Re: Question about 3.5" drive...

[dciotti@pppl.gov (Dave Ciotti)]

In article <3fi70b$4qf@acme.freenet.columbus.oh.us>
kchang@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Kevin Chang) writes:

> Upon ejecting the disk, I noticed a small metal square sitting on
> top of it.  I have no idea what it is--it's about 2cm square with one side
> having the letter "V" near the top, and 'G79A19' near the bottom; the
> other side has the remnants of some sort of glue..?

That plate goes on top of the top head inside the drive.  I once fixed
a drive by regluing that piece of metal to the head shell with contact
cement.  SAVE IT!  If you have problems with the drive in the future,
replace the metal and see what happens.

Binary.Bear on GEnie