Fixing "dead" 3.5" platinum 800K drives

[buggie@ben08.unm.edu (stephen e buggie)]

       FIXING "DEAD" 3.5" 800K PLATINUM DISK DRIVES
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I just batted "5-for-5" on repairing a set of platinum 3.5" drives!
Here is advice:

Two worked again just by opening the case and cleaning out the cobwebs,
etc.

One worked again when I transplanted the drive from a scrapped Macintosh
II into the external casing.

One had its internal IDE-20 plug disconnected from the analog board
socket.

The last one took 4-5 hours!   It finally worked when I swapped it into a
different casing.....

Never give up on apparently "dead" Apple hardware!   Long live A2!

Steve Buggie			Gallup NM




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