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| From | "Brian Watson" <Brian@imagebus.co.uk> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.amstrad.8bit |
| References | <l0ehq7$ans$1@speranza.aioe.org> |
| Subject | Re: PCW9512 troubleshoot hints... |
| Date | 2013-09-07 09:23 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <PoGdnUBrNuH3f7fPnZ2dnUVZ7oWdnZ2d@bt.com> (permalink) |
"supervinx" <nessuno@libero.it> wrote in message news:l0ehq7$ans$1@speranza.aioe.org... > When I rescued it, it showed the following behaviour. > On power-on, the screen will stay white (well, off-white), but no > disk activity, the led was always off. > I opened it, cleaned and replaced the worn disk belt (worn? no belt > at all :P ) > Well, now's the same. > I hear the disk motor spinning, but no led lights on and no > activity seems to be performed. > The caps-lock on the keyboard works, I mean the led goes on and off. > May be the disk is gone? I have a spare (untested) one. > I could reopen the 9512 and swap drive, to see what happens... > Should the 9512 act like the 8256 with no disk inserted? > I don't hear any beep... As I understood it, ALL PCWs needed a disc/disk to be in the drive at boot up. -- Brian "Fight like the Devil, die like a gentleman."
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PCW9512 troubleshoot hints... supervinx <nessuno@libero.it> - 2013-09-07 06:41 +0000
Re: PCW9512 troubleshoot hints... "Brian Watson" <Brian@imagebus.co.uk> - 2013-09-07 09:23 +0100
Re: PCW9512 troubleshoot hints... supervinx <nessuno@libero.it> - 2013-09-07 10:50 +0000
Re: PCW9512 troubleshoot hints... supervinx <nessuno@libero.it> - 2013-09-07 11:15 +0000
Re: PCW9512 troubleshoot hints... John Elliott <jce@seasip.demon.co.uk> - 2013-09-08 13:59 +0100
Re: PCW9512 troubleshoot hints... supervinx <nessuno@libero.it> - 2013-09-08 15:37 +0000
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