a500 floppy drive of doom!

[Generale]

Hey everyone. I'm back!

My poor A500 had a problem with its floppy drive. It has a tendency to carve concentric rings into floppy disk surfaces.

This has been since a contaminated disk was sent through the drive.

I finally got a drive cleaner a few days ago. I've sent it through quite a few times now. I'm not sure if it has made any difference.

Anyhow, what I want to ask is this;

If there are rings worn into the disks at specific points instead of general scratching, what does that mean? Is it contamination in the runner for the head, or the wor gear or something?

[Generale]

I agree. disassembly wil reveal all.

As for the head being ripped off the suspension, wouldn't that stop the drive from reading things correctly?
Oddly enough it still reads not a problem. It just tends to grind away a few thin rings of the disk in a couple of minutes. I *may* have fixed the problem with the disk drive cleaner. I'll make a sacrificial disk to find out.

Next job, to find out what keeps going wrong when I try to play a game.