Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!maverick.ksu.ksu.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!news.iastate.edu!kickapoo.cs.iastate.edu!hamilton From: hamilton@kickapoo.cs.iastate.edu (Jon Hamilton) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware Subject: Re: Cleaning FDHD's ? Keywords: disks cleaning floppy FDHD Message-ID: Date: 25 Dec 90 12:23:44 GMT References: <2776EE4A.732@orion.oac.uci.edu> Sender: news@news.iastate.edu (USENET News System) Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA Lines: 36 rprohask@orion.oac.uci.edu (Robert Prohaska) writes: >Is it possible to remove and clean a 1.44 meg floppy drive? >The drive is installed in a iici. It stopped making its usual mechanical >sound when a disk was inserted, failed to mount the disk and refused >to eject it. The disk had to be ejected using a paperclip. I don't know what the 'official' position is on this, but at this time last year, Apple said _not_ to put anything other than a regular disk inside a 1.44M drive. That meant no cleaning disks, and leave the drive empty when you transported your machine. >All the disks I've tried give the same result. They engage the eject >spring about half an inch later than expected and seat much >more softly than usual. >It looks as if the disk handling mechanism is jammed with lint Wow, now _that's_ dirty! I thought mine were bad :) >The drive is still under warranty but it will probably take at least >a week to collect; In the meantime I need the machine. You didn't hear this from me, but I'd try to clean it (carefully). If it doesn't work, take it in to be serviced and don't mention your attempt...after all, it _is_ under warranty... >What's the best thing to do? >bob prohaska -- % Internet : hamilton@kickapoo.cs.iastate.edu | Insert cute and/or % % America Online : JonHam | deeply meaningful % % Elsewhere : ThatGeek@his.little.corner | musical quote here %