sounds like a sticky sensor - looking at the front of the Mac, there are leaf switches at the bottom of the drive front, to detect the R/W slider (left) and the HD hole (right). I would take that drive out and thoroughly clean and lubricate it before attempting to use it further. I have run into multiple old drives where the grease gummed up the mechanisms and caused the ejector motor gears to strip.
David On Mar 17, 2012, at 6:25 PM, Bob Jones wrote: > Hi all, > > I recently got an old Macintosh SE FDHD, but for some reason it acts > like it's got an 800k floppy drive. I'll put in a 1.44MB floppy, even > one with old Mac software, but it'll say it's unreadable and ask me if > I'd like to format it single- or double-sided, just like my 800k drive > SE from 1987. Does anybody know what may be causing this problem? > > Thanks! > > -- > ----- > 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/ -- ----- 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/
