Hi everyone,
So I noticed that the shifty looking grounding cable from the Quik Disk drive (the one that is secured with a screw like a ground of a turntable) is like only 3-4 fibers of cable left.. before it detaches completely.
I just wondered if it's something that might hurt the machine if it ever severed. I wonder if the threads left are even enough to matter.. ultimately I need to fix it, but I just wondered if I really need to as it means I gotta open up the cartridge thingy and frankly I don't want to
I figure maybe it might introduce some kind of hum perhaps? Of course I'm also worried that it might be harming the S612 if I leave it as is.
Thanks,
Caleb
Akai S612 Quik Disk Drive Grounding Cable (resolved)
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Akai S612 Quik Disk Drive Grounding Cable (resolved)
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Re: Akai S612 Quik Disk Drive Grounding Cable Purpose?
Hi Caleb -
My first sampler was an Akai S-612 with the MD-280 drive - got it in about 1990 or so. The ground strap on mine was frayed a bit like yours, except mine was next to the chassis of the drive. I had lots of bad reads/writes to the drive. I took it in and the service guy grabbed his soldering iron and connected both sides of the frayed cable with a big blob of solder. That fixed all the issues I was having.
I'd try the same "repair" on your and you shouldn't have to worry about it.
Kirk
My first sampler was an Akai S-612 with the MD-280 drive - got it in about 1990 or so. The ground strap on mine was frayed a bit like yours, except mine was next to the chassis of the drive. I had lots of bad reads/writes to the drive. I took it in and the service guy grabbed his soldering iron and connected both sides of the frayed cable with a big blob of solder. That fixed all the issues I was having.
I'd try the same "repair" on your and you shouldn't have to worry about it.
Kirk
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Re: Akai S612 Quik Disk Drive Grounding Cable Purpose?
Jesus I just saw this reply! I've had no problems so far with that, but yes I agree it needs to get fixed as I'm sure it wasn't there for no reason.
It would have been nice if they could have made a more elegant solution, but i bet it was a last minute fix to something that was discovered well after the hardware was well established and probably even in early production.
It would have been nice if they could have made a more elegant solution, but i bet it was a last minute fix to something that was discovered well after the hardware was well established and probably even in early production.
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Re: Akai S612 Quik Disk Drive Grounding Cable (resolved)
Ha - it's still less than a year since I posted it!! Glad it's working for you.
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