First BIG Success!!!! I got it spinning! Just by rotating it counterclockwise for some time. I could feel it rolling better and better. Then I switched on power and it started run…

Keep turning it by hand until that old sticky grease has softened enough for the drive to turn on its own?

Some improvement! I disconnected the power to the engine and reconnected. Now the disk will try to spin. It moves 0.1 inch and stops(counterclockwise). I have turned the engine s…

OK i will try to help the disk spin. Should I turn clockwise or counter clockwise?

Mine had the same problem. Many years of no use meant the bearings were stiff. You applied power and quickly gave the spindle a little twist before the motor drivers burned out. I …

the spindle motor may have hardened grease in the bearings.  I just recently ran into this problem with a pair of 5 1/4 floppy drives on my IBM 5155. I had to press-out the hubs a…

@snuci Thanks again for your advises! The disk can spin but not lightly... Not sure if this should be the case. I will look into the motor connection. Maybe I can find documentat…

Does the drive spindle spin freely by hand?  It's possible that stiction is the issue.  If it's stuck, try forcing it to turn.  You've got nothing to lose because your stuck anyway…

I tried the "stuck brake" solution, but no succes. Any other ideas?

Sorry

raoulduke said: Says out of stock but you can email and ask - I'd be pushy.  When I emailed about their 180mhz 3400c main board, they just said out of stock:  http://www.pchu…

I wouldn't assume your widget is broken, until you've connected it to an actual Lisa. Maybe the brake isn't supposed to deactivate until it sees a certain signal from the computer,…

My borrowed widget drive also makes loud click-clack sounds when powered on and off. I assume that's normal? The guy who I borrowed the Lisa from said initially the drive didn't s…

I like to add to the current state that after a time the green light op top will burn continually. If you then switch of power you will hear a hard click. 

As promised  pictures of the Widget drive:

I bought a Canadian (I think) clone of the Newertech module. It works fine. Unless you are using the emate intensively, the standard spec is pretty good. You have to write an awful…

You may have a "stuck brake".  Take a look at this document: https://ia801808.us.archive.org/14/items/AppleLisa_RepairSunGuideDC/AppleLisa_RepairSunGuideDC.pdfand navigate to page …

Have tested it today. Disk doesn't seem to spin up. Currents are ok. See: https://youtu.be/ZxKsA2q0vOI Only a green light blinks and becomes green

CelGen said: BIZARRE. From the corner of your photo the PCB layout is different from all the ones I have seen so far. You have a Z8 chip with the EPROM piggybacked. Click …

You pick that up from baybob60? He's the man

For further details on eMate memory modules: Apple eMate 300: Memory Upgrade Discussion Newton eMate 300 Memory Module

OK. I will make some more pictures.

BIZARRE. From the corner of your photo the PCB layout is different from all the ones I have seen so far. You have a Z8 chip with the EPROM piggybacked.

Look on eBay for a unit with both slots filled. Or make me an offer for mine!

Very carefully. With extra ductape