SE/30 Blinking Question Mark Floppy only on Cold Boot — #6

Post #6 by techknight

Source Forum	68kMLA
Category	Hardware
Post Date	Sat, 27 Jun 2015 - 13:26
Original URL	https://68kmla.org/bb/threads/se-30-blinking-question-mark-floppy-only-on-cold-boot.2242/

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unity said:
Yes and no. Opening a drive is never a grand idea. There is reason a clean room is normally used. But I assume there wont be any critical data on such an old machine ever, so you can. Since removing the bump is messy, some just place some tape over the area were the arm contacts to stop it from sticking.

Until the rubber finally deforms and melts, and flys all over the place and getting stuck to the platter.

So yes, it HAS to be removed and replaced.