Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!husc6!cmcl2!rutgers!cbmvax!andy From: andy@cbmvax.UUCP (Andy Finkel) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: how do I fix a broken disk drive? Message-ID: <2131@cbmvax.UUCP> Date: Fri, 17-Jul-87 09:42:49 EDT Article-I.D.: cbmvax.2131 Posted: Fri Jul 17 09:42:49 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 22-Jul-87 02:25:02 EDT References: <1236@spice.cs.cmu.edu> Reply-To: andy@cbmvax.UUCP (Andy Finkel) Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA Lines: 31 Keywords: disk drive alignment In article <1236@spice.cs.cmu.edu> mjp@spice.cs.cmu.edu (Michael Portuesi) writes: > >I lent out my Amiga to a friend of mine that needed it for some work >he was doing. Before it was moved, it would reject the Kickstart disk >when inserted some 25% of the time. Other than that, the disk drive >read and wrote normally. I did have some problems with cheap disks. >This was probably a sign that the drive was out of alignment, but not >enough so to cause a major catastrophe. > >After being moved, my Amiga now refuses to accept Kickstart at all. >Apparently moving the computer gave the drive the extra "oomph" it >needed to fail entirely. At various times (well, twice anyway). Once it was because I'd shorted out one of the voltages that the disk drive wanted. A new power supply fixed it up. The second time was after a power failure...that time I had to replace both an 8520 and Paula before it would read a Kickstart again. You might try checking your voltages before you do anything else. > --M andy finkel -- andy finkel {ihnp4|seismo|allegra}!cbmvax!andy Commodore-Amiga, Inc. "The goal of Computer Science is to build something that will last at least until we've finished building it." Any expressed opinions are mine; but feel free to share. I disclaim all responsibilities, all shapes, all sizes, all colors.