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Post #1 by Ronathan2001
Source Forum68kMLA
CategoryTroubleshooting
Post DateThu, 12 Feb 2015 - 16:10
Original URLhttps://68kmla.org/bb/threads/hello-everyone-hoping-you-can-help-with-my-disk-dilemma.1249/
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Hello All,

Great site! I signed up to this forum about a week ago, and I've spent some time going through the previous posts. Although there is a wealth of information here, I couldn't find the solution to my current problem.

I have cleaned and lubricated the floppy drive in my Mac Plus, but I still can't get it to work. I followed the lubrication recommendations in this sites wiki, but still no luck. I did take apart the motor and can confirm that all four gears are fine.

When I insert a disk after the "disk question mark prompt", the question mark goes away. Soon after, an x appears. During this time, I can hear 3 short whirring sounds coming from the disk drive.  The disk will not eject, so this process continues until I turn the computer off or eject the disk manually.

Does anyone know how I can fix this?

Thanks!!!

Ron

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