Oi! Indeed, it`s a SS drive! They all have that originally. You can replace it, but to use it as DS, you need a new diskrom. At least to format disks. On the bottom left side of the main board you can see three roms (32 legged chips I think). If they are on sockets, they are really easy to replace, if not, you need to desolder them.
Cheers! -Dan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jyri Hovila" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 1:44 AM Subject: Re[4]: [MSX] Problem reading SVI 738 with PC (and vice-versa) > Hi again! > > Thanks for all the help I've received this far. =) > > I don't know too much of disk drives, but I opened the one in my SVI 738 > and took a peeked inside. I believe the problem is that I really have a > single sided disk drive: I found one head, but where I believe should > have been a second one, was just a plastic arm with a round, soft > padding. > > What do you think, if I just replace the drive, will my SVI be able to > detect that it's a DS drive and give me the option to format disks > double sided? Or do I have to replace disk ROM also? If this is > necessary, does it mean replacing ROM(s) inside my SVI or is it possible > to "upgrade" them using some special software? > > Thanks again! =) > > - Jyri > > _______________________________________________ > MSX mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > Info page: http://lists.stack.nl/mailman/listinfo/msx > > _______________________________________________ MSX mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Info page: http://lists.stack.nl/mailman/listinfo/msx
