On May 1, 2024, at 11:44 PM, Dominique Carlier
<dce(a)skynet.be> wrote:
Hi Marc !
It should be so great if it was just the PSU, everything else is hyper overkill in terms
of complexity but on the multimeter all the voltages show the correct values, including
+15V and -15V (generated from the +24V and -24V of the power supply).
But is it possible that one of these currents, for example the stabalized +5V is
'parasitized' ? How can it be diagnosed? With an oscilloscope I suppose?
The interesting thing now is the lack of emergency retraction of the heads if the power
is cut during RUN mode. There is an unfuse +24V provided for this purpose but it is
present in the power supply. If that problem is common to the others issues, this leads me
to think that there is an issue at the logical level, in this case the breakdown
hypotheses are unfortunately infinite (summing junction on SO board, servo positioner, SR
board, sensors, ...). If it's not common, it should be a dead capacitor concerning the
emergency retraction of the heads, and a dead amplifier transistor on the heat sink board
dedicated to the plus/minus (forward/reverse) servo positioner, who knows ?
Dominique
> On 2/05/2024 01:38, Curious Marc wrote:
> Power supply problem?
> Marc
>
>>> On Apr 30, 2024, at 8:58 AM, Dominique Carlier via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
>>
>> Hello everyone
>>
>> I need your help to identify an issue on my Diablo Model 40 Series. I don't
know where to look, it's so vast !
>>
>> Here's the problem:
>> When RUN is activated, the drive begins its spin up and simultaneously deploys
the heads (normal) but instead of stabilizing them, the Head Positioner receives a burst
of reverse/forward micro signals. The heads "vibrate", this creates an audible
frequency "BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR", and it is infinite, the heads are never loaded
and the drive never reaches READY.
>>
>> At first I thought that perhaps the track zero sensor was defective or something
of the same order but when I disengage RUN mode, the drive unloads the heads and they
should be in a fixed position, here they continue to reverse/forward but more slowly than
in RUN mode.
>> Because the heads continues to mess around even in unload mode, this a priori
excludes alignment problems.
>>
>> Here is a video of that issue:
>>
>>
https://youtu.be/HzzxLnSdEOg
>>
>> Other information, if I cut the power while the drive is in RUN mode, it does not
do an emergency retraction of the heads, related problem?
>> I was hoping for a power supply problem but all the voltages and even on the main
board cage seem ok (with a multimeter).
>>
>> If one of you had already encountered this problem of lack of head stabilization
and continuous reverse/forward on this type of drive?
>>
>> Thanks !
>>
>> Dominique
>>