I opened the floppy drive to clean and I noticed that the little circuit board on the photo below was snapped? Is there anyway to either replace or fix? Thanks.
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If the wires are long enough to reach the circuit board, remove the wires from the broken rear portion and solder them to the corresponding pins on the optical sensor.
DO NOT remove or loosen the screw that holds the optical sensor. It's factory aligned for track zero.
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DO NOT remove or loosen the screw that holds the optical sensor. It's factory aligned for track zero.
Thus:
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Okay thanks, I've done that but don't think the connections are that good, anyway before I saw your message I plugged it in for about 10 seconds at the max and the drive was now clunking/rattling and running without a disk, what would cause that? Thanks.
If you've accidentally shorted any of the pins on the sensor, the drive will keep trying to move the head ro the track zero position, never stopping. Alternatively, the eject mechanism is stuck, trying to eject.
Thanks, I'll try to fix it tomorrow morning and post an update if not in a couple days
Okay so I've fixed the wiring, booted the computer, and it's not clunking, but as soon as I insert a disk it rejects it and has a X floppy disk icon. Any ideas?
Dirty heads, wrong system, corrupted disk, wrong format, bad alignment.
If you're going to clean the heads, DO NOT pull the top head up higher than normal as you will stretch the pressure spring and the head assembly will be permanently damaged.
The heads are the raised block of highly polished ceramic with a black stripe across the middle. You can use a q-tip/cotton bud to clean them, but be careful not to snag the cotton in the copper plate they sit on. The copper base has slots cut in it to allow the head to self align on the disk media. If it catches and you pull, you can bend the copper and make the head sit at a bad angle.
If you're going to clean the heads, DO NOT pull the top head up higher than normal as you will stretch the pressure spring and the head assembly will be permanently damaged.
The heads are the raised block of highly polished ceramic with a black stripe across the middle. You can use a q-tip/cotton bud to clean them, but be careful not to snag the cotton in the copper plate they sit on. The copper base has slots cut in it to allow the head to self align on the disk media. If it catches and you pull, you can bend the copper and make the head sit at a bad angle.
Thanks, it will be alignment because I actually dropped the drive, (don't ask how). How do you align it? Thanks
That's not an easy thing to do. Usually it requires proper test equipment, an alignment disk (which cost several hundred dollars) and special software.
If it starts to read, track zero is probably ok. It may NOT be alignment, but could also be bad/sticky worm drive bearings.
Are you able to provide a video of it's behavior ?
Do you have more than one boot floppy ?
If it starts to read, track zero is probably ok. It may NOT be alignment, but could also be bad/sticky worm drive bearings.
Are you able to provide a video of it's behavior ?
Do you have more than one boot floppy ?
Ohh crap, I'm busy for the next few days but when I last saw it, it did start to read I think. I'll upload one when I get some time and I don't think so, I don't even really know what those are to be honest, I inserted a MacPaint one and it booted to the desktop then it blew that part. Thanks.
Did you unscrew the track0 sensor when you repaired the wirings?
If yes, you need to realign the track0 sensor. The fixing screw allows for some adjustments. I usually do this with a trial and error approach. It's a long process but eventually will give good results.
1. take a known good floppy disk (be sure that it reads correctly on another, working, floppy drive)
2. Unscrew the track0 sensor very very slightly (just slightly enough to be able to move the sensor from its current position)
3. Move the track0 sensor in one direction very very very slightly (about 1/4 mm or even less)
3. Tighten the fixing screw again
4. Try if the floppy reads, if not repeat from step 2 by moving in the same direction as before
Note: At step 3, when trying to move the track0 sensor, if it cannot go any further, invert the direction of the movement
Sometimes, you have to try both directions many times to finally hit the "hot spot".It's a long process, but I never had a miss. Unless, of course, the drive has other kind of problems. But I usually try this method at first before messing with the heads.
Good luck.
If yes, you need to realign the track0 sensor. The fixing screw allows for some adjustments. I usually do this with a trial and error approach. It's a long process but eventually will give good results.
1. take a known good floppy disk (be sure that it reads correctly on another, working, floppy drive)
2. Unscrew the track0 sensor very very slightly (just slightly enough to be able to move the sensor from its current position)
3. Move the track0 sensor in one direction very very very slightly (about 1/4 mm or even less)
3. Tighten the fixing screw again
4. Try if the floppy reads, if not repeat from step 2 by moving in the same direction as before
Note: At step 3, when trying to move the track0 sensor, if it cannot go any further, invert the direction of the movement
Sometimes, you have to try both directions many times to finally hit the "hot spot".It's a long process, but I never had a miss. Unless, of course, the drive has other kind of problems. But I usually try this method at first before messing with the heads.
Good luck.
Thanks for the help guys, I managed to bend the leaf slightly and it now gives the happy Mac. Once again thanks for your help
The copper leaf that the top head is actually attached to the rest of the head assembly.
Here is the tip, which I've never tried myself (I always regarded them as parts donor drives if the spring or the leaf was damaged).
http://tkc8800.com/post/macintosh-sony-superdrive-head-spring-repair
Here is the tip, which I've never tried myself (I always regarded them as parts donor drives if the spring or the leaf was damaged).
http://tkc8800.com/post/macintosh-sony-superdrive-head-spring-repair