- Both LEDs on the front come on and stay on
permanently.  My
 understanding is that the access light should turn off after about two
 seconds. 
Does the motor spin?
  - If the drive is hooked up to my C128 at powerup, the
128 will hang
 after displaying the startup banner (I assume it's waiting for a
 response from the drive and not getting one...) 
Yup.
  - If a disk is in the drive, the disk will spin for a
second or so and
 the heads will seek back to track zero. 
That's a good sign, but does the light go out? It sounds like it doesn't.
I'm leaning towards the FDC (should be a WD1770 or 1772 in the 1581).
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