Posted By
rockdemon
on 2007-09-12
04:59:23
|  Re: 1551 - alignment?
Well cleaning the head didn't help, so i think the head must be so far out of alignment that it can't read anything.
Does this make sense? Should i try playing with the alignment first, or is there likely to be something else up?
I do also have a 1541C. Is it worth attempting to plug the 1541C mechanism into the electronics from the 1551, to see if it's an electronics fault, or would that risk too much damage to the working drive?
It looks like someone else has struggled with this drive as the inside seems to be immaculately clean - not a state i'd expect a 20 year old piece of hardware to be in....
Sorry to draw this out - i just don't want to break anything irrepairably.
Thanks,
Rich.
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