That should say LED..... JSG
________________________________ From: J.S. Garrison <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 3, 2014 3:11 PM Subject: Re: Floppy Drive Issues with Old Disks When a cleaning won't make a drive read for me, I get a small LCD flashlight and a magnifying glass and carefully peek in at the heads to be sure they're not bent or torn off as can sometimes happen with drives having suffered force-damage. I used to see that occasionally when a floppy was pressed into a stiff drive too hard, or the head couldn't move down out of the way on inject or eject. Jeff Garrison ________________________________ From: TT <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, April 3, 2014 1:32 PM Subject: Re: Floppy Drive Issues with Old Disks I cleaned the heads with IPA and cotton swabs and it still doesn't read disks properly. I guess I am looking for another floppy drive that works now. =( -tt On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 11:38 AM, TT <[email protected]> wrote: Yes, I did look, it didn't seem too unusual. Should I swab the floppy heads with some IPA? I am wondering if the motor could get messed up if the floppy resists spinning. I am guessing the squealing noise was from extra friction/resistance. > > > >On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 11:54 AM, Louis Ciotti <[email protected]> wrote: > >Have you looked at the disks that made the noise? >> >> >>I bed the material on the surface of the floppy came off and is now on the >>drive head. >> >>Sent from my iPhone >> >>On Mar 21, 2014, at 1:20 PM, TT <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >>Hmm, I had a known good disk, then tried the old disks that gave out high >>pitched squeals, and then tried the known good disk, and now it won't read >>it. I have an Imation SuperDrive and made a couple more disks with some >>drivers, and now those aren't working either. I feel like something happened >>to the disk drive, but don't know for certain. >>> >>> >>>-tt >>> >>> >>> >>>On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 5:24 PM, J.S. Garrison <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>No. In rare cases the drives scar the disks.You can see the grooves in the >>>magnetic media. Usually, the disks are made in other drives and the head >>>alignment is different between drives. Often, the drive heads need >>>demagnetizing. I owned dozens of Old Macs and would cycle through them all >>>until I found one with a drive good enough to read the disks. I then copied >>>the disk's contents to the machine with the "good" drive and made several >>>copies. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>Jeff >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>________________________________ >>>> From: TT <[email protected]> >>>>To: [email protected] >>>>Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2014 10:42 AM >>>>Subject: Floppy Drive Issues with Old Disks >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>I have some old floppies that I find and they are not in the best shape. I >>>>have had this happen at least twice, so I am writing here to get some >>>>advice. >>>> >>>> >>>>When I try to test out these floppies, sometimes I put one in my IIci that >>>>starts making a high pitched squealing noise as it spins the disk and the >>>>Finder indicates some kind of error. I tried a few days later a disk I >>>>know is good, that I used a week ago and now the floppy drive cannot read >>>>it. Are my old floppies somehow damaging my floppy drives? What can I do >>>>to try to repair them? >>>> >>>> >>>>I kind of despise floppies as it is, but it is nice to have a working drive >>>>in case I need to install some drivers. Another floppy drive that I had a >>>>similar experience with in my SE/30. I tried fixing by cleaning and >>>>lubricating the inject mechanism and cleaning the heads, but it didn't seem >>>>to help very much. >>>> >>>> >>>>Thanks, >>>>tt -- >>>>-- >>>>----- >>>>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 subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>"Vintage Macs" group. >>>>To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>>email to [email protected]. >>>>For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>>-- >>>>----- >>>>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 subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>"Vintage Macs" group. >>>>To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>>email to [email protected]. >>>>For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>> -- >>>-- >>>----- >>>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 subscribed to the Google Groups >>>"Vintage Macs" group. >>>To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>email to [email protected]. >>>For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>-- >>-- >>----- >>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 subscribed to the Google Groups >>"Vintage Macs" group. >>To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>email to [email protected]. >>For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. 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