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Floppy stuck in 512KE's drive.
So for my first compact Mac, I picked up a 512KE. And it worked great! Until I put in my first floppies. I ordered disks for Mac OS 1.1 and Finder 1.0 I believe, plus a storage disk. I put in the System Disk and it fine for about 15 times. Then I went to eject the disk for the 15th time. It started making this very loud buzzing noise. So I shut it down and started it back up again. No luck. I tried the pin hole, still no luck. Tried pulling out the disk forcefully with pliers, still no luck! I'm trying not to have to open because of the CRT. The System Disk was in there, and it still boots up, although it still makes a very loud buzzing noise. How can I fix this? I want to have a :beige: again.
Thanks.
Thanks.
Are you sure it's a 800K floppy drive instead of a 400K one ?
The 800K drives don't suffer from stiction as bad as the 400K drives do. However during the years, probably a large amount of dust has accumulated in the drive and the old grease on the mechanism that holds that floppy disc can harden up so it gets stuck in the end.
Never use force to get a disc out of the drive or you will damage the mechanism beyond repair.
There's only one way to solve this and that it opening up the Mac, take the loading mechanism of the drive apart and clean it.
For instructions has to service the drive, have a look at this topic:
http://68kmla.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=18790
There can be multiple causes for your problem but without opening the case and disassembling the floppy drive, you won't find it.
It can be dirty sensors, a jammed eject motor,..
A Mac 512K might not be the best option as a first Compact Mac as they are pretty old and need servicing.
A lot of fellow collectors, including myself, have already started with recapping the Analog board of these early Compact Macs as the capacitors are degraded after 25 years.
There' s a lot of usefull info on the forum, however in the end technical knowledge on electronics is required to keep your collection up and running.
Good Luck,
Nico
The 800K drives don't suffer from stiction as bad as the 400K drives do. However during the years, probably a large amount of dust has accumulated in the drive and the old grease on the mechanism that holds that floppy disc can harden up so it gets stuck in the end.
Never use force to get a disc out of the drive or you will damage the mechanism beyond repair.
There's only one way to solve this and that it opening up the Mac, take the loading mechanism of the drive apart and clean it.
For instructions has to service the drive, have a look at this topic:
http://68kmla.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=18790
There can be multiple causes for your problem but without opening the case and disassembling the floppy drive, you won't find it.
It can be dirty sensors, a jammed eject motor,..
A Mac 512K might not be the best option as a first Compact Mac as they are pretty old and need servicing.
A lot of fellow collectors, including myself, have already started with recapping the Analog board of these early Compact Macs as the capacitors are degraded after 25 years.
There' s a lot of usefull info on the forum, however in the end technical knowledge on electronics is required to keep your collection up and running.
Good Luck,
Nico
Positive. Its able to read double-sided 800K floppies. Thanks for the info.Are you sure it's a 800K floppy drive instead of a 400K one ?