on 5/15/04 2:30 PM, PCI PowerMacs at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> 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? > Hi David and all; I'm around. I just do a lot of lurking. I bought my Zip when they first came out and have had very little trouble with it. (Probably better built than the newer ones.) This little tip, which I picked up on the old JUIP.com website has worked for me and some others whom I've sent it to. It's supposed to be on the Iomega site also, though I never could find it. OK, here goes.
Power down the Mac. Let it completely shut down. Power up the Mac and immediately hold in the eject buttom on the front of the Zip drive. Hold the button in until the Mac completely finished booting(i.e. ready to use). This resets the drive heads in the Zip. I've had to do it to mine 2 or 3 times. Once I had to do it twice, back to back, but it worked. I've found it more common to have trouble with the disks than the drive. YMMV though. Also, while we're on the subject of Zip drives. Mine is a SCSI external Zip 100 and it "does" have an eject hole in the back right next to the second SCSI connector. Right side, looking at the back of the drive. HTH --Thanks; Rev. George --Maranatha (means the Lord cometh) -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.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/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
