Technical and Repair Assistance

[kite200]

that means that one of the jumpers is stuck and it's connection is always on, look at the following:




make sure they arent always touching, but that they can become touched if something presses on them. these switches tell the drive if there is a disk inside. one is probably jammed if its doing that

[2A03]

Hm, that may actually be a possibility. I'll look at the drive and check the switches.

EDIT: The switches are working just fine. I'm at a loss here...

[kite200]

the switches might work fine but are they in the proper place? also check the UNDERSIDE (under the metal plate, where you replace the belt) and there's one sticking in there you should look at

[2A03]

What exactly do you mean by proper places? All the switches are disengaged (meaning they aren't touching the contact) when the drive isn't active.

[kite200]

then why the hell is it giving error 22 when the disk isn't inserted

it should give error 1

you gotta double check that shit, spin the gear around and make sure that it doesn't jam the contacts when the head comes foward

[2A03]

then why the hell is it giving error 22 when the disk isn't inserted

it should give error 1

you gotta double check that shit, spin the gear around and make sure that it doesn't jam the contacts when the head comes foward

The head doesn't appear to be jamming anything; the microswitches engage when they're supposed to, so I think now I'm at a crossroads here. Is there a slight possibility that perhaps the controller IC (FD7201) went bad?

[kite200]

that's what im thinking, there's no way you should get that kind of error.

ask around here and see if anyone will sell you a mobo

[133MHz]

Check the paths from the microswitches to the controller chip, maybe something shorted along the way. Also touch the controller IC after the unit has been working for a while. If it gets too hot, it's busted.

[2A03]

I think I might as well sell my FDS in addition to my working Famicom, and then buy a Twin Famicom or maybe an AV Famicom and working FDS.

[2A03]

I just sold my Famicom and FDS yesterday...

And bought a Twin Famicom this morning. 

[Jollie]

my cousin (earthquake jake on famicomworld) just got metroid for FDS and it loads up fine, but when i go to load an actual file a japanese word pops up, and after a while it stops reading.
is it loading or is there like a bad sector or somthin?
sum 1 help me out here

[133MHz]

I think you need to take a picture of the screen so guys like manuel can help you out .

[earthquakejake]

anyone know wats wrong with metroid fds it loads up but when i pick a file it tries to read it but then it just stops and the loading screen is in a bunch of japenese letters and i dont think it says loading does anyone know what might be wrong

[kite200]

obviously, you'll have to take a picture.

[MaxXimus]

I haven't recieved my famicom yet, but was wondering if it would work with my official super Famicom adapter? It is made to to input the correct voltage.