Fooling with floppy drives

From: Mike Ford <mikeford_at_netwiz.net>
Date: Thu Apr 8 14:03:10 1999

> HP (sony made) floppy drives have the same problem. They stick part way
>open and don't eject the disk. If you pull the disk out, you WILL rip the
>top head off of a double sided drive. Never take a disk out or put a disk
>into a partially open HP floppy drive. Take the drive out and clean the
>old lube off so that it opens properly.

This problem apparently has two stages, fix by cleaning, and waited to long
and damaged the motor which now needs to be replaced. The notion of a
"weak" motor is a bit hard for me to grasp, but I have run across several
cases with motors and solenoids where it indeed seems to be true.
Received on Thu Apr 08 1999 - 14:03:10 BST