Macintosh Plus floppy not reading

keelus

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Jan 5, 2023
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Hello! A few weeks ago I posted here and i was able to fix all the problems I got (link here).
Last week I went and started playing around the floppy drive (i had it appart while fixing the computer itself). Tried inserting a floppy with the 6.8.1 and it just didn't read and couldn't even eject it. I ordered a new gear (that small yellowish gear, that was break), cleaned and lubed the entire drive.

Now, when I have the floppy drive connected I hear a very light ticking noise (coming from the analog board i think?). The important thing is that, when I insert the floppy now, it makes the classic Mac Face, smiling, stays like that for about 5 seconds and then ejects it. What could be the reason?

I got the floppy from a person selling things for mac on my country (Spain).

Here's a video of what happens (i know the screen looks very bad, need to fix that later):

Thanks in advance :)
 
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Paolo B

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Nov 27, 2021
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I would say it’s probably a misaligned floppy, can’t read valid data.
In the resources directory, you can find a manual on how to fix this issue.