Fairlight-CMI

sounds like it's time for the old floppy drives to
visit M. Farris (the drive doctors) in California

http://www.mfarris.com

these guys can fix & provide parts for any drives of any type.

regards,
David




--- In Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com, feldmann@x wrote:
> 1. Can you hear the disk spinning ?
> 
> - diagnostic: the mechanics of the drive can not properly transfer 
enough
> 'spin' to the disk to keep it spinning. This is a common problem 
with
> record players, old diskette drives, laser printers and tape units 
of all
> sorts. They use rubber which loses its 'grip' over time. Possibly 
the
> rubber band that spins the center hub is slipping or broken. If 
slipping,
> cleaning it with a moist cloth might help. If broken, try to find a
> replacement.
> 
> 2. The disk heads are dirty.
> 
> - Use a cleaning disk or open the system and inspect the disk heads
> manually to find out whether any dirt (mainly dust and/or oxide) is
> present on the head. Clean using pure alcohol on a cotton swab. Do 
not use
> anything else.
> 
> 3. Bad luck, I'm out of options.
> 
> Good luck to you, but chances are it's repairable.
> 
> Harald.
> 
> > I've always used the left-hand drive as Drive 1 on my Series I. 
Only
> > ever used it to load a test 'beep' sound, and a tiny page R 
sequence,
> > from the diagnostics disk - because I had no sound library. (well 
a
> > Series I doesn't have much *practical* use any more!) Never had 
any
> > problems.