My Reply follows quote. On 14/05/2004 17:10 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: >> From: Linda Hutcheson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: [PCI] Broken zip drive? >> >> My 10 year old son jammed a zip disk into the zip drive on his 6500 >> when it wasn't powered up. Now all I get is a clicking noise. Is there >> anyway to get the disk out of the drive without destroying one or the >> other? >> >> Linda > > >My zip drive has a button on front, other folk are talking of a hole like in >floppy drives. If you have a button type, power on and press the button and >gently prod the edge of the disk up and down with another finger, they >sometimes pop out. The spring mechanism in some are weak. Otherwise, it is >power off, disconnect all and with a flat blade screwdriver, force the whole >show open and remove disk and clip all together again (basically it has a >top and a bottom and they can be prised apart with care and I am afraid a >little force) > >David Elmo > > >PS. BTW, a friend has a click click click on his suddenly not working >external (USB) zip drive but no prob inserting and ejecting. There was some >advice way back by a good gentleman with the title of Rev about holding mice >down or buttons or inserting zips and restarting and saying things, no doing >things... you see why I ask? Anyone remember or is the good Rev around to >remind me please? ------ The "emergency release" button is accessed via a hole in the BACK of Zip drives. Similar to the hole next to Mac floppy drives since day one.
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