Sequential circuits samplers

Hi All,

I'm the proud new owner of a Prophet 2002+. Unfortunately, like many
others here I am faced with a failing floppy drive. 

I don't have any original sound disks, so I have been trying to format
a standard HD floppy. I've tried taping over the hole to mimick a DD
disk, but I still cannot format. The drive grinds, and the dispay
flashes with the error code "Lh". I don't find this error code
anywhere in the manual or expansion documentation, so I'm not sure if
the drive is completely dead or if it just doesn't like my disk. 

Anybody know what the "Lh" error code means ??

Anything else I should try before replacing drive ??

<< Anybody know what the "Lh" error code means ?? >>

yep- it means the drive's fucked. try this link first, because this has come 
up before:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/prophet2000/

you will find this amongst relatively recent postings : >>the "LH" readout 
means "Locked Head" and, according to the WineCountry Sequential tech. staff 
is a terminal fault with the floppy drive.<<

elsewhere, possible suitable replacements are listed:

<<   Toshiba FDD4216G0K 
  Sony MP-F53W-00D 
  Canon MD-350 
  Sony 63W 
  TEAC FD-235HF (thanks to nick bittakis) 
  SONY MT-2 1-623-457-14 (new! thanks to david borman) >>

I added these: 
sony mpf520-1 (jumper needs to be in inner position)
epson smd-400 (jumpers across DC, MC and C0; you'll know what that means if 
you ever see one).
I have some doubts as to the availability of these models but you never know 
when/where one will turn up. a citizen drive lifted from my long-dead sx16 
would not work whatever I did with jumpers and switches.

I was, some time ago, going to a) mail someone on this list my spare manual, 
and lost their snail-mail address, and b) write a quickie guide for sampling 
and setting up patches. then a bit of unpleasantness started over the exact 
model number of one of the aforementioned replacement drives (the teac), and 
the list went very quiet. coincident with this, I had some bad luck on e-bay 
and ended up with schemo's for a p3k instead of a p2k (I have a 2002+ and a 
2k kybd but the latter is dead right now) and took this to be some sort of 
karmic thing.....

I still intend to write a quick users guide as I think the instrument is 
fantastic-sounding. it's just so difficult to explain by description alone- 
maybe this is why stevie wonder liked the thing so much......
hasn't anyone got some webspace to spare? maybe I can scan the book and bung 
a pdf together.....

duncan.

So I pulled the drive out of my P2002+ last night. It was a Canon
MD-350. I took it apart and found that the stepper motor that moves
the head was a bit sticky, so I cleaned it out and lubed it up. And...

Fortunately...
I no longer get the "Lh" error, and the drive will try to format a
disk...

Unfortunately...
...the format fails, returning the "nF" error. The heads must still be
screwed up.

Any tips on sources for replacement drives ??



--- In prophet2000@y..., ferrograph@a... wrote:
> << Anybody know what the "Lh" error code means ?? >>
> 
> yep- it means the drive's fucked. try this link first, because this
has come 
> up before:
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/prophet2000/
> 
> you will find this amongst relatively recent postings : >>the "LH"
readout 
> means "Locked Head" and, according to the WineCountry Sequential
tech. staff 
> is a terminal fault with the floppy drive.<<
> 
> elsewhere, possible suitable replacements are listed:
> 
> <<   Toshiba FDD4216G0K 
>   Sony MP-F53W-00D 
>   Canon MD-350 
>   Sony 63W 
>   TEAC FD-235HF (thanks to nick bittakis) 
>   SONY MT-2 1-623-457-14 (new! thanks to david borman) >>
> 
> I added these: 
> sony mpf520-1 (jumper needs to be in inner position)
> epson smd-400 (jumpers across DC, MC and C0; you'll know what that
means if 
> you ever see one).
> I have some doubts as to the availability of these models but you
never know 
> when/where one will turn up. a citizen drive lifted from my
long-dead sx16 
> would not work whatever I did with jumpers and switches.
> 
> I was, some time ago, going to a) mail someone on this list my spare
manual, 
> and lost their snail-mail address, and b) write a quickie guide for
sampling 
> and setting up patches. then a bit of unpleasantness started over
the exact 
> model number of one of the aforementioned replacement drives (the
teac), and 
> the list went very quiet. coincident with this, I had some bad luck
on e-bay 
> and ended up with schemo's for a p3k instead of a p2k (I have a
2002+ and a 
> 2k kybd but the latter is dead right now) and took this to be some
sort of 
> karmic thing.....
> 
> I still intend to write a quick users guide as I think the
instrument is 
> fantastic-sounding. it's just so difficult to explain by description
alone- 
> maybe this is why stevie wonder liked the thing so much......
> hasn't anyone got some webspace to spare? maybe I can scan the book
and bung 

> a pdf together.....
> 
> duncan.