MVC-5000/7000 tip
Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2012 2:50 pm
Since there's probably all of five of us who still use these this will likely go under the heading of useless information, nevertheless it may come in handy somewhere at some point.
You should be able to put in a fresh battery, point it at something bright (fast shutter speed) and crank off 5-6 shots bam-bam-bam.
If either of these give up "serverr" messages, which usually means the servo in the floppy drive, check the main battery with a voltmeter or try a fresh one. The batteries are NiCads (correct me if I am wrong) and they don't give reliable voltage when old or when they've developed a battery memory.
If it continues to give "serverr" or "cerr" messages (the floppy head is dirty) even when clean and checked, and behaves erratic, sometimes working, sometimes acting like the mirror is sticking, sometimes reading an empty floppy drive as full, put in a fresh lithium battery. It's the standard 2032 coin cell used as the CMOS battery in computer motherboards and they're available anywhere.
My MVC-5000 went through a series of recent fits until I replaced both batteries; as it is I'm going to check my older spare body and see if the problems I had with it reading the floppy weren't also battery related.
You should be able to put in a fresh battery, point it at something bright (fast shutter speed) and crank off 5-6 shots bam-bam-bam.
If either of these give up "serverr" messages, which usually means the servo in the floppy drive, check the main battery with a voltmeter or try a fresh one. The batteries are NiCads (correct me if I am wrong) and they don't give reliable voltage when old or when they've developed a battery memory.
If it continues to give "serverr" or "cerr" messages (the floppy head is dirty) even when clean and checked, and behaves erratic, sometimes working, sometimes acting like the mirror is sticking, sometimes reading an empty floppy drive as full, put in a fresh lithium battery. It's the standard 2032 coin cell used as the CMOS battery in computer motherboards and they're available anywhere.
My MVC-5000 went through a series of recent fits until I replaced both batteries; as it is I'm going to check my older spare body and see if the problems I had with it reading the floppy weren't also battery related.