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From: wwtaroli@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Bill Taroli)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: No Disk Eject in 512K Mac
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Date: 13 Jan 90 06:02:01 GMT
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It does seem odd that the drives would fail to eject at the same time, although
you may want to look into something that I had a problem with when cleaning my
SE out a while back.  Since he is hearing a noise when he attempts to eject a
disk, the eject motor is probably okay.  The problem could be, however, that
the post which extends from the motor to the carriage which shuttles the disk
in and out of the drive may be out of alignment (or disengaged entirely).

The only way to determine this is to take the metal shielding off the top of
the drive and inspect the rear area of the drive around the eject motor (which
is vertically mounted).

Although I understand that there have been problems with the upper R/W head
getting jammed when ejecting disks, the fact that he can use the manual eject
lever suggests that this is not the problem... although I would recommend that,
in the future, he use the manual eject sparingly as this can contribute to the
problem that he is facing now (the jamming of the automatic eject mechanism).

Bill Taroli
WWTAROLI@RODAN.acs.syr.edu