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] >> <mailto:[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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
