Re: Too good to be true -- floppy light stays on permanently

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From: DJ Smelly
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 01:55

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Loosening the screws on a floppy unit can fix a prob with the drive not
reading floppy's properly. got something to do with crappy cases twisting
the drive a bit. loosening the screws allows the drive to "straighten" up
and read properly. but it won't fix that prob of the drive light staying on!
:-)

Peter

"jim dorey" <skaar@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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> MyName wrote:
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> > If flipping the cable doesn't work (which definitely could be the
problem),
>
> ya.
>
> > loosen the screws and push the floppy unit into the case about 1/8 to
1/4
> > inch.
>
> huh?
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> > Cheers
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