MPC Floppy Issues

Hi

I was wondering if anyone with a MPC 60 II had this problem. My floppy stopped reading disk so I purchased a new drive from Route66. Now it will read and load 1 snd file and when I try to load another the unit gives me an error " FF60" There is no floppy disk in the drive. I have tried various DSDD disks and the problem still exist any sggestions ??

yes i have a similar problem!

my floppy drive seemed to be working fine until i installed the 3.10e OS upgrade and the MArion Systems SCSI adaptor, i performed the installation myself... as soon as the installation was done the floppy would not read or load any disks at all... it gives me the same error ff60 and says that there is no disk in drive! i was thinking i did something wrong in the installation, maybe i messed something up while doing the upgrade... so i tried to uninstall everything and have it run the old operating system and without the SCSI... the floppy drive still would not read any disk and said there was no disk in the drive again! it also gave me an error number ff40 this time... so i reinstalled the upgrades again and it still would not read floppies... so now i have an mpc60II with 3.10e OS and SCSI, but the floppy drive wont work! i called Roger Linn Design, and the guy i talked to there told me to try wiggling the wires connected to the floppy around, and suggested maybe i did accidentally mess up some of the connectors/wires inside... i tried this to no avail, and he also recommended that i call either VST or FORAT, i cant remember which place it was at the moment! but anyway, i called them and told them my problem... the very first thing the guy told me after hearing that the floppy worked until i installed the OS upgrade and didnt work at all after that was:
"you have a floppy drive that was probably ordered from ROUTE 66 and that floppies from them do not work with the 3.10e OS!!! since i bought this piece used and dont know if it is indeed a ROUTE 66 floppy drive... im wondering if there is anyone else out there that is having this same problem? or does anyone out there have an mpc60 with OS3.10e installed and also have a floppy drive from ROUTE 66??? id like to find out before i shell out $135 bucks to have a new floppy installed... also, anyone know where to get a better deal on a floppy drive????

help please...

anyone else have trouble with their floppy drive after upgrading the OS???

I would write route66 and find out if they have a work around.

There has NEVER been any issue with Route 66 floppy drives or for that matter any replacement drive available from any company with the many differnt MPC OS versions, this was simply a hoax. You screwed up your install Fobedafied...or your using HD floppys, I have two 3.10 units running just fine...it helps to read your manual.

Guys the Route66 drive works just fine if your using the correct floppy discs, read your manual!!! the MPC60 is a DSDD 720K unit, this means the MPC60 has a DSDD 720k FDC controller CHIP SET on the main board and is only setup for DSDD 720K discs. Now in the past you could get away with the HD discs with the 10yr old original drive because it was also made 10yrs ago, these older drives do a poor job of media detection and allow the HD discs to pass. Any NEW 2000 to the current 2007 drives are vary good at media detection and only allow disc media that matches the FDC controller CHIP SET in the MPC60. I hope this clears up any confusion and if anyone has ANY question about floppy drives and the MPC just ask me.

Andy0

i have the TEAC 235HF drive (not sure of the exact model #, check the bible thread), it works perfectly fine with HD and DD disks. i put tape over the bottom-right hole on the HDs.

formats and reads 'em just fine for over 5 years.

i hate to point fingers, but plenty of people have called them (R66) out on their service and product reliability.