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Fixing a Commodore 1541 Disk Drive

Adrian's Digital Basement 30 min Published Feb 2020

About this video

Out comes the oscilloscope for a dead Commodore 1541 disk drive, a short board model with an Alps mechanism, which the maker sets out to fix.

Good to know: Mains voltage inside the drive's power supply, and capacitors that stay charged after unplugging. Soldering means burns and fumes. Needs an oscilloscope.

Why watch it

Dead short board 1541 drives with an Alps mechanism are the exact variant here, and a linked video on finding a shorted tantalum capacitor gives a second place to look.

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