[Coco] MicroSD Drive Pak Failure

[Brian Blake]

The oscillator might be the only component sensitive to shock - not sure 
it would cause that problem. Another possibility is one of the IC's took 
an ESD hit when you dropped it. Did it fall onto carpet?

On 10/27/2014 1:10 PM, Guillaume Major wrote:
> Hi guys,
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> I accidently dropped my MicroSD Drive Pak on the floor and it's not 
> working anymore. When I turn on the coco, it displays the Disk Basic 
> copyright, the Coconet version and hangs on the MicroSD Pak detection. 
> I opened the cartridge and saw no apparent damage. I tried reseating 
> the socketed chips to no avail. I suspect the uDrive module to be the 
> problem. The power on led doesn't go on when I turn on the coco.
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> If I connect the GND and VCC pins to power up the uDrive module with 
> an external 5 V DC source while the cartridge is unplugged, is the 
> power on led supposed to go on?
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> Is there any other component in the drivepak that is sensitive to 
> shocks? Eprom? Oscillator?
>
> Thanks,
> Guillaume
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