UPDATE: Got it at 100%! When I thought everything was a-okay, I started testing disks, and everything was loading to the title screen, but when I tried to flip to side B, write to the disks, etc., I started getting more errors (usually error 27 or 28, or in the case of Metroid, it seemed to be saving but didn't.) Finally, I did some digging on the Repair Assistance board, saw from another user's post that I was close because I was getting black screens, did a couple turns on the motor, and voila! Everything loads quickly, even side B, and I can write saves flawlessly. I am so happy that I didn't end up buying a new drive!
hey guys,
So I spent a couple of hours doing spindle hub adjustments on the FDS drive of my Twin Fami, which hasn't read disks for months, and much to my surprise managed to get one of my four FDS games working (Super Mario Bros. 2.) The rest (Zelda 1+2, Metroid) continue to throw 22s or 27s at me. I marked a spot on the hub that aligned with "25% success! woo!" and had time to make two small adjustments before my lunch break was over: ~3 degrees clockwise from the mark, then ~3 degrees counterclockwise (basically, the same degree away from the mark, in opposite directions.) Same results both times, and now I'm back at my desk and unable to mess around with it again for a few hours.
So, my question is: where I had a 0% success rate before and now have 25% (Super Mario Bros. 2 seems to work every time), does that mean I'm close to the optimal alignment? Should I keep going several more degrees away from the mark I made? For instance, should I try up to 10-15 degrees in each direction away from the mark (incrementally, of course)? Or could the optimal alignment be nowhere near this mark I made and I just got lucky with SMB2?
Thanks in advance, y'all.
Post Merge: January 19, 2016, 02:35:49 pm
So, I'm getting closer. Super Mario Bros. 2, The Legend of Zelda, and Metroid all load; Metroid can't seem to write a save file (it 27s when I flip it to side b, but removing it and replacing it usually gets the game to play). I haven't tried saving to Zelda yet. Zelda 2 won't load but gives an error 28... which I think means I'm close to the correct alignment? Any insight on that?