Problem with floppy drives

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Tesla
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Problem with floppy drives

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Hi all.
I have a problem with my floppies drives.
They are connected by a twistled cable (thank Derek) to a Tetroid SGC. Time ago the flp2_ began to work badly and finally, inserting the disk it makes immediately a rustling noise. So I replaced the drive with an other.
Now the new drive works perfectly but the old drive makes a rustling noise soon as I insert a floppy, and obviously doesn't work.
Can someone help me?
Thank you all.
Greetings, Marco


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Re: Problem with floppy drives

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Still unsolved?


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Re: Problem with floppy drives

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Hi,

Maybe try cleaning the insides of the floppy drives, maybe there is dust on the mechanism.

Either take the top cover from the drive and use a Cotton Bub with Isopropyl alcohol (IPA) on read/write heads and gearing that moves the drive head.


Regards, Derek
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