Ahhh I have the same drive and I forgot all about that part, sorry! -- bkw
On Tue, Mar 27, 2018, 9:06 PM Chris Kmiec <[email protected]> wrote: > I got my replacement drive today (Panasonic JU-455-5), and all is good! > Formatted couple of disks, copied the system disk, etc. Finally fixed > something out of this lot :) Well, more like replaced, but who's counting... > > The only slight issue was the fact that the mounting holes did not align > so I had to mount it to the bottom. I'll have to find a matching one for > the top slot. > > Chris > > On Mon, Mar 19, 2018 at 11:18 PM, Brian White <[email protected]> wrote: > >> One of mine had that too, (original dvi drive with bad caps underneath) >> but it also had other problems because replacing those caps and replacing >> the corroded traces with jumper wire didn't fix it. >> >> It lights up at the right times and the dvi detects the door open/close, >> but the motor runs too fast and the adjuster pot doesn't help. >> >> And on top of that, along the way I accidentally moved the wrong trim pot >> one time, not for the motor speed, and I have no idea what that one does or >> how to recalibrate it, so that drive is just NG now except to someone with >> more foo than me. >> >> But mainly just wanted to say I have seen the same thing with the same >> drive. >> >> Actually looking at the pics again, it's hard to say for sure if the caps >> were bad, but there was definite corrosion on the solder-side all around >> their legs. >> >> https://photos.app.goo.gl/Dz5R1rGRnzYAXy9J2 >> >> I forget if I tried swapping controller boards and head assemblies around >> with another good drive to see if the problem is all in the drive board or >> of there is also a problem in the controller board. >> >> On Mon, Mar 19, 2018, 11:39 PM Fugu ME100 <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I would check all the caps on the board just to make sure. >>> >>> Which caps failed? Quite amazing it worked unless they ate through the >>> write control line. >>> >>> From: M100 <[email protected]> on behalf of Chris Kmiec >>> <[email protected]> >>> Reply-To: <[email protected]> >>> Date: Monday, March 19, 2018 at 7:33 PM >>> To: <[email protected]> >>> Subject: Re: [M100] Can't format a disk with DVI >>> >>> Just an update - took it apart, and found two caps on the bottom board >>> that spilled their guts and corroded a good area. Surprised it works at >>> all! I'll be attempting to fix it, but did get an "approved" Panasonic >>> drive from eBay just in case. >>> >>> Chris >>> >>> >>> >
