Re: Matsushita disk drives need attention!

From: Julian Perry <jp_at_digitaltapestries.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2015 10:48:35 +1100
Message-ID: <517317178.20150225104835@digitaltapestries.com>
Thanks, Christian. I have a (Fully operational) 8250LP in exceptional
condition.
(
https://www.flickr.com/photos/12745816@N04/8055881816/in/set-72157631690467740 )
you've prompted me to go and check = I'd hate to lose it to capacitor
rot.

I notice you dropped out the spindle motor assembly - did you have any
alignment problems with the drive once you reassembled it?

Julian


Wednesday, February 25, 2015, 10:32:13 AM, you wrote:

> You all know the Matsushita JU-570(-2) disk drives that are used in CBM
> 8250lp, SFD-1001 and 8296-d.
> Some of these JU-570 drives went through my hands in the last weeks.
> All of them had damaged drive motor PCBs, caused by leaking electrolyte
> capacitors.
> I assume that all JU-570 drives are affected by this problem.
> You may take a look at
> http://forum.classic-computing.de/index.php?page=Thread&threadID=7382
> where I described the problem. In german, but the pictures should tell
> anything.

> Christian




-- 
Best regards,
 Julian                            mailto:jp@digitaltapestries.com


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