Re: 3.5 inch disk drive for IIgs (apple brand) - Notworkingproperly! Help!

[schmidtd <schmidtd@my-deja.com>]

On Oct 12, 8:25 am, powe...@macgui.com (Sam Latella) wrote:
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> If it is the actual controller on the board of the IIgs how do I go about
> fixing it?

Errr, you don't.  You swap out the motherboard.

> I would rather fix it then swap out the whole board.  Since this
> IIgs was installed in an actual IBM tower case many years ago!  Yes
> everything is crammed in a tower case except for the 3.5 inch drive never
> got around to do this part.

I suppose you could unsolder some of the chips and replace them.  But
there's no guarantee that would work, and you've already removed the
board and sourced a replacement by then... there's not an easily
replaceable part that will make the controller work again.