Re: Apple IIe - 2nd floppy drive acting up

[Jcarlson1701 <jcarlson1701@gmail.com>]

On Jul 5, 6:46 pm, Polymorph <polymorp...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On Jul 6, 10:47 am, Jcarlson1701 <jcarlson1...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hello all,
>
> > I have an Apple IIe with 2 of the "new style" Apple floppy disks
> > attached to it (19 pin cable). I have no problems with the first
> > drive, but the 2nd drive is acting oddly. Sometimes I can format, read
> > and write to it. However, other times it can't read what it just wrote
> > a couple of minutes ago. I have tried switching the drives, and it
> > just seems to be the secondary drive that is doing this. Could this be
> > a controller card issue?
>
> > Thanks - Josh
>
> Josh,
>
> The problem is more likely to be dirty heads in your second drive, as
> using old dusty disks will leave nasty deposits on your drives heads.
>
> There is a document floating around the internet explaining the
> process of cleaning the heads - I know, because I followed it some
> months back to clean the heads in my drives. Although not difficult to
> do, it is handy to have the document at your side, as it has fairly
> detailed instructions on pulling the drive apart and what  to actually
> clean for the uninitiated.
>
> If I can't dig this document up, I'm sure someone else here will know
> what I'm referring to.
>
> By the way, once I had cleaned the heads in my drives, they worked
> flawlessly.
>
> cheers,
> -p

Thanks for the info. If you could find the document detailing the
procedure that would be great.

Regards,

Josh