Tims Retro Corner | Commodore SFD 1001 Drive Teardown and Repair: Part 2 @TimsRetroCorner | Uploaded July 2022 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
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This SFD 1001 drive came with a surprise: it once belonged to the company where I got my first programming job!
Last week we stripped the drive down and repaired a corroded spindle motor board. This week we turn our attention to the power supply and the main PCB.
Let's see if we can fix it up and get it working.

In this video we're working on wires that directly connect to the mains (230V AC in our case). DO NOT MESS WITH MAINS CONNECTIONS UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING. THE MAINS CAN KILL YOU.

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00:00 - Introduction
00:48 - Installing The Power Supply - Part 1
05:33 - Sponsor Message
13:38 - Re-Capping the main PCB
16:52 - Replacing the IEEE Connector
21:52 - Checking the Voltages
22:46 - Reassembly
23:33 - Retrobright Results
29:07 - The Magic Smoke Test