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- Path: sparky!uunet!mcsun!sunic!isgate!krafla!adamd
- From: adamd@rhi.hi.is (Adam David)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
- Subject: Re: HELP! My ST doesn't work.
- Keywords: Broken, help,
- Message-ID: <5193@krafla.rhi.hi.is>
- Date: 31 Jul 92 14:59:53 GMT
- References: <1992Jul24.044007.12079@nmsu.edu> <5188@krafla.rhi.hi.is>
- Sender: usenet@rhi.hi.is
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- I got this from someone who is unable to post directly to the group:
-
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- >This is probably not the reason why your ST is broken, but the same symptoms
- >occur if you have the monitor resting on top of the computer. I used to think
- >it was the weight of the monitor distorting the disc drive, but the truth is
- >that the monitor produces electromagnetic interference which messes up the
- >signals on the flatcable to the floppy drive. Some people wrap their flatcables
- >in aluminium foil (be careful not to short anything out) but the most effective
- >solution is to make sure there is a big enough gap between the computer and the
- >monitor.
-
- I forgot about that possibility. Actually it isn't the flat cable picking up
- stray signals. It's probably the disk drive is one of those which uses a
- hall-effect device and a magnet to identify position. The Monitors CAN
- generate enough of a magnetic field to cause the drive to think the speed
- is off, so it tries to speed it up or slow it down. This causes data
- received to be corrupt as the speed of rotation is NOT constant or even
- close to the required speed.
-
- Open the system up and see if there is a magnet or something glued to the
- big center wheel. The timing when this gets to the hall effect sensor
- is what, on this type of drive, tells the drive mechanism it is at
- the right speed.
-
- The other way of fixing the problem is to put a cookie sheet or some steel
- beneath the monitor.
-
- I can't post to the net, unfortunately, so feel free to pass this
- information on.
-
- --
- George Seto (gseto@biome.bio.ns.ca)
-
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- Yes, it could also be problems with hall-effect sensors. The flatcable is
- the part which is most vulnerable to stray signals though.
-
- --
- Adam David. (adamd@rhi.hi.is)
-