Got a Famicom!

Started by GB256, March 22, 2024, 10:20:52 am

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GB256

https://drive.google.com/file/d/19dcY8TkkjERJLsPNzvkUroM3TIh29foY/view?usp=sharing

Worth noting that it seems to be inconsistent on when the drive suddenly stops to error.
I've had attempts where it would spin for a good minute before stopping.

Skawo

...huh. It's really not supposed to be stopping when the drive is going towards home. That's... very odd.

Similarly, it's shouldn't ever take more than two passes of the disk before erroring :s

The drive is definitely still too slow, but I think there's actually another problem somewhere. Maybe a switch is malfunctioning, or something?

GB256

I don't like that possibility of there being another problem somewhere on the drive...
I decided to send some photos of my drive, if there's anything that looks out of the ordinary, let me know.
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Skawo

That does look fine to me.
Can you show me how you set the spindle screw?

GB256

(SORRY FOR VERY LATE REPLY, WAS BUSY)

Pretty much the same as the guides, tighten it with a hex screw.
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(I did take off the black plastic top part to do it, just didn't get any photos of that)

Also the drive is doing this now where the read head is stopping once it's back to the original position.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tzXj7xBsaJpf7BtFEbvsO4cSlbR8M5ai/view?usp=sharing

Skawo

Ahhh. It's getting stuck on something and never reaches the home switch. Check if there isn't a wire in the way, or something.

GB256

Did that, didn't seem like there was anything blocking it.
Even took it apart and reassembled it, still nothing different...