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by retro-dood
Mon Sep 20, 2010 3:37 pm
Forum: Commodore Discussion
Topic: Is my 1571 disk drive broken?
Replies: 6
Views: 12689

Re: Is my 1571 disk drive broken?

Oh ok wow, nevermind... I tried another disk and it's working better than i've ever seen a c64 working! Thanks and I just hope it will stay like that tho!
by retro-dood
Mon Sep 20, 2010 3:32 pm
Forum: Commodore Discussion
Topic: Is my 1571 disk drive broken?
Replies: 6
Views: 12689

Re: Is my 1571 disk drive broken?

I cleaned the heads, at first my red LED didn't blink so it seemed ok, but i had symbols, letters and numbers appearing randomly at the upper part of the screen then it froze. And when I tried to run a performance test with my test demo disk, it was back to the ?FILE NOT FOUND ERROR message again ...
by retro-dood
Sun Sep 19, 2010 9:27 am
Forum: Commodore Discussion
Topic: Is my 1571 disk drive broken?
Replies: 6
Views: 12689

Re: Is my 1571 disk drive broken?

Hi both of you, I've been having quite the same problem with my 1541 i just got like 2 days ago. I bought a good as new c64 v-1541 with not a single trace of dust or any stains at all, very well preserved. The night I bought it I spent hours looking throught the disks that came with it, playing the ...