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- From: jamesch@ix.netcom.com (James Chamblin)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
- Subject: Re: 1541 Not Working!
- Date: 22 Jan 1996 14:46:04 GMT
- Organization: Netcom
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- References: <s1033695.062@shands.ufl.edu>
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- In article <s1033695.062@shands.ufl.edu>, mello.med@shands.ufl.edu
- wrote:
- >I have a 1541 disk drive and have recently encountered a problem.
- >With no warning at all, the 1541 stopped reading disks. Every
- >time I put a disk in to be read I get ?file not found. This
- >suprises me because the drive was working perfectly before. It
- >didn't even have sporadic problems, just stopped working.
- >
- >I have noticed a few things which believe to be peculiar though.
- >When I disconnect my serial cable from the back of the 1541 the
- >Commodore 64 shuts off. I have noticed that be moving the cable
- >back and forth for the C=64 power supply that it will shut off
- >power to it. I believe my power supply has a short. But I don't
- >understand why the 1541 would cause my computer to shut down if I
- >remove the serial cable? Could the C= power supply have effected
- >the disk drive? Or can a power supply ruin the C= by a spike or
- >something?
- >
- >Any help on this problem would be appreciated!
- >
- >Steve M.
- >E-mail mello.med@shands.ufl.edu
- >
- >
-
- I knew someone with exactly the same problem. It had everyone baffled
- for a while, but found out that it was just a loose power connection on
- the c64. once it was resoldered, it worked just fine. You see, by
- moving the serial cable, moved the board just enough to cause the
- connection on the power to disconnect. Still never figured why it
- caused a ?File not found error tho.
-