Technical questions for the MPC2000xl and the MPC2000
By UnkoolScam Tue Dec 08, 2009 1:17 am
Not sure if I got a blown fuse or a bad cable. I can at least load 2 out of 3 of my zip disks but I cant load my programs and sequences but I can load each individual sound for a little bit, Till it reads SCSI ERROR then it'll say WAIT!.. I'm pretty sure yall know about the rest after that, It Keeps saying WAIT and all the jazz

I hope its not a blown fuse but I cant seem to find anywhere where it says what the symptoms are of a blown fuse.

Thanks
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By peterpiper Tue Dec 08, 2009 2:06 am
UnkoolScam wrote:Not sure if I got a blown fuse or a bad cable. I can at least load 2 out of 3 of my zip disks but I cant load my programs and sequences but I can load each individual sound for a little bit, Till it reads SCSI ERROR then it'll say WAIT!.. I'm pretty sure yall know about the rest after that, It Keeps saying WAIT and all the jazz

I hope its not a blown fuse but I cant seem to find anywhere where it says what the symptoms are of a blown fuse.

Thanks



The symptom of a blown fuse is a not working SCSI port. You cant load, save, boot, format, whatever when the fuse is blown.
You got a cable issue or the drive is dying slowly or the disks are dying slowly.


peace
By UnkoolScam Tue Dec 08, 2009 2:25 am
Lord Toranaga wrote:sounds like a a scsi ID conflict



I got terminal on ON and SCSI port is on 5. When I was messing around with the terminals and SCSI ID I didnt even get a option to pick my sounds. All I got was WAIT! then SCSI not ready or SCSI Error so I put the terminal back on ON and ID back on 5 and I can at least go through my sounds and see my files on my disk but thats basically it.

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By pt3r Tue Dec 08, 2009 2:55 pm
If possible try to backup up your zip disks on a computer 'cause it seems like either your drive or your disks are bout to go tits up.
By disco technique Wed Dec 09, 2009 12:23 am
loose connection? I was having a similar issue and thought all my discs corrupted, mpc broken, etc.

just a loose connection of the scsi cable into the mpc. simple as.

hope it's as simple as that for you....

i ended backing everything up onto floppys (about 300). i guess it made me appreciate the simplicity and ruggedness of the humble 3.5.