Ok, thanks again. If I end up having to do more than use a disk cleaning kit, I'm sure I'll be back. I have a replacement floppy drive if too, if it comes down to it.
On Aug 16, 4:52 am, sam g <[email protected]> wrote: > cleaning the heads is the first thing i should have tried in your case. > if that doesn't help, you will be forced to open the drive and clean > the mechanical part. > as everything spins nicely, and you still can't read any floppy's, > maybe the heads are misalined due to floppy's that where forced in or > out. > probably by the metal sliding shield that was sometimes misformed or > too wide. > i tried once to realine them, without success. > > btw. > i remember that some floppydrives had unalined (read&write) heads. > at least, that 's what an apple technician told me about 15 years ago. > i never understood why. > correct me if this is false. > > Op 16-aug-09, om 08:42 heeft Greg's G-mail het volgende geschreven: > > > welovemacs.com has them for sale. (http://www.welovemacs.com/fldrcl.html > > ) I'll give it a try and see if that takes care of it. Thanks. > > > On 8/15/2009 2:34 PM, sam g wrote: > > >> if your floppy's are spinning and the mechanic of your drive works, > >> all you have to do is clean the heads of the drive. > >> maybe know someone nearby with cleaning floppy's (and cleaning > >> liquid) > >> they used to sell them as a floppy-cleaning-set, but i don't think > >> you can find those anymore. > > >> Op 15-aug-09, om 23:05 heeft Greg Rossiter het volgende geschreven: > > >>> Ok, looks like I need to find out how to disassemble and clean the > >>> drive. I don't have the right screwdriver to remove the case, but > >>> I'll get one. > > >>> An update, however. Maybe it was just a bit jammed from long time > >>> lack of use (I'm not the first owner), but after popping a disk in > >>> there a few more times, I do hear spinning now, but instead of > >>> reading the disk, it'll say it's unreadable and offer to format > >>> it. I also hear some clicking with some of the disks I put in, > >>> but other times not. These are disks that are totally fine on my > >>> Mac SE and Performa 575. Does that seem to confirm that it just > >>> needs a cleaning? Connection-wise it seems to be doing ok and > >>> it'll even auto-eject the disks back out now. It just won't read > >>> them. > > >>> Thanks for your input. > > >>> On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 2:42 AM, Alexander Krause > >>> <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > Is the internal cable connected to the system? > > >>> It has to be. Otherwise the drive would not automatically insert the > >>> disk. > > >>> Am I wrong? > > >>> Maybe, the cable is broken!? > > >>> > Is there a guide somewhere that shows how to properly clean a mac > >>> > floppy drive? > > >>> Well, I dont't know, but you simply have to disassemble the drive > >>> and > >>> clean it from all dust and so on. You mustn't put any oil in there. > >>> You can take some photos after each step so you know what you've > >>> done. > > >>> That's what I would do if I were in your situation. > > >>> -- Alex --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
