Technical and Repair Assistance

[Jollie]

thats it then b/c smb2j is the original game on it but on side b is smb 1 and that side works.
oh well looks like my cousin got screwed over.
lol

[keiffer01]

That's too bad because SMB2jpn is really the game worth playing on that Disk card!

[2A03]

I finally got my new FDS today, and spent about 2-3 hours replacing the belt. I thought it would be a snap (no pun intended), but it was a bitch to clean up the old sticky belt and then stick the new one in. I just hope I don't have to mess with the drive anymore once I get a new game for it.

[FamicomFreak]

Congrats on your repair

[kite200]

lol, thought it would be a snap, well at least you realized how much it sucks

[2A03]

lol, thought it would be a snap, well at least you realized how much it sucks

I really hope I don't have to mess with the drive itself again. I just bought Zelda a while ago and I hope I didn't misadjust the head or something. Hopefully, all I have to deal with will be the speed adjustment.

[kite200]

only way to find out is put the disk in.

if it doesnt work you can ask me for help

[2A03]

only way to find out is put the disk in.

if it doesnt work you can ask me for help

Hopefully Zelda will come in the mail tomorrow, so if I get an error message, I'll post it here.

[2A03]

I just got Zelda today and tried to load it only to get Error #22. Is the disk bad or is it the drive?

[2A03]

I just adjusted the speed and now I'm getting Error #21. Ugh...

[kite200]

two things:

make sure the spindle is aligned

make sure the speed is correct.

if you play with the speed and that doesn't work, it's the spindle. search ebay for famicom disk belts and you'll find a seller called jfgoods, visit his site to see his pictures on how to do that

[2A03]

I've done everything possible; I've adjusted the speed, adjusted the spindle, aligned the head as outlined at jfgoods, nothing works. I think the disk may be dead in that case. Is there anyone out there who can rewrite it?

[kite200]

doubt the disk is dead.


You are probably ajusting the JFgoods thing ( I call it the spindle, he calls it the head) wrong. Please try it many times until you understand how toget it right. Look at the pictures carefully

Do not touch the actual head which has a screw that is sealed with wax.

Ajust the spindle and then try every speed. Make extremely minute ajustments on speed each time and then try, then make ajustments again, rinse and repeat

If this doesn't work, IT MAY be the disk. MAYBE. Try another disk in this case. But somehow I don't know if you are doing the other parts correctly. If you try all the steps above, then try another disk, and that doesn't work, then send me your drive and pay me to fix it maybe?

[2A03]

If you try all the steps above, then try another disk, and that doesn't work, then send me your drive and pay me to fix it maybe?

Well, I don't have any more games to test, so I'm afraid I may have to sent it to you for repair. I'll send you a PM.

[2A03]

Interesting...

I decided to experiment with the FDS some more, and it turns out that it still gives an error #22 message even when there's no disk inserted. I also fixed the belt a little more so that the drive speed wasn't jerky and unnecessarily slow.