Toby Rieper

Thanks to all for your help. I changed the diodes still the same. I give up, I'll sell it for parts. Spent far too much time and resources on the darned thing.

Hiya I tried writing the small program in basic and saving it to the tape. It goes through all the motions but the cassette deck does not record. I make sure play and record are held down then type csave then return then space. It farts then does a long been then it sounds like it's recording the program but the wheels on the cassette do not play i have also tried another Cassette. With Atari switched off I press play on the deck.. then as soon as Atari switched on the tape starts playing. I enter CLoad and the tape stops playing . Bizzare

Heya thanks folks. At work at the moment so I'll try and write a program to cassette. I have some blanks i did try and press space-bar but the tape stopped playing.

Hey again folks. While I'm awaiting diodes for my knackered 1050 I'm going to revive the 1010 tape deck. It had a broken pause and fast forward buttons but managed to fix them both. Belt was knackered so I replaced it with one made for my particular model. I go load up a game on Cassette to do that I boot up Atari with Start and Option held in, then when it beeps I press play on the 1010. The tape starts playing then nothing just a cursor on the screen. I've cleaned the heads (weren't that dirty) but still the same. It played through the whole tape without loading anything I don't hear any beeping either. Tape is played from the start. I left it quite a while the screen changed colours, is this normal? The instructions on the game just says hold start and option and the game will load... No beeping just cursor. Hope I can get one of these drives working. Here's hoping!

Nope, how do I use it? I guess I have to burn it to a diskette? I have ordered 50v 1 amp diode 1N4001-E3/54. That should do it right?

Thanks so much! The old ones were covered in goop. They still have me a .5 voltage drop reading on my multimeter though. Last night I changed all the old caps and soldered in new voltage regulators all nicely. No, apart from the OO track sensor replacement everything looks stock. Will upload pics when I've installed the diodes. thanks for the attachments , I sure hope I can sort this out.

Thanks for the pic. What diodes do you use? Can I use any shottkey diode or does it have to be a specific one?

Hiya thanks , I did a quick test of the diodes and they conducted current one way not not the other so I guess they work? I'm working on the system tonight so will report my findings A big thank you to everyone that has replied to my original post.

Thanks for your positive input .:) I'll get back to it with a fresh pair of eyes. Maybe if I resolder the new 7812 all nice it will be fine. I thought I had a spare but I mis identified a 7812 and instead out another TIP110 in its place. I was just tired, thankfully all I damaged was the TIP110 and it was a spare. Hiya I checked the spacer and q6 is isolated from the grounding shield I think that was from a previous repair that I haven't done. They probably used the header off that? I believe this sensor is installed correctly as it hasn't had any problems with the drive. This problem must be a power issue. I will let you all how I get on after receiving the replacement parts

Oh on the regulators you mean? Yeah I did those.... They looked great from the bottom of the board... I'll do better next time

Hiya, thanks yeah i will clean up the board and reflow the joints Didnt spot that one on the regulator. I have to order another 7812 as I accidently shorted it!

Hi the light does go off but it is quite dim. Didnt seem that dim before when it was all working correctly albiet boot error. As sson as I turn the unit on there is no signs from the motor. No, I wish I did just got this and a busted 1010 drive. In my previous post i did check pos and neg of the motor and it went up to 3 volts as it powers up and go through the motions. Is this too low? ** I also checked my 'J9' connections and theya re all good

Hi this has been worked on before, there wires that I have re soldered yesterday. The old job just used sticky tape I have checked J1 and the connections to the motor are good. Also I put my multimeter probes in the pos and neg of the motor terminals on J1 and when the drive switches on it goes up to about 3volts while the head is moving forward and back then back to nil.

Thank you, I have put that the correct way round still the same

Hi, I've been working on my 1050 drive for the use with my 800XL. I had the 'boot error' problem, time and time again. I cleaned the switches and the I/O ports as well as held in the specific key on the 800XL while booting to bypass basic. I checked the regulators Q7 & Q8 and replaced as they got quite hot. I also replaced the 3 big capacitors on the board as they were out of spec and had a high esr rating. Just for good mesaure I replaced Q6 with a working part. When I came to re assmble (i took photos before hand) I put it all back together and now it just turns on, the head moves back and forth between the paking sensor the nout. Before at least it tried to read the disc. I've cleaned the head of the thing and checked votltage across TP14/15. It seems as if the motor doesnt kick in at all. Could I have made it worse? I checked all my Cap orientations and my soldering is good so I'm bot sure what I've done. Aslo which way do I oreintate the header that goes from the head to the front of the unit? I think it's red wire towards the back of the unit? I have tried both ways but nothing. If anyone could point me in the right directon that would be amazing. I don't have a scope but have a decent voltmeter and a logic probe :) I have attached photos of my work and here is a link to the video of the drive in action, https://photos.app.goo.gl/mBstQcV4ucLCk4vGA Hopefully I can get this sorted and not end up tearing my beard out!