From: bjjlyates@bellsouth.net   
      
   On 8/22/07 9:01 AM, in article fahc53$hcd$1@aioe.org, "Tom Lake"   
    wrote:   
      
   > On my Model III, drive 1 is only detected on one out of ten boots or so.   
   > The drive light always comes on during the boot process so I know it's   
   > getting some kind of signal.  Could this be caused by dirty contacts?   
   > The reason I ask is the keyboard was failing to register quite a few keys   
   > but by pressing them and wiggling them with much force multiple times,   
   > most keys are now solid and reliable again. I figure I wore off the film   
   > of insulating grime on them. Could the same substance be on the drive   
   > cable contacts?   
      
   Anything is possible - but does it come and go as you wiggle the cable? You   
   can easily clean the drive contacts, not always easy with keyboards.   
      
   It could also be a resistor-pack issue. Does drive 0 act ok?   
      
   More than likely, it could be a worn-out drive. They do go bad. I just   
   recently threw away about 10 5.25" drives that had simply stopped working   
   over the years. Half couldn't be seen, two of them seemed to format, but   
   then came up with a mess of errors every time. Cleaning didn't help.   
      
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