29 Jan
2012
29 Jan
'12
11:27 a.m.
Might I ask why
you are removing the case bucket?
Mark,
Something happened to the floppy drive. It worked fine for a long time, =
but now will not allow a disk to be fully inserted. It goes it about =
all but the last quarter inch. I can't see the problem by looking = through the slot, so it looks like I need to get
inside. The case just =
seemed much harder to open than I expected, so I wanted to make sure I =
didn't break anything. I'll be careful to stay away from the high =
voltage innards. =20
IIRC, the easiest way to get the drive out of one of these machines is
(with it face down) to remvoe the case, then unplgu the drive cable and
power/vide cable from the logic ('digital') board and slide this board
out towards what should be the back of the machine. Undo the 4 screws
holdig nthe drive metalwork in place, then take the whole assebmbly out.
Then take the drvie otu of the metal bracketry.
The problem comes in disconnectign the power/video cable. It's often a
tight bit on the logic board connector, and comes off suddenly. Problem
is, you're workign under the back end of the CRT and it's not unheard-of
for the repairer's hand to hit the CRT and crack the neck off it. But if
you know of the problem you can take a lot of care and easy the connecotr
off.
-tony