Amiga 500/600/1200 Floppy recap / capacitor list

Amiga, Recap / Capacitor Lists

TRACK ZERO SENSOR WARNING !

Floppy drives have an sensor to detect track zero position which tells the drive the
positioning of the first track on the disk(hence all tracks). On some drives it is mounted
on the same PCB as the capacitors and removing the PCB will dislocate the
adjustment for track 0. If the screw holes for the PCB are elongated (thus allowing for
adjustment) then there is a good possibility the track zero sensor is on the PCB.
One way to determine bad track zero adjustment is by formatting a disk on that device.
It will manage to read and write a disk formatted by itself, trying to read a disk written
on another known good drive will fail because the track offsets differ.

Adjustment of the zero stop should be done using proper equipment and not by trial
and error.

.. in other words, (TL;DR) do not touch the track zero sensor adjustment 🙂

 
 

BAD CAPACITOR SYMPTOMS

Assuming there are no mechanical faults, the symptoms are intermittent failures/halts or
read errors, buzzing noise when moving R/W head (motor not able to move properly) or
even totally dead.

Some drives allow for capacitors to be relocated to the other side of the PCB which
might provide a better environment and space for capacitors with better specifications.
 
Before continuing, make sure to read the warning about TRACK ZERO SENSOR
above.
 
 CHINON F-354E
Position Qty Value dxh Type
1 1uF 50V 4,2 x 6
3 22uF 16V 5,3 x 6
1 3,3uF 50V 4x6 SMD
1 10uF 16V 4x6 SMD
1 33uF 25V 6,5 x 6 SMD
Zero stop mounted on chassis

 
CHINON FB-354
Position Qty Value dxh Type
C3 1 1uF 50V 4 x 6.8
C1,C2,C4 3 22uF 16V 4 x 6.8
Capacitors can be replaced with size 5x11 without removing PCB
Zero stop on separate PCB

 
CHINON FZ-354
Position Qty Value dxh Type
C4 or N/A 1 1uF 50V 4,2 x 6,8 N/A on later revision
C26 or C2 1 22uF 16V 4,2 x 6,8
C1 1 100uF 6.3V 6,3 x 6,8
Zero stop on separate PCB, pay attention to the cable
Document the disassembly of the mech, its a bit tricky to reassemble

 
CITIZEN OSDC-45C
Position Qty Value Type
C20 1 10uF 16V 4x6
C101 1 22uF 16V 5x6
C103 1 33uF 16V 6,5 x 6
Zero stop mounted on chassis

 
PANASONIC JU-253-043P
Position Qty Value Type
1 10uF 16V 4x6 SMD
1 10uF 35V 5,3 x 6 SMD
Zero stop on separate PCB

 
TEAC FD-235F 161-U
Position Qty Value dxh Type
C2 1 4,7uF 25V 4,2 x 7 Axial
C18,C19 2 10uF 16V 5,3 x 7,5 BP/NP
 TEAC FD-235F 161-U
C21 1 100uF 10V 6,5 x 5,7
C61,C62,C63 3 22uF 10V 4,2 x 7,5 BP/NP
Capacitors can NOT be changed without removing rear PCB
Removing rear PCB will dislocate track zero sensor

 
YE-DATA YD-702D-6037D A
Position Qty Value dxh Type
1 1uF 50V 5x11
Capacitor can be changed without removing rear PCB
Removing rear PCB will dislocate track zero sensor