> On 2015-11-20, at 08:22, Michał Pleban <lists@michau.name> wrote: >> If the drive (differences aside) is otherwise a Chinon F*-354 variant, >> the solution might just be simple. The disk presence / write protect >> sensing microswitches in these drives are infamously bad. Fortunately, >> they usually only need to be disassembled and the little brass contacts >> in the microswitches be cleaned from oxides. > > This looks exactly how my drive is behaving, it throws errors "drive not > ready" or "disk write protected" and then reinserting the disk often > solves the problems. So it seems very likely that these contacts are not > working properly. > > Now the question is, how easy would it be to disassemble the drive to > clean the contacts? I would not like to danage it obviously as finding a > replacement is difficult. It is relatively easy both to remove/replace as well as disassemble the unit and clean the contacts. You have to be careful when opening as the tiny latches are fragile but when done with proper care it is not so challenging. But in case you break something I should still have some lying somewhere. -- SD! Message was sent through the cbm-hackers mailing listReceived on 2015-11-20 12:00:08
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