I got the old drive working! Replaced a couple of caps, cleaned it off, rerouted one broken trace, and it's working. Since I'm a software guy, all I feel like saying is "...but I did stay at a Holliday Inn last night!"
Chris On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 10:37 PM, Brian White <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>
