mpc problem

[xkwest]

mpc2000xl.... fully kitted with no effects board.


i think mine has probably died....i have three zip disks that i use for transfer sounds back and forth from my pc to mpc... shit has been lovely for 2 months....
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now when i load a zip disk into the zip drive insertion point of the mpc; i get a disk read error.... the is pc formatted... so saying that its mpc formatted is not the problem... the disk can't even load on my pc...
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unfortunately i had to experiment.... i took a different disk which was perfectly fine... meaning it loads in my pc zip drive fine.....after that i put that perfectly fine zip into my mpc's zip... bam disk error.... NOW when i take that disk back into my pc....MY PC CAN'T EVEN READ THAT SHIT.... now iam out of two zip disks....
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since my pc can't read the fucked up zips anymore... i can't even get to format them...
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i pretty much nailed it down to the mpcs internal zip fucking up my disks...
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AND THE ONLY POSSIBILITY I CAN THINK OF... is that MY MPC WAS ON WHEN THE POWER IN MY HOUSE WENT OFF AND CAME BACK ON AFTER 1SECOND.... now a simple coincidental occurence like can fuck up my zip drive?????????
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is this something i can wait out.... like it'll fix itself..by demagnetizing itself.....
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iam quite fucked at this point... and i only have one zip disk left... and i sure as hell won't take the risk of putting that in there...
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seems like i have to make beats on fruityloops again till i buy a new internal zip for my mpc...

i haven't lost any beats since its all stored on my pc...

 

[vitaminman]

Hey,

I don't know what happened exactly to your gear, but I do know that weird bursts of power can do all sorts of nasty things to gear if you're not careful.

You'll be pleased to hear that internal Zip drives are very cheap, I've seen them as low as $40 for refurbished ones.

Maybe not a solution, but rather a prevention...plug all your gear into a UPS (universal power supply), it acts like a big battery and provides juice to all your gear during power outages. I believe that they also protect gear from power spikes...

Take care,

Nick

 

[xkwest]

good lookin' out... yeah i should have surged protected it.

 

[Crate Raider]

my studio computer was surge protected and when the power came back on it blew up my power supply regardless....guess its just cuz my computer is booty....my mpc was safe tho, i keep that shit turned off

 

[xkwest]

yeah... so the super safe thing to do is .. just turn the mp off...

 

[cmr3]

Get a surge protecter with a battery back up my boy has like 5 those in his studio and when the power goes of everthing stays on becuase it uses the battery backup and then when the electricity comes back on it uses that again its pretty tight., its not to cheap but theyre worth it 50-100 dollars.Also xkwest make sure your not taking infected audio files from your computer to your mpc, make sure you run them threw something first...OnE

 

[xkwest]

infected audio files?
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how do they infected?