>I recently upgraded my Power Center Pro Mini Tower from 7.6.1 to 8.6 with a >CD I purchased that was apparently intended for an I-Mac. When I got done I >found that my floppy drive did not work. I put in a floppy but the icon >would not show up. I remember that I-Mac's did not have floppy disk drives, >so does any one know how to work around this? I still have the 7.6.1 >installed on this drive, can I pull something off of it and drop it on 8.6? > >John >
Perhaps it was qoing south to begin with. Floppy drives are governed by a controller chip on the motherboard; its driver is built-in. There was once a discussion on Quadlist about resuscitating floppy drives. It involved dismantling and getting the "gunk" out of the cam that actuates the read/write head. Use Drilube� instead of grease. Commercial floppy cleaner disks used in conjunction with a utility (Tech Tool) that commands the head to make several passes across the isopropyl alcohol-soaked felt should clean out dirt. Charlie -- Power Computing is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Power Computing list info: <http://lowendmac.com/power/list.html> --> 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]> List archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powercomputing%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
