Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 09:49:57 EST From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] YE Data Floppy Drive
In a message dated 12/30/03 5:08:34 AM Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Do you know if all the parts of the floppy disk that got stuck in the drive > actually came out (taking careful note of the presence of the shutter > return spring)? If that gets stuck inside the FDD I imagine it could cause > a fair amount of havoc! In fact, do you know why the floppy disk got stuck? > Is it something obvious like a bent shutter? Or was it a case of the eject > button jamming for no particular reason? > > Other than that, the only thing I can think of is to open up the FDD (it's > well out of warranty anyway, you've got nothing to lose!) and check for any > 'obvious' damage. Typical might be if the stuck FDD managed to wrench a > wire or two loose or a head retaining mount bent or something. Worst case > is damage to the heads themselves but the mechanism is such that they > should retract well away before the disk even starts coming up and out of > the slot. > > Good luck! > > - Raymond > > At 06:16 PM 29/12/2003 -0800, you wrote: > >Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 21:14:43 EST > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: YE Data Floppy Drive > > > >Well, this doesn't portend well. Just as I began the upgrade of my L100 to > a > >40GB Travelstar/Hitachi (BTW, the HDD light stays on, dammit) the EZBIOS > >floppy hung up in the YE Data floppy drive. After some wiggling, inning and > >outing, I got it to release. Now, all I get is: Disk I/O error with any > >disk I > >try. Must have buggered up the innards somehow. > > > >Any chance the drive is repairable by me? Anyone had this problem? Thanks > - > >guess I'll be looking on ebay. > > > >Lee > It felt as though the floppy disk shutter caught on a component of the floppy drive. The eject button worked and released the floppy, but it wouldn't slide out of the drive. No parts of the floppy disk were lost. I did some minor surgery (butchery may be the better term) and determined that one shouldn't try to disassemble the floppy drive. Succeeded only in further ruining the drive - no discoveries. In any event, a guy was selling new, boxed PA2940U drives on ebay, so I bought one. And afterward (of course) found someone selling new PA2612U drives for the same price ($25) but free shipping - in case anyone needs one. BTW, any hot tips on setting up my L100CT for dual-boot W2K and W98se? Lee ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
