Posted By
JamesC
on 2005-07-24
20:50:19
|  Re: what is wrong with my 1551?
Clean the disk drive head. While you're at it, lubricate the rails that the head mechanism ride on. The 1551 is constructed similarly to the 1541 so any guide on how to do these for the 1541 would be suitable.
In short, the 1551 is either misreading (or can't read) the sync bytes of the header for track18 sector 0. Therefore the 1551 thinks it has bad data or a bad disk.
Alternately, the ground (earth) line could be bad. Do other earthed appliances or electronics work in this outlet or with this power cord? (Another 1551, a 1541, a 128D?)
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