Technical and Repair Assistance

[senseiman]

Thanks for the help!  I'll give it a try when I get a soldering iron!

[X]

hi guys  , does anyone knows where i can buy online a fuse (1.5A) inside the famicom? 

[ericj]

Just solder a wire in place to bypass it. Otherwise, an electronics store (not sure what they have in the Philippines) or online retailer should have one.

[X]

yep. i already did was bypassing.. anyway. i'm still looking for it. just to preserve its original design. thanks

[133MHz]

You can keep the blown fuse in place and solder a very fine wire across the board around it, that way you get to preserve its original look .

Also, the SNES uses the same kind of fuse, you could "borrow" one from an old SNES .

[X]

i've noticed that too in the SNES.. while i'm cleaning it up.

thanks

[N_90]

Hello everybody!
I've got a problem. I've got a twin fami an-500b and official disc. It was working very well till today.
I have inserted my disc into twin as usual, but the soun was strange and it showed me an error 27.
Is there any solutions for this trouble?
Appreciate your help.

[wolf9545]

According to this, http://www.famicomworld.com/Disk_System/Error_Messages.htm, error 27 means that the disk might be damaged.  Do you have any other disks to check to make sure that the system works ok?

[simon2985]

Hello guys,
                 You were so helpful last time that I was hoping you could help me again.

I have the Famicom disk system. The system came without the belt installed, but one was provided in the sale. I have replaced the belt using a youtube guide that was quite in depth. Upon turning the system on I get error 22. After playing about with the motor speed ( I have no idea if this is actually doing anything as there very little information I can find), I end up with error 21.

I have had a look back through this topic and there was mension on a guy jfgoods. All links to his site are dead unfortunatly. Any help or clarification about motor speed/spindle adjustment would be greatly apprieciated.

Thank you
P.s. I only have one disk at the moment, so I cannot try another.

[Jollie]

it was basically trial and error for me i had to just keep adjusting it. i did it for about 2 hours.

[simon2985]

I have found one position that I can turn the screw to and it gives error 21 instead of error 22. If I turn the screw clockwise slightly it gives error 22 again. But I can move the screw back anticlockwise to get error 21 again.

So am I getting close to the right position when the error changes?

[Jollie]

man i wish kite was here he knows all about the FDS. I dont really know sometimes i got my game to work and then if i tried loading another it wouldnt work.

[simon2985]

This is beyond me, I've spent the last couple of hours turning this screw from one extreme to another, making miniscule adjustments each time and all I get is error 21/error22. I think it is a dead system, either that or the disk is knackard and without another disk I wont know and I'm not gonna spend money on more disks for a broken machine. 

[133MHz]

Did you align the spindle position using a small allen wrench?

[simon2985]

Do you mean lining up the grub screw with the little indent in the spindle?