Recent content by Zuulander

Just finished testing, it was definitely the caps on this drive. It’s working perfectly now.

That's more reasonable, thanks. I had to do a sanity check because it didn't make sense. Exactly, that's why I needed a sanity check. In my case, I do have a leaking cap. Whether or not it's the source of the issue remains to be seen.

I'm going to jump in here, I have a Sony MPF 42A from a Performa 6115CD that I just got around to cleaning and recapping. The drive was intermittently failing to recognize that a disk was inserted, but since the logic board and power supply needed attention I dismissed it as a drive that simply...

I think this is a Forced Perfect Terminator. Of the three kinds of terminators this is required for differential SCSI buses. Quite a bit of overkill for SCSI I, but seeing that the device is marked SCSI II it's probably intended for a server application. A FPT will function like an active...