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#153207 - 02/23/03 09:14 AM
Re: floppy on psr2000 a bit flacky
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Registered: 12/08/02
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Loc: Forest Hill, MD USA
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Beachbum, if you use the floppy a lot, particularly playing midi files, or play in a smoke-filled bar room or nite club, you have have to clean the drive. More often than not, the heads are the problem and they can be cleaned with an inexpensive floppy disk drive cleaning kit. They're available at most computer stores and sell for about $10.
If this doesn't solve the problem, you may have a defective disk drive. I had to replace one on a PSR-740 last year, but believe me when I tell you there is nothing to it. It took longer to remove all the screws from the keyboard's case then it did to replace the drive. It's nothing more than a standard floppy drive and the replacement drive cost me about $12 at the local computer store.
Cheers,
Gary
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#153209 - 02/24/03 08:45 AM
Re: floppy on psr2000 a bit flacky
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Registered: 12/08/02
Posts: 15576
Loc: Forest Hill, MD USA
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Hi Scott,
It's a standard floppy disk drive, one that's available for under $20 at any computer store. So far, my 2000s and current 740s have held up remarkably well, especially considering that I play in a lot of smoke-filled bars where you can cut the smoke with a knife. This environment trashed my first 740's floppy. When I opened the case, there was a thin layer of brown cigarette smoke tar on every component. I took the floppy to my local computer guy and he pulled one off the shelf that was an exact match. The first words out of his mouth were "It's just a standard floppy drive--nothing special."
The same, exact drive is what is also in the 2000, and I suspect lots of other keyboards. If your floppy ever does crash, and some will eventually die, they are easily replaced.
Cheers,
Gary
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