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- From: Phil Hoff <phoff@ecst.csuchico.edu>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
- Subject: Re: 1581 jammed power switch
- Date: 6 Mar 1996 15:59:44 GMT
- Organization: California State University, Chico
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- pancake@mail.utexas.edu (Christopher Daniello) wrote:
- >
- > This really irritated me: I'm setting up my old commodore 128 system and for
- > some reason the 1581 power switch is physically jammed so I can't push it up
- > into the on position. What would cause such a thing to happen? Push as hard
- > as I can and I can't get the thing to budge. Really bummed me out because I
- > was planning on transferring most of my commie stuff to the smaller, more
- > sturdy discs.
- >
- Typically there is a little "tail" on the rocker assembly inside the
- switch. A coil spring is retained by this tail. The other end of the
- spring rests in a little well in the bottom of the switch. As the user
- rocks the switch, the spring aids in pushing the rocker toward and
- holding it in the position chosen. There are variations on this, but
- there is always a spring unless you have a mercury or a reed switch,
- neither of which is used in the C= drives. All that is required is
- for the tail to break off or the spring itself to break.
-
- The important thing ids not what caused it, but how do you fix it. It
- is fortunately, a cheap and simple repair to fix it. You simply replace
- the switch. You may be able to get a replacement at Radio Shack, but
- probably not the right side. In the worst case, you might have to take
- it to any electronic repair shop for switch replacement.
-