MPC 2000xl Card reader

hey. i have recently tried upgrading mpc 2000xl floppy drive to cf card reader. i bought the addonics ide cf adaptor and have installed it as instructed. the ide ribbon cable is in, the power from the floppy drive is in but when i boot up the mpc it refuses to recognise that it is there. i have os version 1.2. every time i go into the load/save window it tells me no scsi and no floppy but there is no option for atapi. is getting really frustrating so if anyone can help would be awesome thanks

make sure the card reader is set to master, but i would say it's your cf card what kind of card you usin ?.

use a Sandisk cf card there the only one's that work on my card reader, and most people that have installed a card reader on their machines use them.

yea have tried setting it to master and by that i mean i took the plastic dongle off covering the master pins and put them on the slave pins. i am using a sandisk 1 gb atm but doesnt seem to be working this is the card i am using

http://www.amazon.co.uk/SanDisk-SDCFB-1 ... 093&sr=8-1

It's not the Card Reader. It's the Compact Flash card you are using. Not all Sandisk branded cards are the same.

Your card is identifying itself as "Removable" while the MPC can only use cards that are identified as "Fixed."

This information is stored in the header of the compact flash card and you will have to find a utility to run on a desktop computer to change this setting on the card.

Some have had success using the utilities atcfwchg.com or ndcfwchg.com to change the setting in the header.

MPCHunter is right not all Sandisk cf cards are the same.
i should of stated that, that was an over sight on my part, this is the card i'm usin with no problems.

http://www.google.co.uk/products/catalo ... CFAQ8gIwAA

MPCHunter wrote:It's not the Card Reader. It's the Compact Flash card you are using. Not all Sandisk branded cards are the same.

Your card is identifying itself as "Removable" while the MPC can only use cards that are identified as "Fixed."

This information is stored in the header of the compact flash card and you will have to find a utility to run on a desktop computer to change this setting on the card.

Some have had success using the utilities atcfwchg.com or ndcfwchg.com to change the setting in the header.

KNOWLEDGE

awesome will give it a go. thanks for your help guys

Hey Guys. i bought the card u said to get and my mpc is still wont recognise that thier is anything their the only thing i get when going into the Load/save/format screen is either a no floppy or no scsi warning. is really annoying. any reason why u think this is

alexwoodhouse wrote:Hey Guys. i bought the card u said to get and my mpc is still wont recognise that thier is anything their the only thing i get when going into the Load/save/format screen is either a no floppy or no scsi warning. is really annoying. any reason why u think this is

After reading the thread so far, I guess is that your CF reader is not really connected to IDE port or power supply. Since the CF reader you are using (I think you have the same CF reader as mine) doesn't have LED light, so it is hard to tell whether or not the CF reader is getting power from the power supply.
(I think you know this already, but) CF card must be inserted before booting MPC-2000XL, and it must not be removed during operation. Just think of it as a small IDE hard drive.

IF the CF reader is indeed connected to XL (IDE ribbon and power cord) and a CF card is inserted, then at least XL will mount the CF card (as ATAPI device) or XL will hung up during booting process, if CF card is not compatible.
The symptom you are having with your XL is that, your XL does not see any IDE or ATAPI device connected. You should check the connection again (ribbon cable and power connector.)

alexwoodhouse wrote:Hey Guys. i bought the card u said to get and my mpc is still wont recognise that thier is anything their the only thing i get when going into the Load/save/format screen is either a no floppy or no scsi warning. is really annoying. any reason why u think this is

which Addonics card reader are you using ?. there are two different ones, one will work and the other wont.

check the link to see which one you're usin 4th post down.

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=140216

Hmm, using this thread as a lead to fix the same exact problem here - but i have OS 1.44 . I can flip the IDE cable until it does make the mpc hang. JVC, is the hang you describe a white screen with all lights lit up on the mpc? Perhaps all my sandisk cards are "Removable" and do not work. I am going to try to switch them to fix and report here.

edit: Damn I didnt expect this to get more complicated.

From what i've read (mostly from mpc hunter) the

CF card needs to be in FIXED mode
not all cards can be switched from removeable to fixed mode
you need to use the right utility to format the card

I've already booted into DOS and tried "atcfwchg.com" with my Addonics IDECF reader mounted as a primary IDE disk. Tried all my cards ( SDCFH-002G, SDCFB-512 & 1024) and have had no luck. Perhaps I can get it to work by using the "ndcfwchg.com" utility but I am having doubts.

I am having similar issues with my addonics cf reader for my 2000xl. i make a wholes sequence or try to save a sound and in the load/save window under device it says "atapi" and under type it says"??????" and i cannot save my sounds songs or sequences. im using a sandisk ultra 4gb and i don't know what model addonics cf reader i have but any help would be appreciated.