----- Original Message ----- From: Eric Rasmussen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Compact Macs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 1:12 PM Subject: Floppy drive repair advice?
> Hi, > > I have two non-working 400k drives with very different symptoms. I've > ordered the book Macintosh Repair & Upgrade Secrets by Larry Pina, but > I thought I'd ask for advice from people with experience while I'm > waiting for it to come. > > [1] The original Sony internal drive in my old 128k Mac is jammed. For > a long time it worked but required a paper clip to eject disks. Now it > seems to be stuck in the eject position (probably the way I left it > when I put it into storage). What are the chances the eject mechanism > is broken, as opposed to just needing to be lubricated? > > [2] I have an external drive I got on eBay. It accepts the disks and > tries to read them, buy always thinks the disk is unreadable and asks > if it should initialize it. If I say yes, then the initialization > fails. The inside of the drive itself is quite dirty, so I'm guessing > this just needs to be cleaned. > > Any hints? Warnings? Common mistakes? > > What is the likelihood of success? > > Eric I just repaired a 400k drive today. It took a light lubing and a gentle moving of the stuck parts until they broke free and did what they used to do. A small lever on its right side was a crucial part to be attended to before all would break free. Luckily the mechanism wasn't tweaked by forcing, nor was the head damaged by attempts to jam in a floppy. Two things that guarantee a dead drive. All is still hooked up and I'm playing tonight with my Mac 128 upgraded to a 512k. Jeff G. -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
