Re: Question about interpreting a 8050 disk drive error light pattern

From: fachat (afachat_at_gmx.de)
Date: 2006-07-01 16:25:46

Have you tried swapping components with the other (working?) drive
to find out what might be the reason?

I know of no special blink code for the drive LEDs, so I am 
puzzled too

Andre

On Fri, Jun 30, 2006 at 01:53:19PM -0400, B Degnan wrote:
> I should add...I have completed all of the standard stuff with re-
> seating the chips and verifying the wires.  I have a similar drive 
> that I can compare with to verify that the wiring is complete.
> bd
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> >Hi -
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> >I am working on an 8050 disk drive.  When I power it on, (usually) both
> >drives spin briefly.  Rather than the normal green-red-green flash 
> pattern
> >to indicate a healthy drive; the diskette lights "freeze" red and 
> the center
> >light "freezes" green.  After a three or so seconds the drive 0 
> light starts
> >to blink slowly.  The drive 1 light stays solid red, the center light
> >remains solid green.  Any ideas?  I am looking into it on this end,
> but I
> >thought I'd ask here too.
> >
> >The drive is the type with the flip doors, not the normal press 
> and lock
> >mechanism.
> >
> >Bill D
> >
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