Re: Lisa 2/10 floppy drive help

On Jan 6, 3:54 pm, NateSpin <nspin..._at_email.domain.hidden> wrote:
>   Back in Aug 07 I picked up a Lisa 2/10 off a local craigslisting.  I
> finally have some spare time to try and fix it, but am having some
> issues with the floppy disk drive.  Initially the floppy disk drive
> seemed frozen and wasn't allowing a disk to be inserted into it.  I
> followed the floppy lube instruction found in another posting and now
> disks insert and eject with ease.  I also added a small piece of felt
> to the pressure pad assembly as it was missing the pad.
>
>   Unfortunately, after reassembling everything and inserting a floppy
> disk into it, I just get 3 beeps (no floppy disk present) when trying
> to startup from the floppy.  I do see 2 red LEDs on inside the floppy
> disk drive, so it is getting some power, but I don't here it attempt
> to spin up or anything.  Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
> Nate

Well, partially answering my own question, after doing some more tinkering, it would turn out that the red LEDs I see inside the floppy disk drive are actually used to tell the drive if a floppy disk has been inserted. Apparently, when I insert a floppy disk, it isn't displacing a small black plastic piece far enough to block the RED lights, thus the floppy disk drive doesn't know that a disk has been inserted. Now I just need to figure out why the black plastic piece isn't being displaced far enough.
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