a600 floppy motor

tomcat666 · 29 March 2013, 13:44

HI

The motor that spins the floppy in my a600 doesnt seem to work - only the head moves. Any experts on flopy repair here with suggestions on how one would find the cause and fix it?

GadgetUK · 29 March 2013, 19:16

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Originally Posted by tomcat666

HI

The motor that spins the floppy in my a600 doesnt seem to work - only the head moves. Any experts on flopy repair here with suggestions on how one would find the cause and fix it?

Have you checked you have +12v, it could be that. Alternatively, I know some of these old floppy drives had surface mounted caps which fail, in particular the Sony models. There's usually a cap that is used by the rotation timing circuit - that cap could have died.

psygnosis · 29 March 2013, 21:32

Failing that amigakit sell new drives

tomcat666 · 30 March 2013, 07:49

Hi.

Yes. +12v is there - I checked by connecting an A500 floppy to it and it works fine (but unfortunetly it is too big to fit the A600 case. The drive is not Sony, I think it is Panasonic (not at home now to check though).

I tried getting the circuit off the board, but for that I would have to take apart the whole drive, which I am reluctant to do since I tend to break stuff ;-)

I think amigakit might be the only way for this one.

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tomcat666 Retro Freak Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Slovenia Age: 51 Posts: 1,665	Hi. Yes. +12v is there - I checked by connecting an A500 floppy to it and it works fine (but unfortunetly it is too big to fit the A600 case. The drive is not Sony, I think it is Panasonic (not at home now to check though). I tried getting the circuit off the board, but for that I would have to take apart the whole drive, which I am reluctant to do since I tend to break stuff ;-) I think amigakit might be the only way for this one.

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