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- Reply-To: ppieroni@ppse.win-uk.net (Chip Pieroni)
- From: ppieroni@ppse.win-uk.net (Chip Pieroni)
- Date: Thu, 22 Feb 1996 16:22:38 GMT
- Subject: Re: Big Bad 1541 Problem..
-
-
- In article <4gh8ei$da7@Twain.MO.NET>, Phil Bunch (pbunch@Walden.mo.net) writes:
- >Chip Pieroni (ppieroni@ppse.win-uk.net) wrote:
- >: Hi !
- >:
- >:
- >: The Write Protect function on my 1541 disk drive no longer
- >: works, I have checked the emmiter and receiver cells, and they
- >: seem to be OK. The drive passes the post power up test, and works
- >: OK otherwise, but the failure of the write protect system means I
- >: get errors like :
- >
- >How did you confirm that the LED/photodetector pair were good?
- >Did you watch for a high/low signal switching back & forth when
- >you inserted/removed a disk?
-
- Yes.
-
- >If you follow the signal back I
- >think it goes through a 7406 chip (I think). These had a
- >somewhat higher than average failure rate. If you don't want
- >to unsolder anything yet you can always swap the two 6522
- >chips & see if the symptom changes.
-
- No, it doesn't worry me, after all an unusable drive is
- still unusable if it's buggered by repair !
-
-
- > Most of the time these
- >chips were socketed...
- >
-
- AT LAST, a fine man has risen from the depths and helped
- me. !!! :-)
-
-
- Well, I tested the LED and so on with a Diode tester, the
- accuracy of that is unknown, as I don't know bugger all about the
- Write Protect System, BUT the readings were always consistant and
- as you said, the value would change as the exposure did. I swaped
- the 6522s', and I shall now try the chip you suggested. (7406)
-
-
- Thankx so much, and I'll post with how I get on !
-
-
- Cheers !
-
- Chip Pieroni..
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