Re: 8250 disk drive "exerciser"

From: Francesco Messineo <*francesco.messineo_at_gmail.com*> Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2022 19:32:25 +0100 Message-ID: <CAESs-_zKmB-p_FBOkrN0V7XqVaHKWVdOUB5stYxeVL7W1HgfMA_at_mail.gmail.com> · francesco.messineo_at_gmail.com

On Sat, Dec 24, 2022 at 12:09 PM Gerrit Heitsch
<gerrit_at_laosinh.s.bawue.de> wrote:
>
> On 12/23/22 19:13, Francesco Messineo wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > I need to diagnose a faulty 8250 disk drive (actually a LP one).
>
> Did you replace the capacitors on the drive spindle motor board? They
> tend to leak and destroy traces in the area.

yes that has been done on one of the two drives and there's no
difference in behaviour between the two drives so far.

Frank