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- From: jeffb@scotty.hco.tek.com (Jeff Barry)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
- Subject: Re: Need some SE help/advice
- Keywords: SE, bad floppy drives, more memory, help!
- Message-ID: <1913@tekgen.bv.tek.com>
- Date: 28 Jan 93 18:00:40 GMT
- References: <1993Jan27.231115.25512@midway.uchicago.edu>
- Sender: news@tekgen.bv.tek.com
- Distribution: usa
- Organization: Tektronix, Inc.
- Lines: 26
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- > I have an old SE (the kind with the extra noisy fan) and
- > i'm starting to have some trouble with it. The two internal
- > floppy drives are old and don't sound so happy. When I put in
- > a disk, they just sort of 'whine'. They still work (about 90% of
- > the time) but are full of dust and sound like they need to be
- > oiled. (Does one 'oil' a drive?) What I want to know is how to
- > go about 'tuning them up' so that I can once again hear that
- > snappy 'chomp' sound that they used to make when I would put in a
- > disk. Does anyone out there have any suggestions? What tools
- > would i need? Is there a do-it-yerself book that covers this sort
- > of thing?
-
- I had the same problem, and since I was selling my SE I decided to take it to
- a qualified repair shop. Initially, they said it sounded like the heads
- needed to be realigned and cleaned (roughly $80). After opening the drive,
- they said that the heads were bent! This required replacing the internal
- 800k drive. Possible causes of bent heads per this repair shop:
-
- 1) just lots of use of the old 800k drive
- 2) really cheap diskettes (the little metal flaps, if bent, can cause
- real problems)
-
- I must admit to buying some very cheap, bulk diskettes for backup of
- not-so-important stuff. I also remember one of the disks getting stuck in
- the drive (not the normal just won't eject, but really stuck). So, in my
- case, it probably was the use of these very cheap diskettes.
-