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EME-150 A Speed & alignment adjustment

Started by Searchin2010, Yesterday at 22:32

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Searchin2010

Hello,
Having had an Amstrad CPC6128 growing up; I'm now back into it as a hobby.
I have recently purchased an early 6128 with an EME-150 A, FDD.
After replacing the belt cleaning the head and lubricating the rails and worm drive, it loaded discs for a few tries but now doesn't. All I'm getting is "read fail" I've tried with system discs and copies that work fine on my 664.
I think it may be require speed calibration and alignment but I can't find any you tube clips or tutorials for the EME-150 A floppy disk drive.

Does anyone have any insight they could share please? Any help appreciated.

Here is what it looks like:
https://youtube.com/shorts/yMxBOQ9V0UI?feature=share

MoteroV4

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Hello, you can try the program "Dsktest.dsk" or better "cdt" if the drive not read. Go to option 5, wait a few seconds and it will show the RPM. Adjust the motor screw very slightly, with a flat screwdriver, to the right or left and measure again until you get 300.00 RPM +-3.0 rpm.

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Searchin2010

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Quote from: MoteroV4 on Yesterday at 23:40Hello, you can try the program "Dsktest.dsk" or better "cdt" if the drive not read. Go to option 5, wait a few seconds and it will show the RPM. Adjust the motor screw very slightly, with ...

Thanks for taking the time to help me out, MoteroV4
a couple of questions:
to run that file, will I need to get some sort of external gotek type solution? If so can you direct me to the part of this place I can find more info?
secondly, the motor in my FDD doesn't look like yours. Is the speed adjustment the screw on mine?

Ok, I haven't figured out how to attach photos yet; but you can see in the video link above. 



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Quote from: Searchin2010 on Today at 10:43Ok, I haven't figured out how to attach photos yet; but you can see in the video link above. 
Don't use "Quick Reply" when you want to attach pictures but rather the "Reply" button on the last post in a thread. 

When using Quick Reply, the attach functionality is missing. In case you hit "Quick Reply" and want to attach pictures, click on "Preview". This switches to full edit mode with attachments. 

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