Got a Famicom!

[Skawo]

Yes, it should be fine.

[GB256]

Shipping has really begun now.
It is Famicoming to my house.

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[GB256]

It's here.

Time to test it out!

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[GB256]

Good news, almost everything works!

Except for the disk drive.

When I put the disk in, the drive just makes a really loud hum.

[Skawo]

Yep, that's a belt swap for you.

[GB256]

Working on it!

There's 2 screws on the metal sheet on the bottom of the drive itself that are a pain to get off, so I might need some better equipment.

Also, here's the remains of the old bet I found inside!

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While I work on this, are there any recommendations for new belts? Could I use any rubber band or will I have to buy something specific?

[Skawo]

There's loads of replacement belts for the FDS on ebay and the like.

The transculent ones are supposed to last longer, but the regular black rubber ones are slightly grippier and don't fall off as easily.

A rubber band... I mean, in a pinch, temporarily, I guess you could do that, but you'd probably have to mess with the drive speed

[GB256]

I'll probably have to use a rubber band with the time and equipment I have and just hope for the best.

[GB256]

Welp replacing the belt on my Famicom drive has been going "well", but I'll probably have to stop today.

I haven't even gotten to the main part of the drive because I accidentally stripped an important screw, so now I gotta get some more equipment, that's fun!

See ya tomorrow...

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[GB256]

How tf do you remove this metal piece, I've been trying forever.

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[UglyJoe]

You have to turn it clockwise while sort of lifting up on it.

https://youtu.be/cEJ_-PThT7M?t=393

[GB256]

HUGE PROGRESS!

Got it in and out and reassembled part of it, the drive is moving! But now we have a new problem: Error 22.

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[Skawo]

Well, now you need to calibrate it.

[GB256]

Got a good tutorial I could use to do it?

[GB256]

I'm occasionally getting Error 21, I feel like I'm getting closer to fixing it while at the same time, not getting it fixed.

I'll probably continue work on this tomorrow, in the meantime, send whatever calibration tutorials you have, I'll take anything to help me out here.