Re: Problems! Disk ][ drive just whirs and whirs; IIc monitor knob stuck; IIe enhanced not...

[Larry Stedman <stedman@binghamton.edu>]

Appreciate the fast responses!  Thanks for the //e, 80 col. card history.

Is there any possibility that a chip was pulled or that something needs 
to be re-seated on the motherboard to restore it to being a //e?   I 
guess I should Google and see what the enhanced motherboard looks like.  
Oh, wait, one of the IIes here is an enhanced.  I'll open 'em and 
compare.

How would I go about cleaning the disk drives?  I know in the old days 
Radio Shack sold disk drive cleaning kits, but I can't believe they'd 
have anything like that anymore!  

I'm tentatively ruling out the cable as both Disk ][ drives have the 
same problem so it'd have to be a prob with each of their cables!  

Does that Track $11, Sector $F  i/o error mean something?  I don't get 
the initial rattling that most Apple II drives give you when they're  
trying to read a disk.  Head issue?  Stepper motor prob?  

Could a disk ][ controller card problem prevent a disk from 
reading/working properly?  That would affect both of them.

Larry Stedman
Suburban Milky Way