MPC 2000XL Card Reader Problems

What's up forum? I have a problem which I'm sure you guys can answer. I recently bought an MPC 2000xl on ebay. It came with a zip drive installed and I switched it out with an addonics adidecfb cf reader (I know this is the one of the two that works). That whole installation went fine. I got a sandisk ultra ii 1 gb cf card (I know the MPC only reads 1gb). I loaded my samples onto the card from my laptop via dynex usb memory card reader. When i put the card into the mpc and go to load the samples, it doesn't have the ATAPI option. I have read several posts about this issue and it says that I need to make the card "master" or format the card. Can someone please walk me through this problem??? Also my mpc is running on os 1.14.

YeezusHasRisen wrote:I switched it out with an addonics adidecfb cf reader (I know this is the one of the two that works).

Many more than 2 that work.

YeezusHasRisen wrote:Also my mpc is running on os 1.14.

It probably needs to be running 1.20.

Put the Zip back in, update to 1.20, put the CF reader back in.

Thanks for the reply I'll do that. Another quick question. Do you know what kinds of computers take zip drives because I know none of the ones in my house do?

USB Zip drives work on computers with USB.

SCSI Zip drives work on computers with SCSI.

IDE Zip drives work on computers with IDE ports.

Parallel Zip drives work on computers with parallel printer ports.

As for drivers, not sure which OS versions include built in Zip drivers, but USB Zips do work with either Windows or Mac OS X, or both, can't remember the details.

Awesome I think I'll grab one of the usb zip drives. Where do you think would be the best and/or cheapest place to get one?

eBay.

Do you have access to both Windows and Mac OS X computers with USB ports?

Can't remember if they both have built in Zip drivers, could check when I get a chance, if you need to know.

I have access to Windows and I'm sure I can figure that out once I get the zip drive. Is there a particular brand or model you would recommend?

I am hesitant to recommend Zip drives at all, let along any particular model, Zips are notoriously unreliable.

I have a self powered USB Zip drive, but have not used it enough to be able to recommend it.

They are pretty much all, if not all, made by Iomega.

I bought one of these, just because they are a newer model than the older more square style Zip drives, but again, no idea how reliable it is, as I have not used it very much at all...



Whatever you go with, just make sure you are backing it up to multiple places, as Zip disks generally do die eventually. And if it starts clicking, as in 'the click of death', I would be hesitant to use that drive with other Zips, or to put the clicking Zip into a different drice.

This is basically only a one time use just to update to os 1.20 and after that I'm going to reinstall the cf card reader. So would one of these zips work for that one time use?

Should, but it is a Zip, so not necessarily 'will'.

Just plugged mine into my Windows 7 PC, and it seems to recognise it and read it, so it 'should' work.

Would probably be cheaper/easier, possibly, for someone to send you a Zip disk with the OS on it.

Seems like a waste of money, just to update the OS.

There is also no guarantee that MPC OS 1.20 will get your CF reader working.

Yeah I might actually have a friend who should have a bunch of zips. His dad is from Korea and works a ton with computers I'll check that before I buy one online. Thanks a lot for the help! If I have any more questions or anything is it cool if I pm you?

YeezusHasRisen wrote:If I have any more questions or anything is it cool if I pm you?

Sure, but more likely to get a wider range of answers, and most likely better answers, if you ask in the forums.

Good point! I'll probably do both cuz before I signed up here I read a bunch of different forums and you seem to be one of the most knowledgeable and helpful posters so I definitely trust your opinions! Thanks again for the help and expect some posts on here in the next week!

Don't trust me, I just have OCD and post heaps of shit on here, a lot of it is most likely incorrect!

Get answers and opinions from others, cause there is a heap of collective knowledge amongst everyone here.

So I'm about to make bids on the iomega zip 250 usb drive and I was wondering if there is a certain kind of disk that works with the MPC?