Re: Info request reguarding 5.25 drive repair.

[schuch@phx.mcd.mot.com (John Schuch)]

In article <C7rw24.34F@eis.calstate.edu> sjensen@eis.calstate.edu (Steve Jensen) writes:
>Easy to try stuff:
>Clean the read/write head.
>Check the little felt pad on the pressure arm.  If it is fuzzed up it must
>be replaced.
>Check the drive speed using Copy II+.
>Clean all cable connections using a pencil eraser 'till they shine.
>
Also:

There is an infrared LED and phototransistor pair that detect the
index hole on the spinning diskette. (That's the small hole next to 
the large central hole on the disk.) I've seen a lot of bad drives
repaired by getting the dust and crud off of the LED and detector.

John