Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!mit-eddie!bu-cs!purdue!decwrl!sun!pitstop!sundc!seismo!uunet!portal!cup.portal.com!Bob_BobR_Retelle From: Bob_BobR_Retelle@cup.portal.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit Subject: Re: Dead 810 Drive Message-ID: <11937@cup.portal.com> Date: 30 Nov 88 07:27:09 GMT References: <392@cvbnet2.UUCP> Organization: The Portal System (TM) Lines: 18 Jeff Donsbach asks about a Dead 810 disk drive that doesn't seem to be getting power.. power supply tests OK... You might want to (carefully) remove and replace the "side board" in the 810... it's the PC board mounted vertically on the left side of the drive mechanism (it's secured by a screw in the front, and another in back). The power flows from the jack in back of the drive, through the sideboard to the power switch, then back to the powersupply in the back of the drive. The contacts on the sideboard may have oxidized since the drive hasn't been used in some time... removing and reinstalling the connectors may help... Incidentally, the Exchange fee for an 810 is quite low (can't remember exactly what it is just now, but it's nowhere near the cost of a new XF-551), but you would probably be far more happy with the XF-551... it's faster, smaller, and stores four times as much on a single disk..! BobR