On Aug 7, 3:15 am, "Nico Vanden Eynde" <nico...@i4all.eu> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> 1) The hard drive can be repaired with a Connor CP3045 SCSI drive. Look for
> one on Ebay.
> Then remove the PCB electronic board and swap with the PCB board of the Mac
> Portable's HDD and you're done.
> Both HDD drives are 100% identical except for the custom connector for the
> Mac Portable
I'll have to try it. BTW, I opened the current drive and quite rashly
held the platter while powering the computer on, and I discovered that
the motor is apparently bad.
> 2) The floppy drive can be replaced with a Sony MP-F75W-11G unit. It's a
> standard Superdrive, often used in the Mac SE FDHD, Classics or Mac II
> series like the Mac IIse.
> However there are several revisions of this Superdirve. From experience I
> learned that only the 11G or 21G revision works well in the Mac Portable,
> other's often don't. I don't know why but the PCB looks different on each
> revision.
I did open it and it looked all right, what's it supposed to look
like? Are there images anywhere?
> There are several of these Floppy drives on Ebay USA.
> Otherwise I suggest you disassemle the FDD and clean the heads + remove all
> the dust.
How exactly do I do that?
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