jimbojones Posted November 19, 2020 Report Share Posted November 19, 2020 (edited) I have two SE/30s and recently tried the floppy drive in one and found it throwing up the "This disk is unreadable" error, and then fails to initalise any disks I have. I took the drive out, re-greased the metal and cleaned the heads with IPA, but no luck. I then took the floppy from my other SE/30 and swapped it in. Still no luck, so I tried the "broken" drive in the other SE/30 and it works fine! They are both Sony 2MB drives (looks like one is Rev2 and the other Rev3). I have some Classic's as well. Any one know if their drives will work in an SE? I tried the SE drive on a Power Mac and the eject function went a bit crazy Anything obvious I can try to get this working? The machine hasn't been recapped yet, but has been cleaned. It works fine except for faint audio. Edited November 19, 2020 by jimbojones Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LaPorta Posted November 19, 2020 Report Share Posted November 19, 2020 It is possible that the Bournes filters have gone bad. If you have a copy of The Dead Mac Scrolls, there is a tutorial on how to ascertain what might be the issue. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jimbojones Posted November 20, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2020 Good shout. I'll take a look. Thanks! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Juror22 Posted November 20, 2020 Report Share Posted November 20, 2020 While checking parts, make sure that the floppy drive cable is correct and undamaged. If it has a problem, it would account for the results, and is easy to check. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dochilli Posted November 20, 2020 Report Share Posted November 20, 2020 I do not know, if it matters, but the SE/30 had somtimes a 800KB drive when it was upgraded from a SE. The floppy cable had a yellow cable at one side. I have one of those upgraded versions. The 1.44 MB floppy cable had a red cable. Perhaps you have the wrong cable in the SE/30? Please correct me, if the cable color has no influence on the function. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jimbojones Posted November 20, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2020 I tried a load more disks and it seems I was just testing initially with a couple of dodgy disks. Both drives are working fine now, thanks to everyone who helped! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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