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I accidently washed one of my Microdrives when it was left in a shirt pocket. It wouldn't work after it came out of the dryer so I thought I would try and fix it.

Here's the circuit board side of the Microdrive:



Here's the platter side:



I tried to pry the platter off and clean it with some soap and water but the disk shattered when I put the slotted screwdriver underneath it and applied pressure.

Here's what it looked like then:



If you have a Microdrive that isn't working and would like for me to fix it drop me and e-mail and we'll make arrangements.

Kind regards,

Tony B.

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Very funny!

30 years ago, I used to be a service or parts manager for various motorcycle dealers and it never ceased to amaze me how some of the m/c owners would attempt to fix their bikes without the tools or knowledge and sometimes had similar results...

Just ordered a new Sandisk 2gb Extreme II CF card... Can you please take it apart and check it out for me? I've heard reports of Type IV banding when using these cards...
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Cheers,

Darrell
 
and try one of those Kodak brownies from the other thread....

things will get better...

You might think about starting a D200 banding repair business - I hear there are a few needing attention...

LOL - just joking around.....

P
 
paulski said:
and try one of those Kodak brownies from the other thread....

things will get better...
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I am insulted! Moreover, no Kodak Brownie has ever needed repair. Kodak Brownies simply disappear at some point, I assume back to the aliens who built them and shipped them hear. I certainly can't fine mine - yet I know it never broke.

And as for Tony's fine offer, I too am in the business of repairing Micro-drives, although I only use a hammer not having learned the fine points of screw driver manipulation, which it would appear, requires advanced graduate study.

dave
paulski said:
You might think about starting a D200 banding repair business - I
hear there are a few needing attention...

LOL - just joking around.....

P
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Chato said:
paulski said:
and try one of those Kodak brownies from the other thread....

things will get better...
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I am insulted! Moreover, no Kodak Brownie has ever needed repair.
Kodak Brownies simply disappear at some point, I assume back to the
aliens who built them and shipped them hear. I certainly can't fine
mine - yet I know it never broke.
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I think he meant the food, as in "hash brownies". Not that I would know much about such things, having lead a sheltered life...

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Ciao!

Joe

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Joseph S. Wisniewski said:
Chato said:
paulski said:
and try one of those Kodak brownies from the other thread....

things will get better...
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I am insulted! Moreover, no Kodak Brownie has ever needed repair.
Kodak Brownies simply disappear at some point, I assume back to the
aliens who built them and shipped them hear. I certainly can't fine
mine - yet I know it never broke.
Click to expand...
I think he meant the food, as in "hash brownies". Not that I would
know much about such things, having lead a sheltered life...
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I started the thread on hash browniess, pardon me Kodak Brownies and various people, for reasons unknown, attempted to sabatoge my thread by interjecting comments about "loaded brownies," and "The poster has been eating too many brownies."

Clearly they hate civilisation.

Being far too polite to reply in kind, I merely post to point out that the Kodak Brownie NEVER needed repair - and now I speculate that the reason for this is that they were built to last forever -

Name one person you know that reported a problem with a Kodak Brownie?

I rest my case!

Dave
 
I love it, especially that last pic.

Bechya you'll use solid state technology now, eh? I've had CF cards go through both the wash and dry cycle and work without a hitch.

Gregory

 
Chato said:
Joseph S. Wisniewski said:
I think he meant the food, as in "hash brownies". Not that I would
know much about such things, having lead a sheltered life...
Click to expand...
I started the thread on hash browniess, pardon me Kodak Brownies
and various people, for reasons unknown, attempted to sabatoge my
thread by interjecting comments about "loaded brownies," and "The
poster has been eating too many brownies."
Click to expand...
OK, I'll grant you that one...
Chato said:
Clearly they hate civilisation.

Being far too polite to reply in kind, I merely post to point out
that the Kodak Brownie NEVER needed repair - and now I speculate
that the reason for this is that they were built to last forever -

Name one person you know that reported a problem with a Kodak Brownie?
Click to expand...
I had to fix the trap needle metering on my mother's Brownie Starmatic three times when I was a kid. Thing always was jamming.

I've fived 620 Brownies, box brownies, and folding brownies.

And the flash on the StarFlex.
Chato said:
I rest my case!
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Ha! I know my brownies....

--
Detroit Reds Wings - Original Six Hockey with Motown Style!
Thirty-nine, thirteen, and five. Watch your back, Dallas!

Detroit Pistons - Number 1 in the NBA!
Forty-two and nine, we're gonna stomp some Texan!

Ciao!

Joe

http://www.swissarmyfork.com
 
gho said:
I love it, especially that last pic.

