Torturing A Commodore 1541 Disk Drive! Time To Isolate The Issues! Damn Tight Screws! - Episode 1101

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I had the head bang about 1500 times...and the drive did not get at all better...so, it is time to try to isolate the parts of the unit to see what is what and what is working and what is toast...or at least crispy...but these wires, they make it difficult...and the screws on the circuit board are so damned tight! Oh the torture of it all, perhaps the drive is trying to get back at me for having it smash the heads so many times!

From the previous related video...

It is time to go deep and have a look inside of this 1541! It is not trying to read at all...it bangs and bangs and really gives no indication that it wants to read or write for that matter...time to have a look at the head and see about cleansing it perhaps! Also, not a bad time to swap out some chips! And what is what with those switches and wires!!!

From the previous related video...

Two mysterious switches have been added to this 1541...and I am not at all sure what they do...perhaps it is so we can decide if this drive is 8, 9, 10, or 11, but we will not know until we have a look inside...but first, let us see how well or not well the unit performs!

Onward!

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