Vic-1541 Floppy Drive Please help

fsporsche · Post by **fsporsche** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 11:35 am

Hello,

Hope everyone is fine...

I just purchased from ebay a vic-1541 drive for my vic-20. I got it and plugged it in, turned it on and the green light is on, but the red light keeps flashing and when i put a floppy disk and try the load"$",8 it just keeps loading and it never see's anything on the disk...i have tried several floppys also....The drive when i turn it on it just keeps flashing the red light 3 times and off and on again....

Is there anyway i can stop the red light from flashing?

Does the flashing red light indicate its a bad floppy drive?

Fred

saehn · Post by **saehn** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 11:40 am

Maybe this?

UC8 74LS42 LOGIC
When drive powered up, spindle motor runs continuously. Red LED may stay on, or flash three times and go out.

Got that info from:

http://personalpages.tds.net/~rcarlsen/cbm/1541chip.txt

Try this too:

http://personalpages.tds.net/~rcarlsen/cbm/fix1541.txt

If you're not technically inclined, it might just be best to grab another one (sold as tested, preferably) and try again...

English Invader · Post by **English Invader** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 11:48 am

The light should turn green when you switch on the VIC. If the light remains red, it means the drive is not picking up signals from the computer.