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From: bcs.jim@pro-angmar.UUCP (Jim Rinaldo)
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Subject: Re: Cleaning FDHD's ?
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Date: 29 Dec 90 02:48:58 GMT
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In-Reply-To: message from 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.
>>
>>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
 
Rob: Just get some long q-tips (Radio Shack sells them) and the highest
percent alcohol (70% or better; I like using 90%) and clean the lint goober
out of the drive while the machine is off.
Also, clean the little thingies that look like cassette recorder heads on the
top and bottom. This can be done with a flashlight from the outside of the
machine. No warranty offered, but I did this on a IIx and haven't had a
problem with the FDHD since.

Jim Rinaldo
Editor, Computer-Aided Publishing Solutions (CAPs)
The Boston Computer Society
BCS: (617) 367-8080, FAX: 367-8530
 
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