Despite the absolutely proprietary nature of the PS/2 line, internally the floppy drives look fairly ordinary. Aside from the connector and form factor. They even have a drive ID jumper. What use is that in a PC compatible?
This was loose inside. Any idea where it goes?
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I created a reference diskette (the drive is 720k only btw), but it only briefly spins up. A friend with the same drive said the electrolytics on the spindle motor pcb were leaking on his. So I guess that's an issue on mine too.
Well, I have 10µF SMD caps in stock, but not 1µF 50V. Only these through hole caps, and checking them, the ESR seems to be a bit high at first glance. However, the expected ESR goes up with maximum voltage and lower capacitance. So it is fine