You're right, Stuart. I think I was visualizing a Plus with two internal
drives, like an SE. That will teach me to try to deal with technical topics
in the wee hours of the morning. :-(
Sp00ky
On Wed, 13 Nov 2002 at 07:25:25 +0000 Stuart Bell responded:
>
>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
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