Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 22 22:13:20 EDT 2020 | gabriel1blue
I got new belts for the original floppy drives and installed them but the machine was reset to Japanese and after changing it back to English the drives are not running or powering up even though we can measure that the 5 volts are coming into it. I
Electronics Forum | Sun Nov 06 16:10:25 EST 2016 | teslalab2
Hi! I have a Quad IVc pick and place that runs dos. The GUI computer is a compaq prolinea 4/33s. The hard drive went stupid mode and now wont respond. I have all of the data backed up. I tried transferring the files to a fairly modern hard drive (20g
Electronics Forum | Mon Nov 21 15:53:38 EST 2016 | teslalab2
Ok thanks for you help. I am up and running again. I had thought about the upgrade, but it would never pay off in my little garage operation.
Electronics Forum | Mon Nov 07 13:19:42 EST 2016 | travishemen
We have had some luck buying an exact matching hard drive and swapping the circuit board from the newly purchased drive to the old drive. I have done this twice in the last year and it has made the old drive work again. Travis
Electronics Forum | Mon Nov 07 06:08:12 EST 2016 | bobpan
I think there are size limitations for the hard drive in those old computers. I would look on ebay and try to find an exact replacement and transfer your files onto it. I think it should work if everything is copied. good luck
Electronics Forum | Mon Nov 07 08:01:03 EST 2016 | ttheis
I have seen people use large, modern hdd's but they need to be re-sized to the limit of the hardware you are installing into which can be tricky. Also, its best to take an 'image' or clone an hdd as soon as you get equipment that is old or you suspec
Electronics Forum | Sat Nov 19 03:26:08 EST 2016 | sarason
Have you tried running your image under a Virtual machine. From this you may be able to work out the requirements of the original machine, and so have some parameters to port the image forward on a faster PC, like say a pentium or Pentium III while s
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 08 16:49:41 EDT 2006 | darren
Chris Call Heller and get a new hard drive, then reload your software and start loading your recipes from your back up. That clicking noise, is it coming from inside the computer or the machine itself? Have you checked the power supply for the in th
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 02 17:06:39 EDT 2015 | aemery
Just to clarify, you are talking about the inner black box not driving down and not the pneumatic function that brings the tactile assembly closer to the stencil? Sometimes the pneumatic shafts get slightly bent and the assembly will not retract. T
Electronics Forum | Thu Dec 23 22:31:47 EST 1999 | Vincent Chen
Hi!Charlie, 1.Are you retrofitting your spray fluxer in your wave soldering machine? If you are, please ensure that you have a air knife just before the preheater!Fluxe fumes tends to accumulate and that could be dangerous if your air exhaust is not
