Date   : Tue, 11 Jul 2006 23:44:12
From   : "Ian Wolstenholme" <BBCMailingList@...>
Subject: Re: Viglen Winnie / Miniscribe 3438

Yes, you need to be careful like I said but I reckon playing about
with it a little bit to try to revive it is better than writing off an
otherwise dead drive altogether.

Having said that I have taken the lids off several ST506 or SCSI
drives over the last six months or so, usually with very good reason
like the latest one where one of the drive heads had broken off and
lodged between the disc and the case preventing it from spinning
up, but I have never got a drive working again after taking the lid off
so this is definitely NOT RECOMMENDED!!

Best wishes,



Ian

----- Original Message -----
From: Jules Richardson
To:   bbc-micro@...
Sent:  Tue, 11 Jul 2006 23:24:54 +0000
Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] Viglen Winnie / Miniscribe 3438

Ian Wolstenholme wrote:
> The problem probably is that the drive motor has got stuck.  On this
> drive the motor is outside the drive so you can rotate it yourself.

Do make sure you rotate it the right way! And if it's a stiction problem then
only a fraction of a turn should be needed, nothing like a full revolution.

> even with an RLL drive (ACB4000=MFM, 4070=RLL).

Aha - there's the answer to my previous post then :-)

cheers

Jules