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Hi,

One problem floppy drive in a laptop, I hear a "wine" noise (belt slip)
during an attempt to read a floppy. I removed the floppy drive and checked
it. I removed the belt and cleaned it with a rubber cleaner/revitalizer.
Afterwards, no more "wine" noise and the floppy drive can read/write now.

I would like to buy a new belt, but this belt is very small in thickness
(can't use any other type of belt), and I doubt I can find a source that
sells them.
Brad

On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 12:36:04 GMT, (Brad) wrote:

Hi,

I have three computers that developed problems with reading floppy disks.
Note: This problem occurred at a different time for each computer.

What is the most common problem with floppy disk drives?

Thanks in advance, Brad

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"Brad" wrote in message
...

I would like to buy a new belt, but this belt is very small in
thickness
(can't use any other type of belt), and I doubt I can find a source that
sells them.

Try a hydraulics shop for o-rings and other seals.

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On Wed, 07 Feb 2007 12:32:55 GMT, (Brad) wrote:

Hi,

One problem floppy drive in a laptop, I hear a "wine" noise (belt slip)
during an attempt to read a floppy. I removed the floppy drive and checked
it. I removed the belt and cleaned it with a rubber cleaner/revitalizer.
Afterwards, no more "wine" noise and the floppy drive can read/write now.

I would like to buy a new belt, but this belt is very small in thickness
(can't use any other type of belt), and I doubt I can find a source that
sells them.

Here in Australia we have a trade shop which supplies repairers with components,
and they have an extensive range of circular/square/flat drive belts for audio
etc gear. I'm sure there are similar suppliers over your side.

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Brad wrote:

Hi,

One problem floppy drive in a laptop, I hear a "wine" noise (belt slip)
during an attempt to read a floppy. I removed the floppy drive and checked
it. I removed the belt and cleaned it with a rubber cleaner/revitalizer.
Afterwards, no more "wine" noise and the floppy drive can read/write now.

I would like to buy a new belt, but this belt is very small in thickness
(can't use any other type of belt), and I doubt I can find a source that
sells them.


A floppy drive with a belt, and in a laptop? I haven't seen anything
but direct drive motors in floppy drives, since the 360K full height
5.25" drives went away. Who made the drive, and what is the model
number?


--
Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #85.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

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"Michael A. Terrell" ) writes:
Brad wrote:

Hi,

One problem floppy drive in a laptop, I hear a "wine" noise (belt slip)
during an attempt to read a floppy. I removed the floppy drive and checked
it. I removed the belt and cleaned it with a rubber cleaner/revitalizer.
Afterwards, no more "wine" noise and the floppy drive can read/write now.

I would like to buy a new belt, but this belt is very small in thickness
(can't use any other type of belt), and I doubt I can find a source that
sells them.


A floppy drive with a belt, and in a laptop? I haven't seen anything
but direct drive motors in floppy drives, since the 360K full height
5.25" drives went away. Who made the drive, and what is the model
number?

I'm sure I've seen belts in 3.5" laptop drives, but they'd date
from a time when the floppy drives were the only storage the laptop
had.

Michael

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On Thu, 08 Feb 2007 16:16:47 GMT, "Michael A. Terrell"
wrote:

A floppy drive with a belt, and in a laptop? I haven't seen anything
but direct drive motors in floppy drives, since the 360K full height
5.25" drives went away. Who made the drive, and what is the model
number?

My AcerNote Lite laptops use external floppy drives which have a belt drive.

I suspect it is done to achieve a low profile (although why a low profile
matters on an external drive is a mystery).

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Michael Black wrote:

"Michael A. Terrell" ) writes:
Brad wrote:

Hi,

One problem floppy drive in a laptop, I hear a "wine" noise (belt slip)
during an attempt to read a floppy. I removed the floppy drive and checked
it. I removed the belt and cleaned it with a rubber cleaner/revitalizer.
Afterwards, no more "wine" noise and the floppy drive can read/write now.

I would like to buy a new belt, but this belt is very small in thickness
(can't use any other type of belt), and I doubt I can find a source that
sells them.


A floppy drive with a belt, and in a laptop? I haven't seen anything
but direct drive motors in floppy drives, since the 360K full height
5.25" drives went away. Who made the drive, and what is the model
number?

I'm sure I've seen belts in 3.5" laptop drives, but they'd date
from a time when the floppy drives were the only storage the laptop
had.

Michael


I've seen hundreds of 3.5" drives, including the early full height,
but never one with a drive belt.


--
Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #85.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

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Splork wrote in
:

On Wed, 07 Feb 2007 20:02:19 GMT, "Homer J Simpson"
wrote:


"Brad" wrote in message
...

I would like to buy a new belt, but this belt is very small in
thickness
(can't use any other type of belt), and I doubt I can find a source
that sells them.

Try a hydraulics shop for o-rings and other seals.


For belts, I have been lucky here. Menu on left side: Belts

Where is 'here'? I don't see any menu on the left side of my screen. I am
using xnews to read the sci.electonics.repair newsgroup.

I am guessing that you are using google groups or some other way of
reading news groups, but you need to keep in minds that many others are
not doing so and are not seeing the ads that you are seeing.


--
bz 73 de N5BZ k

please pardon my infinite ignorance, the set-of-things-I-do-not-know is an
infinite set.

remove ch100-5 to avoid spam trap

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bz wrote:

Where is 'here'? I don't see any menu on the left side of my screen. I am
using xnews to read the sci.electonics.repair newsgroup.

I am guessing that you are using google groups or some other way of
reading news groups, but you need to keep in minds that many others are
not doing so and are not seeing the ads that you are seeing.

There are no URLs in his message. He must have forgot to paste them
in.

--
Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #85.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

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"Michael A. Terrell" wrote in
:


A floppy drive with a belt, and in a laptop? I haven't seen anything
but direct drive motors in floppy drives, since the 360K full height
5.25" drives went away. Who made the drive, and what is the model
number?

I had a Toshiba Satellite 100 (I think). It was a PI-75, with a 540 MB HDD.
Its floppy drive spindle was belt driven from a DC-PM motor.I think though,
the slightly newert Laptop I have has a direct drive floppy.