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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 Before you type your password, credit card number, etc., be sure there is no active keystroke logger (spyware) in your PC. |
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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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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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: 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. |
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