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Re: PCW9512 troubleshoot hints...

From "Brian Watson" <Brian@imagebus.co.uk>
Newsgroups comp.sys.amstrad.8bit
References <l0ehq7$ans$1@speranza.aioe.org>
Subject Re: PCW9512 troubleshoot hints...
Date 2013-09-07 09:23 +0100
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"supervinx" <nessuno@libero.it> wrote in message 
news:l0ehq7$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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