Thanks for the detailed instructions but I hope it won't come to trying to
repair the drive. Someone was kind enough to offer up a possible
replacement off list so I hope that does the trick.
Your guess about what happened sounds about right. I just got this IPC as
an "as-is" project and I'm not sure if the drive head was broken before it
was shipped, during shipping, or after I got it when I fought with the drive
a little to get a stuck disk out. At first I thought there was something
like a dead bumblebee stuck in the drive. Only after I disassembled the
machine enough to get the drive out and take a close look did I realize that
what I saw was the upper head broken off of the arm and dangling by the coil
wires.
-Glen
>From: ard_at_p850ug1.demon.co.uk (Tony Duell)
>Reply-To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
>To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
>Subject: Re: Sony OA-D32W Floppy
>Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2002 21:26:18 +0000 (GMT)
>
> >
> > Does anyone have any info on Sony OA-D32W 3.5" floppies? In particular
>the
>
>Enough to have repaired many of them....
>
> > one I have is a model OA-D32W-11 with a broken head. This was in an HP
>
>Let me guess. The grease on the disk holder/eject mechanism turned to
>glue and the upper head was ripped off when you ejected a disk. Seen it
>happen all too often.
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