Re: How do you know 3.5" disk drive works?

["Paul G." <carbide@egine.com>]

On Mar 30, 2:08 pm, "Michael J. Mahon" <mjma...@aol.com> wrote:
> limtc wrote:
> > I attempt to take a unfortunately rather blurry image of the drive
> > head. You can see a straight line across the square head.
>
> >http://retromaccast.ning.com/photo/photo/show?id=1672786%3APhoto%3A17433
>
> That "line" is the actual head--the material around it is just
> ceramic in which the head is embedded.

This is not specific to this model, but I've had some luck getting
floppy drives to work by removing and reinserting the little ribbon
cables into their sockets. I'm guessing the tin plated connectors
oxidize, so removing and reinserting them rubs off the oxidation.
-Paul