what is 'bead 224' ? is it something soldered to the board? can you point it out on the pics I posted ?

so there should be continuity between that pin and pin 20 of the WD ?

also, i'm not sure what a ferrite bead looks like, or rather, what it looks like on an ST board

note: the extra wire on the WD is where i've removed an old HD/DD switcher board.

pics, as promised:
the pin i'm pointing a scalpel at is the loose one in the top view, hopefully it's more obvious which pin it is on the bottom view

but just to confirm, pin 16 is motor B enable, not motor A (pin 10 seems to be motor A) , so will having it N/C just mean that if I connect a Dribe B, it won't spin up ? if thats the case, i'll leave it as it is, rather than potentially screw it all up even more.

bums.

I'll try a careful re-flow from underneath first.

still, the more I solder, hopefully the better I will get

Hi Guys, I'm working on one of my FMs and while I was checking it over last night I noticed that on the floppy header I added a few years back, there is a loose pin. it has been pushed through the board a little and on closer investigation, I can push and pull it through the board with tweezers. It ...

Integrated rtc would be a nice add-on too.

spiny / Torment here, you may know me from such forums as pouet, demozoo and atari-forum

anyway, joining as I wish to learn more about modding STs, simple as that