external zip drive problem By uribe Wed Mar 07, 2007 12:12 am i just hooked up a external zip drive to my mpc 2000(not xl) and it says to "wait. . . . " is this normal? its been on for a very long time telling me to wait uribe Posts: 25 Joined: Sun Feb 25th, 2007 Location: south south central LA
By pt3r Wed Mar 07, 2007 9:39 am What scsi id of the drive set to and is the termination switch set on or off ? pt3r Expert Member Posts: 3018 Joined: Tue Oct 28th, 2003
By uribe Wed Mar 07, 2007 5:28 pm my buddy told me about a switch. but this zip drive doesn't have any switch whatsoever. its an iomega 100mb zip drive uribe Posts: 25 Joined: Sun Feb 25th, 2007 Location: south south central LA
By uribe Wed Mar 07, 2007 5:29 pm im guessing its the cable thats not working or the drive because i hooked it up to my PC and the drive didn't show up on the computer uribe Posts: 25 Joined: Sun Feb 25th, 2007 Location: south south central LA
By muscle Thu Mar 08, 2007 10:05 am Buy a new short cable. muscle Posts: 183 Joined: Wed Jan 18th, 2006
By Pilchard Thu Mar 08, 2007 1:33 pm You have the wrong sorta zip drive. A scsi drive will have two switches on the back. Thats the kind of Zip drive you need. edit: Should be looking like this..... Pilchard Valued Member Posts: 647 Joined: Thu Nov 3rd, 2005 Location: South West Nine