+eebuckeye Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 I have an external floppy that quit working. I cleaned the head and it still does not load. I verified the disks with a PEB and they load fine. Is there anything else I can try to get this drive working? If not what kind of drive do I need to replace it? I need to make sure it has the same external connector for my cable to plug in. Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 Hi, hmm nice housing. Do you have some infos on the drive ? Manufacturer and Type-# maybe ? (for the list ) Maybe - if you have used a cleaning-floppydisk "only", you could clean it again with a cotton swap and some alcohol ? (I don´t mean Whiskey as a mitigation for you) This helped me once, on very dirty heads. (But I see the housing is open, so maybe you already gave this a try.....) Another possibility is the cable or the external connector on the Floppy-conroller, as these are others than you´ve used on your positive test as described, with the PEB-inside-drives. Last but not least, maybe the terminator/resistor-pack on one of you other internal drives is "broken", (normally, the drive at the end of the internal floppycable) and accidential lets your external drive suffer... Maybe a try with your external drive here, single attached, could be good good luck 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 also: check the power supply to see if it's still putting out +5 +12 on the red and yellow wires respectively Greg 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+eebuckeye Posted November 16, 2015 Author Share Posted November 16, 2015 The drive says 'Copal' on it but I wonder if I can swap out another drive in the housing? Could it be any 5.25 drive? Unfortunately cleaning is not helping me anymore. The drive spins up like it should when being accessed but it just does not pull any data from any disk (which are verified to work with my standard PEB). I do not have an internal drive with this system.. this external drive is used with a Corcomp 9900. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 . hmm, watching your pics in detail, maybe you have to apply this resistor-pack if it is the only drive ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+eebuckeye Posted November 16, 2015 Author Share Posted November 16, 2015 Interesting.. the drive was working fine for awhile though so I would expect they are not needed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 . maybe maybe.... but there is nothing to loose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+eebuckeye Posted November 16, 2015 Author Share Posted November 16, 2015 Dumb question but I just insert them?? I don't need to do anything else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 . yes, this should be the way. ... One question is about this old resistors´ condition..... And, to get sure about all, best way could be just to check the drives manual (exact drivetype/name?) and maybe wait a little bit here for more comments on this resistor-pack. And you are right, it is a bit weird that it worked all the years, without resistor......and now you should set the resistor to work ? But I had more then one of such strange experiences, and the best way is to try it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aftyde Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 Certainly fix the drive - or replace it such that you can get your data OFF that media. Then replace it with a Lotharek floppy emulator! They are expensive - but worth it... http://lotharek.pl/product.php?pid=120 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+eebuckeye Posted November 17, 2015 Author Share Posted November 17, 2015 Well I tried the resistor pack.. IT WORKS!?!?! What the heck??? I can't figure out how it would have loaded any disks... 'Right now' it is working great.. not sure how long it will last but incredible! Thanks! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 hmmmm, life is sometimes strange. but technic is almost strange maybe the "resistance" on the controller-side got a bit weak or "tired", no longer working without the originally needed once on the drives side. ...but, if you don't ask, I don't have to lie to you. :0) vive la resistance 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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