UPDATE: Most Common Problem With Floppy Disk Drives

[Brad]

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

 

[Homer J Simpson]

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.

 

[rebel]

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.

 

[Michael A. Terrell]

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

 

[Michael Black]

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

 

[budgie]

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).

 

[Michael A. Terrell]

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

 

[Meat Plow]

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

http://www.gamesx.com/misctech/panamsxdrive.htm

The floppy drive in a Roland S-10 sampling keyboard also has a belt.

 

[Splork]

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

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

 

[bz]

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.


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

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[Michael A. Terrell]

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

 

[Gary Tait]

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.