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- From: mad@Turing.ORG (Mark A. Day (N4OQK))
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.3b1
- Subject: Re: Wanted circuit boards for Miniscribe 6085
- Keywords: Miniscribe 6085
- Message-ID: <1992Dec27.174510.1646@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
- Date: 27 Dec 92 17:45:10 GMT
- References: <1992Dec26.034932.17546@nwnexus.WA.COM>
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- I have found a problem with the 6085 Miniscribe which may help you bring a
- few of them up. This problem seems to be common to NUMEROUS miniscribe drives.
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- On the drive circuit board there are three TO-220 packaged MOSFETs. These are
- numbered Q1, Q2, and Q3. These mosfets are VERY shoddily heatsinked, and end
- up destroying themselves because of same. These mosfets should be of the type
- IRF521 (International Rectifier) which cross to an ECG-66 replacement part.
-
- Replacing these fets will usually bring back the drive, but do nothing for the
- original problem, inadiquate heatsinking. Some form of heatsink must be
- developed to provide extended life for the new fets.
-
- I discovered this working with a drive which would fail after approximately an
- hour of up-time. Freeze spray makes for a good method to determine if this is
- the actual problem.
-
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