This Commodore 1541 hides a terrible secret.

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Ticking time bombs: 1541 floppy disk drives with Newtronics mechanisms. How to identify them and test for a failed read/write head! Channel Membership: https://www.youtube.com/retrobitstv/join Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/retrobits Discord: https://discord.gg/sFZn3ENPXk Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/shop/retrobits Retrohax 1541 Repair - https://retrohax.net/commodore-1541-floppy-drive-fixing-chaos/ Head Replacement - https://www.lemon64.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=72923 Thanks to our awesome Patrons for their support!!! Kevin Gonzalez Jon Ingersoll John Trammell Paraffine Pinay Collectibles - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChsAJ5uiZ4PiTGWEgqEjAFw Josh K Peter (Melair) William Sullivan John DiLiberto Eric Stacey Matthew Warren Ryan Brooks Allister Fiend Joshua C. Forest Pierre Kressmann Chris Kmiec RobF228 James Taylor 00:00 Introduction 00:31 Background 02:04 How to Test 05:16 Repair Options 06:48 eBay Examples 08:07 Conclusion *Retro Bits earns money from Amazon and eBay Partner Links

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