On Wednesday, November 13, 2002, at 06:26 am, Spiritus ex Machina wrote:
> When was the last time you dusted the interior of the Plus? Simply > dirty > disk drives could be the problem. Crack the case, chase away all the > dust > bunnies, check all the cables for solid seating, check all the RAM > chips > for solid seating, and try again. Take two aspirin and call us in the > morning ... ;-) > But if both internal and external drives are troublesome, that might suggest a problem with the floppy drive circuit on the main logic board. Before concluding that, you could try booting from an external HD, then trying to create new floppies on the Plus itself. If that fails, your friend will have to decide if he's up to component-level repairs as guided by Pina. :-( Stuart -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:compact.macs@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:compact.macs-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:compact.macs-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lemlists.com> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
