MPC 4000 original hardrive sucks!!!!

Hi


When i bought my 4000, 10 months later when i had loads of good sounds and beat in it it started making

funny noises and then stopped functionning.

Lucky me i had a external USB hardrive so that's the one i use since then.

It's external and much slower.

But my question his, if i buy a new internal hardrive is there one to recommend that will stay strong for a long time.

I mean what would be the most reliable and stable internal hardrive for my 4000?

Any of you lived that same problem?


Thanks for your advices.

There has been a lot HD discussion in this forum, just use the search function.

Nevertheless, I recommend using a 2,5" hard drive, since it's less noisy and has
a lower power consumption.

Unfortunately, the MPC4000 is very picky about the harddrives.
Somewhere in the forum, I noticed which HD models I checked - only 1 of 3 did
a proper job.

This one definately works fine: 2,5" WD SCORPIO WD1200VE/BEVE 5400rmp

You just need a simple 2,5"-->3,5" adapter, which is very cheap.

TSR

I can recommend to use a DOM (disc on module)
It works like a Harddisk, you stick it into the IDE slot, it is super-light, durable, no noise.

Downside: only up to 8 GB available

I don´t know if it´s the 44 pin or 40 (just count) but this is how it looks:
http://www.memorydepot.com/ssd/listcat. ... =EDC400044

I used this to reduce the weight of my 4k for live use.

Anybody know if the hardrive VST sells is a good reliable one?

Thanks


Also, is it easy to install the hardrive or a tech is necessary?


Thanks fam!

If you are used to installing cards or drives into a desktop PC,
you will not find the MPC4000 much different.

The main nuisance is that you have to unscrew about 187 screws to get inside the damn thing.
There is a disassembly guide at the back of the MPC4000 reference manual.
Don't forget your anti-static-electricity precautions...

feline1 wrote:The main nuisance is that you have to unscrew about 187 screws to get inside the damn thing.

feline, you must be wrong. I counted more than 200 screws the last time I installed the SPDIF board.

TSR

the only reason a smaller hard drive is less noisy is probably because it has a slower rpm...

see if you can get a western digital in there, those seem to be reliable. Maxtors seem to get noisy faster. hell even try a seagate if you find one for cheaper... trial and error man (if you dont feel like using the search function)

zzz wrote:I can recommend to use a DOM (disc on module)
It works like a Harddisk, you stick it into the IDE slot, it is super-light, durable, no noise.

Downside: only up to 8 GB available

I don´t know if it´s the 44 pin or 40 (just count) but this is how it looks:
http://www.memorydepot.com/ssd/listcat. ... =EDC400044

I used this to reduce the weight of my 4k for live use.

Did you notice any speed difference in loading and or saving using that solid state disk ?

konc3pt wrote:

zzz wrote:I can recommend to use a DOM (disc on module)
It works like a Harddisk, you stick it into the IDE slot, it is super-light, durable, no noise.

Downside: only up to 8 GB available

I don´t know if it´s the 44 pin or 40 (just count) but this is how it looks:
http://www.memorydepot.com/ssd/listcat. ... =EDC400044

I used this to reduce the weight of my 4k for live use.

Did you notice any speed difference in loading and or saving using that solid state disk ?

um.. did you see where it said read 40mbps and write 20mbps? that means the drive wont be the bottleneck. I doubt your mpc 2000xl can write it's entire memory when full in under 2 seconds.