Re: Widget Rotor Adjustment HElP ???

When I was trying to get my broken widget going I did twiddle with those adjustments. Changing them did change the sound the head seek motor made. Hopefully I didn't cause too much screwdriver drift. I put them back where I had marked them.

I eventually got really frustrated, grabbed the seek motor's spindle, moved it violently... and the disk started working and has ever since! How's that for lucky? I had already unstuck and adjusted the brake, it was not the cause of the problem.

-Jason

On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 8:30 AM, Joe Vogel <rightwayjoe_at_email.domain.hidden> wrote:

> Hi Terry,
>
> Unfortunately it is not.
>
> It has to do with one of the 7 pots on the widget motherboard I think.
> Anyone know what they are used for ???
>
>
>
> --- On *Tue, 3/8/11, tezza <terry_at_email.domain.hidden>* wrote:
>
>
> From: tezza <terry_at_email.domain.hidden>
> Subject: Re: Widget Rotor Adjustment HElP ???
> To: "LisaList" <lisalist_at_email.domain.hidden>
> Date: Tuesday, March 8, 2011, 6:16 PM
>
>
> Jo,
>
> It's not the well known "Widget brake" problem is it?
>
> http://lisafaq.sunder.net/single.html#lisafaq-hw-hd-error_81_brake
>
> Terry
>
> On Mar 8, 5:05 am, Joe Vogel <rightway..._at_email.domain.hidden<http://mc/compose?to=rightway..._at_email.domain.hidden>>
> wrote:
> > Hi Everyone. I need your collective resources on this one. I have a
> Lisa 2/10 w/10MB Widget. After removing the harddisk from the cage - the
> only way to get the rotor to spin is to get it going in a counter-clockwise
> direction by hand.
> > Sometimes it will start up on it's own but most of the time (95%) it has
> to have an assist.
> > Someone mentioned an adjustment on the widget to correct this but they
> didn't know where it was.
> > Any help will be apprectiated.
> > Thanks.
>
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