Floppy Disk Not Going In All the Way?

[bibilit]

How do you remove the floppy drive from its housing/the Mac's housing to clean it? Also is it possible to essentially turn it into a 512Ke?

Remove the Logic Board, then the 4 screws holding the floppy housing to chassis, then the 4 side screws holding the drive itself.

replacing the Roms will turn a 512k to 512Ke (tried once using the ones from a Plus, but only got a Sad Mac...)

 

[vickersvimy]

How do you remove the screws attached to the chassis? Do you need to remove the chassis first?

If the ROM is replaced can it use the 800k external drives and read/write both sides?

 

[fimbulvetr]

How to disassemble a 512k:

http://tim.id.au/laptops/apple/legacy/macintosh_se.30.pdf

 

[tanaquil]

Once you remove the logic board (gently detach power/drive cables and slide it out), the screws on the underside of the chassis will be easily accessible.

Replacing the ROM and the internal disk drive gives you a 512Ke that can read 800K disks (internal or external), but the upgraded computer will be less valuable to collectors. It might be more useful to you, though!

(I don't know what happens if you don't do the internal drive replacement - presumably the ROM would let you read external 800k drives, but I'm not sure. Apple always did the ROM and drive upgrades together.)

 

[vickersvimy]

The screws on the board seem hard to remove - there is metal or something between them and the clip- am I meant to use a special screwdriver or something?

 

[tanaquil]

The ones on the sides, holding the floppy drive in the bracket? I find these often stick, maybe from being mechanically over-tightened at the factory. Try to use something that gives you extra torque, and apply steady pressure while doing your best not to strip the screws. I believe they are standard Phillips head.

 

[vickersvimy]

No, the ones connecting the chassis of the case to the board. I got two off but the rest seem stuck. I'll have to try with a better screwdriver, or buy an external drive and the Rominator and ignore the internal drive altogether.

 

[olePigeon]

Those little brass screws can be a bit tough, often they have lock washers.  Just press really hard while you screw counter-clockwise, should come out (hopefully) without stripping the screw head.

 

[vickersvimy]

Screen still doesn't seem to be working. I don't think I soldered the new FT in well though so could it be that?

 

[olePigeon]

Make sure you plugged the all the analog cables in good and tight.  I've accidentally knocked one loose before.

 

[vickersvimy]

Analog cables? The monitor's cables?

 

[olePigeon]

Yeah, the cables that connect from the CRT to the analog board, and from there to the motherboard.  It made sense in my head, sorry.

 

[vickersvimy]

No, they seem to be stuck in pretty well... hm....