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Fairlight-Rookie here, Floppy disk won't slide in all the way...

2011-02-22 by trickstar303

Hello,

Just wanted to briefly introduce myself.  I'm a new proud CMI IIx owner. :-) I just had a moment to set it up for the first time since I picked it up last Saturday and I already encountered the first problem:

The floppy disks won't go in all the way, they insert about half way or so and then something blocks them. When I peeked inside it seems that those white round plasticky things are in the way or something. The seller had mentioned that he had to oil the drives in the past. Could it be that those things are supposed to snap back and aren't? Is there a trick and/or a way to fix that? They were working just fine at the sellers house when he demo'ed it. But he had the mainframe laying sideways on the woodrails (the proper way I take it). When I brought it to my studio I had to set it upright like a pc-tower due to lack of space. Is it ok to setup a CMI like that and could that affect the floppies? 

Thanks.
George

Re: [Fairlight-CMI] Fairlight-Rookie here, Floppy disk won't slide in all the way...

2011-02-23 by WT

George,

congrats on the CMI IIX.

What has happened is that the screw that holds the white disc in place has 
come loose. It needs to be tighten.

I had to do it to mine as it was just a little too loose for the drive to 
grab the disc properly to rotate it.

It seems that your drives disc(s) has come loose. Just hope that the screw 
is still in place and not rattleing around inside the CMI causing a 
shortcircuit. I would not power up the CMI until you have removed the 
drive(s) and inspected it.

Good luck with the service.

WT

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From: "trickstar303" <trickstar303@yahoo.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2011 1:22 AM
Subject: [Fairlight-CMI] Fairlight-Rookie here, Floppy disk won't slide in 
all the way...

Hello,

Just wanted to briefly introduce myself.  I'm a new proud CMI IIx owner. :-) 
I just had a moment to set it up for the first time since I picked it up 
last Saturday and I already encountered the first problem:

The floppy disks won't go in all the way, they insert about half way or so 
and then something blocks them. When I peeked inside it seems that those 
white round plasticky things are in the way or something. The seller had 
mentioned that he had to oil the drives in the past. Could it be that those 
things are supposed to snap back and aren't? Is there a trick and/or a way 
to fix that? They were working just fine at the sellers house when he 
demo'ed it. But he had the mainframe laying sideways on the woodrails (the 
proper way I take it). When I brought it to my studio I had to set it 
upright like a pc-tower due to lack of space. Is it ok to setup a CMI like 
that and could that affect the floppies?

Thanks.
George

Re: [Fairlight-CMI] Fairlight-Rookie here, Floppy disk won't slide in all the way...

2011-02-23 by Joe Sleator

Hi There George,

That's some good advice from WT. If you unplug the mains connector (they're not that well protected inside) you can easily take off the right (from the front) cheek side panel and examine drive 1. Assuming the same thing is wrong with both, looking at the top of the drive while you slide a (spare) floppy into it should reveal what's going on exactly. If that's easy to fix the other is slightly harder as you have to unscrew and slide the right side drive out to get to the other. Those screws are top and bottom, so best to put the CMI up on its far end, then remove the floor and ceiling covers. They're all phillips head.

At this juncture you can also get the part number for the drive (there were about 2 styles in the IIx) and maybe post a photo, if you can't work out what the trouble is.

The real challenge from memory is that the drives are a bit heavy if you're used to 3.5", and it's all right next to the mains switch, which might or might not be insulated, so you should definitely unplug it from the wall before touching anything inside.

Good Luck,

Joe

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On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 11:22 AM, trickstar303 <trickstar303@yahoo.com> wrote:

Hello,

Just wanted to briefly introduce myself. I'm a new proud CMI IIx owner. :-) I just had a moment to set it up for the first time since I picked it up last Saturday and I already encountered the first problem:

The floppy disks won't go in all the way, they insert about half way or so and then something blocks them. When I peeked inside it seems that those white round plasticky things are in the way or something. The seller had mentioned that he had to oil the drives in the past. Could it be that those things are supposed to snap back and aren't? Is there a trick and/or a way to fix that? They were working just fine at the sellers house when he demo'ed it. But he had the mainframe laying sideways on the woodrails (the proper way I take it). When I brought it to my studio I had to set it upright like a pc-tower due to lack of space. Is it ok to setup a CMI like that and could that affect the floppies?

Thanks.
George

Re: [Fairlight-CMI] Fairlight-Rookie here, Floppy disk won't slide in all the way...

2011-02-23 by Harald Feldmann

Hi George,

Why not start by putting it in the normal position and check the if the
drives work that way ? Least trouble.

Regards,
Harald.

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>> to fix that? They were working just fine at the sellers house when he
>> demo'ed it. But he had the mainframe laying sideways on the woodrails
>> (the
>> proper way I take it). When I brought it to my studio I had to set it
>> upright like a pc-tower due to lack of space. Is it ok to setup a CMI
>> like
>> that and could that affect the floppies?
>>
>> Thanks.
>> George