Bechya you'll use solid state technology now, eh? I've had CF
cards go through both the wash and dry cycle and work without a
hitch.
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That's nothing.

Back in December, I head the little "tick, tick" of an impending "curled edge" paper jam starting on one of my Epson 2200 printers. Then it quickly goes to "slam, crunch, bang".

I stab the power button, and the printer ejects a sheet with a big, soggy hole in the middle, and a 512 meg Lexar CF card. The card was scuffed up a bit, but still operational. It must have been on top of the printer, then slid down into the feed hopper.

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1013&message=16400579

--
Detroit Reds Wings - Original Six Hockey with Motown Style!
Thirty-nine, thirteen, and five. Watch your back, Dallas!

Detroit Pistons - Number 1 in the NBA!
Forty-two and nine, we're gonna stomp some Texan!

Ciao!

Joe

http://www.swissarmyfork.com
 
I was referring to the original Brownie. No flash, no moving parts. Well, yeah it did have that shutter, which technocrats like you might refer to as a "moving part," and of course the button which activated the trained mouse that lived inside, who in turn cranked open the shutter - but that hardly counts...

And the anti-aliasing filter only moved when I looked at it...

Clearly you are a very young man, still wet behind the ears, whose first Brownie was FF and totally automated. I disdain this high tech approach.

You wrote:
"I had to fix the trap needle metering on ..."

May I suggest that the words "I had to" and repair are not synonomous in todays world?

And what pray tell is a "trap needle metering." I don't recall such a device on MY Brownie?

Dave
Joseph S. Wisniewski said:
Chato said:
Joseph S. Wisniewski said:
I think he meant the food, as in "hash brownies". Not that I would
know much about such things, having lead a sheltered life...
Click to expand...
I started the thread on hash browniess, pardon me Kodak Brownies
and various people, for reasons unknown, attempted to sabatoge my
thread by interjecting comments about "loaded brownies," and "The
poster has been eating too many brownies."
Click to expand...
OK, I'll grant you that one...
Joseph S Wisniewski said:
Clearly they hate civilisation.

Being far too polite to reply in kind, I merely post to point out
that the Kodak Brownie NEVER needed repair - and now I speculate
that the reason for this is that they were built to last forever -

Name one person you know that reported a problem with a Kodak Brownie?
Click to expand...
I had to fix the trap needle metering on my mother's Brownie
Starmatic three times when I was a kid. Thing always was jamming.

I've fived 620 Brownies, box brownies, and folding brownies.

And the flash on the StarFlex.
Joseph S Wisniewski said:
I rest my case!
Click to expand...
Ha! I know my brownies....

--
Detroit Reds Wings - Original Six Hockey with Motown Style!
Thirty-nine, thirteen, and five. Watch your back, Dallas!

Detroit Pistons - Number 1 in the NBA!
Forty-two and nine, we're gonna stomp some Texan!

Ciao!

Joe

http://www.swissarmyfork.com
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Chato said:
I was referring to the original Brownie. No flash, no moving parts.
Well, yeah it did have that shutter, which technocrats like you
might refer to as a "moving part," and of course the button which
activated the trained mouse that lived inside, who in turn cranked
open the shutter - but that hardly counts...
Click to expand...
Button? What button? The original brownie had no button...

http://www.thebigcamera.com.au/Brownie.html
Chato said:
And the anti-aliasing filter only moved when I looked at it...
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Did the viewfinder ever fall off...
Chato said:
Clearly you are a very young man, still wet behind the ears, whose
first Brownie was FF and totally automated. I disdain this high
tech approach.
Click to expand...
My oldest brownie is a Number 2. It was made somewhere between 1901 and 1930. (I was made a little later).

I've had more than one old box brownie. One had the strap rot off ;)
Chato said:
You wrote:

"I had to fix the trap needle metering on ..."

May I suggest that the words "I had to" and repair are not
synonomous in todays world?

And what pray tell is a "trap needle metering." I don't recall such
a device on MY Brownie?
Click to expand...
http://www.brownie-camera.com/41.shtml

The Brownie Starmatic had a selenium photocell which powered a built in exposure meter. The meter was a D'Arsonval type, moving coil, stationary magnet. The pointer was attached to the moving coil frame.

When you pushed the shutter button, an angled guillotine mechanism clamped vertically on the horizontal meter needle, trapping it wherever it was currently pointing. Because the guillotine was angled, it moved down a vertical distance that was dependent on the horiziontal movement of the meter needle at the point where it was trapped. The guillotine drove the aperture blades, which closed an amount appropriate for the meter reading.

The trap needle was popular on auto exposure Kodaks, and after the end of Brownies, it ended up on several instamatics.

Well, you asked...

