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From: fred@cbmvax.commodore.com (Fred Bowen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: 1541 problem
Keywords: 1541 problem
Message-ID: <10379@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 27 Mar 90 16:11:14 GMT
References: <12575494799039@osu-20.ircc.ohio-state.edu>
Reply-To: fred@cbmvax (Fred Bowen)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <12575494799039@osu-20.ircc.ohio-state.edu> stephen writes:
>   Symptom:  when the disk drive is powered up, the red light comes on
>             and the motor spins, and the red light stays on and the 
>             motor keeps spinning.  I can OPEN 15,8,15 but any attempt
>             to PRINT#15 or CLOSE 15 causes the computer to lock up.

Commodore drives perform a diagnostic when the are turned on.  If anything
fails, the diagnostic causes the LED to blink a particular pattern which
indicates what is wrong.  See if your drive is doing this.

If not, the ROM is probably bad and the diagnostic cannot be run.  Make sure
the ROM has not popped out of its socket.  Turn the drive off and gently press
down on the various socketed chips, and try it again.
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