Apple IIe - trying to get drives to work

From: Joe Stevenson <ikvsabre_at_comcast.net>
Date: Tue Nov 18 01:15:35 2003

My guess is that the analog controller card in the drive housing itself is bad.
I had a similar problem recently, with one drive with a bad motor, and another
with a bad analog card. I was able to make one good drive out of them.

If you have another working drive, I would open them both up, and swap the analog
card. If the "bad" drive then works, you have your answer.

Joe

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On 11/17/2003 at 10:41 PM B.Degnan wrote:

>I am looking for a troubleshooting guide web site or similar resource.
>Or
>maybe someone here can help?
>
>In a nutshell, I turn on the Apple IIe and drive 1 spins and the drive
>light comes on, but does not read any bootable disks. On the display the
>screen reads: Apple ][
>
>I have a number of boot disks so I don't think the disks are all bad. I
>have checked the cables and the drive card. I have swapped out the drive
>card with another that works. I have swapped cables and they seem OK.
>
>How do I diagnose the condition of this computer?
>
>Is there an internal diagnostic? (key combinations?)
>
>What's wrong typically when a disk drive spins but nothing happens?
>
>Playing around with key combinations I found that control+clear
>apple+filled apple+reset brings me to a prompt of some kind, but I do not
>know what I can do from this prompt.
>
>I have no manuals.
>
>I would be happy to send a set of digital pictures to anyone interested in
>helping.
>
>Please email comments to billdeg_at_degnanco.com - thanks!
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