On Sunday, December 3rd, 1995 - Tony Stancato wrote:
 
TS> My neighbor's son wanted to get into computing.  Since they're not 
TS> exactly rich, I gave him my old 800 (my first!) and an 810.  Well, it 
 
That's great!
 
TS> seems that the 810 has a loose or defective board, since it needs 
TS> constant jiggling for it to work.
 
Sounds like there is a loose connector inside the disk drive.
Have you tried opening the 810 up and then re-seating all of the
socketed chips and doing the same with all the cables?
 
Also, what you describe might be a cracked solder joint on the drive's
SIO connectors.  Try plugging the SIO cable into the drives 2nd SIO
port.  If the problem clears up, then it probably was a problem with the 
connector.  The solder joints can be easily fixed.  You have to remove
the circuit board and turn it upside down, then heat up the solder pads
with a low-watt soldering iron (maybe even add a little more solder).
 
 
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