Hello all.
I have a Superdrive in an SE/30 that's not reading or initialising disks. Two in fact, but I'm only looking at one at the moment. Fortunately I have a known good drive that does work with this machine, so the logic board is good.
With this drive I've cleaned and lubricated it, but it did not change the behaviour. Comparing it closely to the working drive, it appears the top read head is a bit springy and not clamping properly. With a little weight, specifically two M6 nuts, the drive does in fact work. Not an especially elegant solution, mind:
So, impractical solutions aside, can this be fixed permanently? Can I just take that head assembly off and give the metal part a little tweak, or does some special care need to be taken here? The weird star screws that are holding it together scream "don't disassemble me bro" - but also I can't really make it worse at this point (probably). What size and shape is that screw head pattern anyway?
Cheers!
I have a Superdrive in an SE/30 that's not reading or initialising disks. Two in fact, but I'm only looking at one at the moment. Fortunately I have a known good drive that does work with this machine, so the logic board is good.
With this drive I've cleaned and lubricated it, but it did not change the behaviour. Comparing it closely to the working drive, it appears the top read head is a bit springy and not clamping properly. With a little weight, specifically two M6 nuts, the drive does in fact work. Not an especially elegant solution, mind:
So, impractical solutions aside, can this be fixed permanently? Can I just take that head assembly off and give the metal part a little tweak, or does some special care need to be taken here? The weird star screws that are holding it together scream "don't disassemble me bro" - but also I can't really make it worse at this point (probably). What size and shape is that screw head pattern anyway?
Cheers!
