Well, there are a couple possibilities... Either the drive is just
incompatible, size-wise, or there's some mounting hardware that needs
to be put on/taken off. But if it works with computer, I would guess
it should fit in the computer. All floppy drives that I've encountered
are pretty much standard size. (Except the 800K floppy drives as
opposed to the 1.44Mb drives, they were slightly different in shape)
Anyways, my guess is that there's still some holding bracket or screws
that need to come off of the new floppy, and brackets and or screws
that need to be put on from the old floppy drive. Since Apple had a
propriatary floppy connector, the drives made for them were standard
size... Anyone else have any ideas? (Or more info on different Apple
Floppy drives?)
-Elliott Price
Mac Computer Repair - Santa Barbara
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On Sep 17, 2009, at 11:39 AM, Duggie wrote:
>
> Having a Mac Quadra 610 that didn't work I decided that the problem
> was either in the hard drive or the floppy drive. I bought one of each
> second hand and installed them and the machine now works great. The
> problem I'm having is that the floppy drive doesn't fit in the bay
> that the old drive came out of, too big. Does anyone have any quick
> fixes? I already took the large surround off the drive and it sort of
> fits but I can't get a disk in when the top is on the computer. Any
> help would be great.
>
> Doug
> >
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