Fairlight-CMI

If both drives are failing, doesn't that point to a controller fault?

 

From: Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf Of WT
Sent: Monday, 11 March 2013 2:50 AM
To: Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Fairlight-CMI] Re: Floppy drive issues

 

  

Is the screw that holds the spindle loose ?

 

WT

 

----- Original Message ----- 

From: David <mailto:davidmorley@gmx.net>  

To: Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com 

Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2013 12:07 PM

Subject: [Fairlight-CMI] Re: Floppy drive issues

 

  


David
If you want to try one of my drives in your machine, give me a call!

--- In Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com, "dvdborn" <dvdborn@...> wrote:
>
> I removed both drives from the IIx and they didn't really looked like they
needed any cleaning. There wasn't any grease or dirt to be seen.
> 
> You can have a look at both drives on this page that I quickly put
together:
> 
> http://apple.phl.be/~dvdborn/Fairlight/IIx_drives/
> 
> There's also a sound recording of one of the drives trying to boot and a
screen shot of the failing boot process.
> 
> Now that both drives are back in the IIx they both exhibit the same
problem.
> 
> Before, only the the right side drive would try to boot. The left drive
wouldn't do anything. Now, the left drive also tries to boot when it's
selected as the boot drive.
> 
> So, there's some improvement. But I'm not quite there yet.
> 
> Best,
> David
>