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planesh00ter
26th of April 2004 (Mon), 09:31
I need help..
I have a Sony FD Mavica MVC-FD75, (sorry, but work bought it ) that when power is turned on it beeps and has a " drive error" message displayed. The dealer wants 350 to LOOK at it. Anybody have a idea or a cheaper service route.
Thanks
Ikinaa
26th of April 2004 (Mon), 09:44
I need help..
I have a Sony FD Mavica MVC-FD75, (sorry, but work bought it ) that when power is turned on it beeps and has a " drive error" message displayed. The dealer wants 350 to LOOK at it. Anybody have a idea or a cheaper service route.
Thanks

Try removing all the batteries (memory-saving battery, normal battery, etc), leave it alone for an hour or so, put the batteries back and try again.
This sometimes works.
PacAce
26th of April 2004 (Mon), 10:16
I need help..
I have a Sony FD Mavica MVC-FD75, (sorry, but work bought it ) that when power is turned on it beeps and has a " drive error" message displayed. The dealer wants 350 to LOOK at it. Anybody have a idea or a cheaper service route.
Thanks

Did you check to make sure there's a floppy disk in there before you turned it on or that it's not write protected and has enough free space/
stopbath
26th of April 2004 (Mon), 12:09
Also, try another disk. Perhaps the one in the camera is unusable (for some reason.)
Penguin_101_1
26th of April 2004 (Mon), 15:02
Make sure that there isn't any dirt in the drive.
cloudless
27th of April 2004 (Tue), 19:44
You might need to clean the floppy disk drive head. And I don't think it is worth sending it for repair.
alsmith
28th of April 2004 (Wed), 01:24
For the cost of repair I'd look at a new camera if you can't figure out how to fix it yourself.
stopbath
28th of April 2004 (Wed), 06:28
You can find a few of these cameras on E-Bay if you want to replace one instead of repairing it...