So i have a Macintosh that i bought for a good price a while back (probably a year ago) and when i first turned it on it had issues, but i didn't do much with it, and stuck it in my closet. I have finally gotten back around to working on it, but i'm not 100% sure what is going on.
The miniscribe hard drive is making clicking and thumps, and the floppy drive is having all kinds of problems (ejecting mechanism, read/ write head), and between both of them, all i can get it to do is turn on. Everything else looks fine inside, the analog board is good, and the logic board is good. Someone before me, even had the sense to take the battery out of the board for me. I really don't want to give up on it, and buying a replacement hard drive and floppy drive isn't out of the question, i just want to know if i have too.
First question, is the hard drive completely gone, or is there any hope for it?
Second question, any ideas what might be causing the floppy drive to fail? I know that a pin is sticking that holds the floppy while ejecting, but why isn't it reading? The lubrication still looks okay, so?
Here is a video https://youtu.be/ia5dqSUoJhI
(the sad mad was when i pressed interrupt btw)
The miniscribe hard drive is making clicking and thumps, and the floppy drive is having all kinds of problems (ejecting mechanism, read/ write head), and between both of them, all i can get it to do is turn on. Everything else looks fine inside, the analog board is good, and the logic board is good. Someone before me, even had the sense to take the battery out of the board for me. I really don't want to give up on it, and buying a replacement hard drive and floppy drive isn't out of the question, i just want to know if i have too.
First question, is the hard drive completely gone, or is there any hope for it?
Second question, any ideas what might be causing the floppy drive to fail? I know that a pin is sticking that holds the floppy while ejecting, but why isn't it reading? The lubrication still looks okay, so?
Here is a video https://youtu.be/ia5dqSUoJhI
(the sad mad was when i pressed interrupt btw)
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