[Coco] coco the click of death

[Roy Justus]

thanks for the help.  Now i know what to look for.
 
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Johann Klasek <johann+coco at klasek.at>
To: Roy Justus via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Cc: Roy Justus <rjrtty at aol.com>
Sent: Thu, Jun 17, 2021 10:37 am
Subject: Re: [Coco] coco the click of death

On Thu, Jun 17, 2021 at 09:09:32AM +0000, Roy Justus via Coco wrote:
> people,
>         Well it finally happened.  After a period of heavy use my TC3 scsi zipdrive refuses to function.  It just makes a clicking noise and stops.
> I vaguely remember hearing about this on the list but cannot recall
> the details.   
> what is it and can it be fixed.

Is it a ZIP250 drive? These are vulnerable to this.

There is an analysis and repair instructions on
https://www.siber-sonic.com/mac/Zip250fix.html

Be sure to sort the ZIP disk medium out which has caused the CoD ... it
might probably harm other drives in the same way.

Regards,

Johann


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