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Re: how to adjust a faulty 5.25" drive
- Subject: Re: how to adjust a faulty 5.25" drive
- From: spam@luddite.ca (Ned Ludd)
- Date: Sat, 09 Aug 2003 09:29:51 GMT
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Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote:
> Ernest asked:
>
> >I have a couple of Micro-SCI floppy drives that are having a hard time
> >reading disks. They both power on and seem to work OK but one drive won't
> >read disks at all, and the other seems to be on edge of not being able to
> >read. Basically, I think they just need to be adjusted a little but I've
> >never done that and I'm not sure of how it's done.
> >
> >These drives have two adjusting pots. One pot is on the card that is on top
> >of the drive, and the other pot is on the back of the drive. The top pot is
> >small and fat an the back pot is long and skinny.
>
> The skinny trimpot in the back is for adjusting drive speed.
>
> There are several disk utilities that have a speed adjusting program,
> though I'm drawing a blank at the moment...did Locksmith have one?
Copy II+ has a drive speed utility (think it's under VERIFY from the
main menu) and I do believe YoYo Duck also has a drive speed tester.