Recent content by MidnightTaco

Blobbing solder over the fuse seemed to do the trick! The drive is powering and recognized again. Thanks a lot!

Thanks for the quick reply. Both diodes are reading fine (0.212 one direction, OL other direction), but it looks like there's no continuity from the 5V TVS diode and the +5V. As well, the bottom fuse seems to be blown. What would I do from here?

Hi, I recently killed a couple drives and am looking into swapping the ROM chips into replacement boards. I'd like to test the TVS diodes on both of them beforehand, but one of them I'm not 100% certain which components to check. I've tested all the ones labeled "74" so far. Pics related are...