Most likely just needs to be lubricated. I would be very careful about cleaning the heads unnecessarily, which is a sure way to destroy a drive. Whatever you do, do not lift the read/write head.
I have received many drives which would not eject the floppy, which otherwise worked perfectly with the proper software. You might have a rare damaged drive in which the heads have been damaged trying to pull a disk out by someone, but most likely this is not the case, especially if you have been trying to use an 800K or 1.44MB disk (which is the only ones which will read under OS 8.1+ which is most likely what you are running on your 6400). On a side note, my condolences, the 6400 was the first modern Mac I bought after my second-hand 128K acquired in college. It was such a lemon that Apple promptly replaced it with a 6500. There was even a website designed by 6400 owners to pressure Apple into a recall, which they did unofficially. The video circuitry was some of the most flawed Apple ever manufactured, but if you had a cheap monitor, it was hard to tell, so a lot of consumers who did not pay for a higher-end Sony- class monitor would not have noticed it. And don't get me started on the Geoport. On Mar 5, 10:54 pm, netBEUI <[email protected]> wrote: > It doesn't spit out the disk which leads me to believe the drive needs > to be cleaned or replaced. I forgot to mention that I have to manually > eject the disk using a paperclip. -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of 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 leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
