s887212@minyos.xx.rmit.oz (Stephen Riehm [Romulis]) (10/23/90)
Just recently (about a week ago) My old style 1541 (which hasnt faulted in the last 6 years I might add) decided to take a holiday, when I turn it on it now spins relentlessly, and the red light stays on as if to say "go away I am busy". I had a problem similar to this a while back where the daisy chain I was running was so long that it was holding the reset line low (and hence the thing never booted) but I connected a second drive to the chain and it worked fine... any hints/suggestions/owners of large sledge hammers???? much thanx in advance. ============================================================================ Romulis [Stephen Riehm] Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, (124 Latrobe St., Melbourne.) s887212@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au Australia. @>---`--,--( Still Stuck on the wrong side of the deep pink sea )--.--'---<@ ======================< Insert Usual Disclaimer >===========================
c8923075@frey.nu.oz.au (Chris Baird) (10/24/90)
s887212@minyos.xx.rmit.oz (Stephen Riehm [Romulis]) writes: >Just recently (about a week ago) My old style 1541 (which hasnt faulted in >the last 6 years I might add) decided to take a holiday, when I turn it on >it now spins relentlessly, and the red light stays on as if to say "go away >I am busy".... Most likely your bridge rectifier has snuffed it (same thing happened to my 6 year old drive earlier this year). Apparently the power supply doesn't reach the level to enable the Reset circuitry, and the LED and Drive motor say enabled (0=on, ect). Just go down to the local electronics shop (or find a friend in Electronics Engineering Dept.) and get a replacment bridge (Not sure on the specs, mains rated at least) Pink Sea? -- Chris Baird Undergrad BSc(Physics) @ Newcastle Uni (OZ!) C8923075@frey.nu.oz.au
yanoff@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Scott `The_Edge` Yanoff) (11/06/90)
I had the same thing happen to my 1541 about 3 years ago....I believeit
was the voltage regulator that they
fixed...
-Scott
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