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1541 drive spinning on power up and still spinning
Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2012 7:58 pm
by Nathan
How to fix this? I got a C64 with the drive and I tested the drive it works but it keeps on spinning after power up
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 12:33 am
by Nathan
And also the red light keeps flashing too
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 3:11 am
by Vic20-Ian
try
load"$",8,1
List
load"progname",8
run
If it reads a directory and the light does not flash then it should be fine.
Light flash is usually an error in command entry or load errror
N.B. Assumes the drive switches are set to device 8
If you get no response try ,9 ,10 ,11 instead.
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 4:54 am
by Nathan
thanks i will try that
Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2012 5:51 am
by callan
If it's spinning constantly, AND the drive active LED is flashing - then it's failing its power on self test.
USUALLY that means that the RAM chip, or one of the ROM chips has failed.
How many flashes in each sequence ?
Callan
Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2012 12:23 am
by Nathan
It didn't do anything and its still doing the same thing, so do I need a new drive?
Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2012 5:34 pm
by PaulQ
I agree with Callan. If this were my disk drive, I'd get one that passes its test but can't read any disks for cheap (or free), and swap the board in.
Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2012 8:57 am
by ral-clan
Might just be a bad VIA 6522 chip. These are cheap and easy to replace. There is an article which tells you exactly what each set of symptoms mean floating around on the internet from Ray Carlsen (sp?).
Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2012 6:06 am
by Nathan
Could you get me a link? I need to replace the VIA now >.>
Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2012 7:01 am
by ral-clan
Nathan wrote:Could you get me a link? I need to replace the VIA now >.>
Have you tried Googling "Ray Carlsen" and "1541"? I'm sure you will find it. His Commodore repair articles are all over the internet.