ianoid Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 I just got a C64 lot for some reason and the 1541 drive motor just stays on, and it doesn't seem to respond to the working C64 I have tried it with. Basically the green and red lights just stay on when I power on the disk drive. Note that this drive has an 8/9 device switch. It doesn't matter which device number I try, the motor still stays on. Any suggestions? Hopefully an easy or obvious fix? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Check this out: https://archive.org/details/Commodore_1541_Troubleshooting_and_Repair_Guide Start on page 58 of the PDF. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landgraf Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Any suggestions? Hopefully an easy or obvious fix? Unfortunately not that easy or obvious as a lot of chips can cause the symptoms you've described. See also Ray Carlsen's repair guide for which chips to check/replace: http://personalpages.tds.net/~rcarlsen/cbm/1541/1541chip.txt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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