--
Detroit Reds Wings - Original Six Hockey with Motown Style!
Thirty-nine, thirteen, and five. Watch your back, Dallas!

Detroit Pistons - Number 1 in the NBA!
Forty-two and nine, we're gonna stomp some Texan!

Ciao!

Joe

http://www.swissarmyfork.com
 
My Dear Joe

You clearly have a limited understanding of language, words and meaning. Words mean what I say they mean, when I say them. I have learned this from the highest sources of government, and see no reason to clash with accepted wisdom.

This has been confirmed by my readings from Alice in Wonderland, and as you know those books have withstood the test of time. This also explains my expertise on all and any subject....

So, in this case the "original Brownie" refers to MY original Brownie. Clearly that was what I meant. I know this, because I'm saying it now. What I said before, must give way to the the truth of the moment. I emphatically deny saying anything that contradicts this - and if you quote an earlier post, it merely shows that DP Refview is not immune to hackers.

Now that we've cleared up the semantics, (unless you post more of your nonsense, which merely deals with the oh so boring middle class facts and figures - instead of MY reality) let me continue.

The original Brownie, circa 1956, was a small square brown box, with a viewfinder, a shutter release button, and a shutter. In addition there was a 2 Gig Smart Media Card, although for the life of me, I can't remember where it was inserted. I can't recall exactly, but I think you could shoot RAW, but this was limited to fruits and vegetables.

NB. There was NO Meter of any kind. I know this because I just said it.

This is my last post on this matter, because I really don't enjoy having the obvious truth of my responses embarass you any further. And once again, I have confirmation from my dog Chato, who is watching me type these words.

I will now return to ingesting brownies, since although I couldn't find my Brownie, I did locate some brownies...

And of course, finally, why do you hate America?

Dave
Joseph S. Wisniewski said:
Chato said:
I was referring to the original Brownie. No flash, no moving parts.
Well, yeah it did have that shutter, which technocrats like you
might refer to as a "moving part," and of course the button which
activated the trained mouse that lived inside, who in turn cranked
open the shutter - but that hardly counts...
Click to expand...
Button? What button? The original brownie had no button...

http://www.thebigcamera.com.au/Brownie.html
Joseph S Wisniewski said:
And the anti-aliasing filter only moved when I looked at it...
Click to expand...
Did the viewfinder ever fall off...
Joseph S Wisniewski said:
Clearly you are a very young man, still wet behind the ears, whose
first Brownie was FF and totally automated. I disdain this high
tech approach.
Click to expand...
My oldest brownie is a Number 2. It was made somewhere between 1901
and 1930. (I was made a little later).

I've had more than one old box brownie. One had the strap rot off ;)
Joseph S Wisniewski said:
You wrote:

"I had to fix the trap needle metering on ..."

May I suggest that the words "I had to" and repair are not
synonomous in todays world?

And what pray tell is a "trap needle metering." I don't recall such
a device on MY Brownie?
Click to expand...
http://www.brownie-camera.com/41.shtml

The Brownie Starmatic had a selenium photocell which powered a
built in exposure meter. The meter was a D'Arsonval type, moving
coil, stationary magnet. The pointer was attached to the moving
coil frame.

When you pushed the shutter button, an angled guillotine mechanism
clamped vertically on the horizontal meter needle, trapping it
wherever it was currently pointing. Because the guillotine was
angled, it moved down a vertical distance that was dependent on the
horiziontal movement of the meter needle at the point where it was
trapped. The guillotine drove the aperture blades, which closed an
amount appropriate for the meter reading.

The trap needle was popular on auto exposure Kodaks, and after the
end of Brownies, it ended up on several instamatics.

Well, you asked...

--
Detroit Reds Wings - Original Six Hockey with Motown Style!
Thirty-nine, thirteen, and five. Watch your back, Dallas!

Detroit Pistons - Number 1 in the NBA!
Forty-two and nine, we're gonna stomp some Texan!

Ciao!

Joe

http://www.swissarmyfork.com
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It's quite depressing when you drop one, pick it up, shake it gently, and it makes the almost musical rattling of a bunch of little glass shards. Like chimes...

I dropped a laptop drive once, and not only did the platters shatter, but the case breeched. It left a trail of broken glass platter particles, like glitter or pixie dust, along the path the drive bounced and slid. Very pretty. But depressing, at the same time.

--
Detroit Reds Wings - Original Six Hockey with Motown Style!
Thirty-nine, thirteen, and five. Watch your back, Dallas!

Detroit Pistons - Number 1 in the NBA!
Forty-two and nine, we're gonna stomp some Texan!

Ciao!

Joe

http://www.swissarmyfork.com
 
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