Thanks for the info. I cleaned all the mechanisms and the drive now successfully ejects a disk. I'm going to clean the drive on my Plus this way.. I finally figured out what is causing the inject/eject to stick! The next problem appears to be that the Mac makes funny sounds from the speaker (tones) if the drive is connected... and also, it appears that a motor is always running, disk in or not. I don't see anything about this in the Dead Mac Scrolls. It still will not read a good disk.. just spits it out with the X, but at least the eject mechanism works now! When the disk is in, I don't see the read head moving, maybe this is the problem? Hopefully one of these days I can get this thing to boot, and then I can see if the HD works.
-Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "J.S. Garrison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Compact Macs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 07, 2003 1:07 AM Subject: Re: 128k is running, needs a disk! > on 11/6/03 8:29 PM, Chris "Zap" at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Finally! I fiddled around for a little bit longer with the Analog Board > > and got it running. After adjusting the screen for perfect image, I figured > > that the first thing I should do was try and get the thing to boot. > > > > I connected the hard drive that came with the Mac (MacSNAP SCSI & RAM > > cards installed) and when it goes to boot, it reads the disk, shows a happy > > mac, and then goes back to the blinking disk again.. and over and over.. No > > clue what's going on there. > > > > So I figured I'd use a floppy to boot the machine. The eject mechanism > > is stuck in the down position, so I have to manually hold the drive in the > > up position to insert a disk, plus I don't remember if I even have any 400k > > disks, but everything I've tried has gotten the X. > > > > Any suggestions? > > > > Thanks, > > Chris > > > > > > It's not uncommon for those old Macs to have worn or stuck floppy disk > drives. Sometimes removing it and disassembling it from it's metal shell, > dusting it wit a makeup brush and dripping a machine oil, like 3-in-one, on > the moving parts, AVOIDING THE READ HEAD, will bring it back. > > Get me an address. I'll send something you can start with. > > Jeff > > > -- > 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> > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > >The Think Different Store > http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com > --------------------------------------------------------------- > -- 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> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
