Yes, I was able to see the heads as I cleaned them and they seemed ok. The top head looks like it is on a gimble and the the bottom head is on an etched copper spring. I didn't notice any distortions or bent parts.
On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 3:20 PM, J.S. Garrison <garriso...@yahoo.com> wrote: > That should say LED..... > > JSG > > ------------------------------ > *From:* J.S. Garrison <garriso...@yahoo.com> > *To:* "vintage-macs@googlegroups.com" <vintage-macs@googlegroups.com> > *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 <tam...@gmail.com> > *To:* vintage-macs@googlegroups.com > *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 <tam...@gmail.com> 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 <lciot...@gmail.com> 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 <tam...@gmail.com> 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 <garriso...@yahoo.com>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 <tam...@gmail.com> > *To:* vintage-macs@googlegroups.com > *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. 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