it still freezes up... this thing just dont work with 128gb flash drives?

What drive is it?

Samsung 3.1, sorry for posting after a little bit of research I figured out the problem. Thankfully no fault of the MPC, just that 3.1 is not compatible with 1.1 (Slave drive for MPC). Easy fix, I'll just have to find a 3.0 or lower USB drive

That was going to be my first guess. You're using a modern usb drive with old 2004 technology.

Glad to know you fixed it.

Let us know if you find a good place to purchase older compatible drives for a low price.

Maybe we can make a list of flash drives we know that work. I'm guessing most drives usb2.0 or lower work.

Most 3.0 and lower tend to work and with the prices of these flash drives so low. I find no reason to have hd or ssd installed in the 4000 anymore.

cleansocks wrote: Easy fix, I'll just have to find a 3.0 or lower USB drive

You could also use one of the microsd to usb adapters which should work fine as well. It'll save you time in fishing around for a "usb 3.0 thumb drive" or to some equivalent.

cleansocks wrote:Samsung 3.1, sorry for posting after a little bit of research I figured out the problem. Thankfully no fault of the MPC, just that 3.1 is not compatible with 1.1 (Slave drive for MPC). Easy fix, I'll just have to find a 3.0 or lower USB drive

Get them on new egg. I use the Sandisk 32GB Cruzer Fit USB 2.0 Flash Drive for like $11.99. They work good, small/short so they don't not stick out from the machine. People tend to bump into the longer flash drives and end up breaking the flash drive and usb port.

San Disk: (Not an affiliate link)
https://www.newegg.com/sandisk-model-sdcz33-032g-g35-32gb/p/N82E16820173256


Refined Search 3.0 and lower, Single flash drives on new egg. (Not an affiliate link)
https://www.newegg.com/p/pl?N=100008022%208000%20600082309%20601211664%20600082308%20601113575%20601113576%20600566422