Problem with Disk ][ drives

[arteest@cyberspace.com (Brent A Picasso)]

Hello--

I have an //e which has a problem with it's Disk ][ drive-  when I boot 
the computer, the drive head does make the recalibrate noise- but rather 
soft sounding- and with a disk in (and many others), it doesent seem to 
do anything.  I took the cover off of the drive, and manually turned the 
stepper motor to manually set the R/W head to track 0.  When I turned on 
the power, it seems to read that track, then attempts to move the head to 
the next track, on it's way to booting up.
 

Instead of smoothly stepping to the next track, the R/W arm simply 
attempts to move, but instead makes the classic "bzzzz" (oops, I left the 
drive door open) error sound, and never boots up.. It just keeps trying 
to move the arm over and over.  you would think it's a problem with the 
drive, so I went and bought a second, used disk ][ drive.  It does the 
EXACT SAME THING as the first.  unless both drives are shot, I was thinking 
that it could be the disk controller card.. what else could it be???


Any help or ideas would be greatly appreciated!

-Brent 



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