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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
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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