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Old 18 December 2013, 16:07   #11
Loedown
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Victoria, Australia
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Originally Posted by RoterFlieger View Post
I am happy to announce that my board is working again.

Your suggestion about checking the resnets lead me onto the right track. After checking their resistance to +5V, I noticed that /VPA had only 4.7 Ohms. The culprit was R1000. Possibly due to the battery damage, that bastard, although absolutely ok upon visual inspection, must have lost most of its resistance so that Gary became unable to pull /VPA down.

For a first test, I cut R1000 off, measured the resistance of /VPA again (2.7k this time) and gave it a go. A few seconds later (with my fingers crossed) I finally heard that beatiful "klick-klick-klick" noise from the floppy. It never sounded better... :-D
Battery damage can be subtle, pleased you found the fault.
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