Turaiel
Member
Hey folks,
I've got an SE/30 that I started working on a few years back. I got all the caps replaced but I wasn't able to get the floppy drives (internal or external) working, despite cleaning and lubrication. At some point I made a mistake while probing for voltages and accidentally shorted a data line to a power line on the floppy connector. Ever since then, the floppy drives aren't recognized at all and when I try to restart or shut down, the machine unrecoverably bombs with a "bus error".
I'm not very experienced with diagnosing electronics problems, so I was hoping I could get some suggestions on things to check for. I'm really hoping I didn't toast the SWIM because getting a replacement without sacrificing my other SE might be a challenge. Also, if anyone has ideas or links to documents for how to fix the floppy drives, or suggestions for other things to fix up while I'm in there, I'd appreciate that as well.
Thanks!
I've got an SE/30 that I started working on a few years back. I got all the caps replaced but I wasn't able to get the floppy drives (internal or external) working, despite cleaning and lubrication. At some point I made a mistake while probing for voltages and accidentally shorted a data line to a power line on the floppy connector. Ever since then, the floppy drives aren't recognized at all and when I try to restart or shut down, the machine unrecoverably bombs with a "bus error".
I'm not very experienced with diagnosing electronics problems, so I was hoping I could get some suggestions on things to check for. I'm really hoping I didn't toast the SWIM because getting a replacement without sacrificing my other SE might be a challenge. Also, if anyone has ideas or links to documents for how to fix the floppy drives, or suggestions for other things to fix up while I'm in there, I'd appreciate that as well.
Thanks!