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From: wjb@rayssd.ray.com (Bill Brogan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: 1541C Problem
Message-ID: <1936@rayssd.ray.com>
Date: 5 Apr 88 12:14:54 GMT
Sender: wjb@rayssd.ray.com (William J. Brogan @ Raytheon Company, Portsmouth RI)
Organization: Raytheon Submarine Sandwich Division
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Keywords: Is there something wrong here?



     I have had a 1541 disk drive for a couple years.  I just got a new 1541C 
disk drive.  When I insert a disk into the 1541 nothing happens until I give
the drive a command from the C-64.  When I insert a disk into the 1541C, the
motor starts when the disk is about 1/3 way in.  It runs for about 3 seconds,
then stops.  This happens when the latch is open, and continues for the 3
seconds whether I close the latch or not.  I can hear the spinning spindle 
rubbing against the disk I am inserting if I push it more than 1/3 way in on 
on the 1541C.  Sometimes that motor starts when I remove a disk too, and runs
for a few seconds after the disk is out of the drive.  Otherwise the drive
seems to work (read, write, pass diagnostics) normally.  

     My question is, is this normal behaviour for a 1541C?  Why hasn't my
1541 ever done this?  It doesn't seem right to have moving parts rubbing
against a disk as you insert it.  If this isn't normal, does anyone know
what's wrong and how to fix it?

     Thanks for any help.

					Bill

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