[Coco] MicroSD Drive Pak Failure

[Tormod Volden]

On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 9:51 PM, Brian Blake wrote:
>
> 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,
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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?
>>
>> Is there any other component in the drivepak that is sensitive to shocks?
>> Eprom? Oscillator?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Guillaume
>>

What's inside the "uDrive" module? I wouldn't think any components
will break like that, but if there were any poor solder joints they
might have broken loose.

Tormod