17 Nov
2003
17 Nov
'03
5:15 p.m.
My guess is that the analog controller card in the drive housing itself is bad.
I had a similar problem recently, with one drive with a bad motor, and another
with a bad analog card. I was able to make one good drive out of them.
If you have another working drive, I would open them both up, and swap the analog
card. If the "bad" drive then works, you have your answer.
Joe
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On 11/17/2003 at 10:41 PM B.Degnan wrote:
I am looking for a troubleshooting guide web site or
similar resource.
Or
maybe someone here can help?
In a nutshell, I turn on the Apple IIe and drive 1 spins and the drive
light comes on, but does not read any bootable disks. On the display the
screen reads: Apple ][
I have a number of boot disks so I don't think the disks are all bad. I
have checked the cables and the drive card. I have swapped out the drive
card with another that works. I have swapped cables and they seem OK.
How do I diagnose the condition of this computer?
Is there an internal diagnostic? (key combinations?)
What's wrong typically when a disk drive spins but nothing happens?
Playing around with key combinations I found that control+clear
apple+filled apple+reset brings me to a prompt of some kind, but I do not
know what I can do from this prompt.
I have no manuals.
I would be happy to send a set of digital pictures to anyone interested in
helping.
Please email comments to billdeg(a)degnanco.com - thanks!