Built in Zip 100 in Mac G4

[l***@shaw.ca]

Need help please, group! Got a Mac G4 tower with a built-in Zip 100. The
Zip disc goes in, the green light flashes, then......nothing! No icon on
screen, nothing! Put in the Iomega CD, it says "No disc". This means of
course that I can't eject it. The Zip has behaved for five or more years
and it's been a good 'un, how do I fix it, please?

[Eric]

Post by l***@shaw.ca
Need help please, group! Got a Mac G4 tower with a built-in Zip 100. The
Zip disc goes in, the green light flashes, then......nothing! No icon on
screen, nothing! Put in the Iomega CD, it says "No disc". This means of
course that I can't eject it. The Zip has behaved for five or more years
and it's been a good 'un, how do I fix it, please?

It sounds like your drive's symptoms are very similar to ones I've come
across that can be fixed by lubing the guide rails for the head mechanism.

Please refer to my earlier two posts on this subject...

Post by l***@shaw.ca
I'm not familiar with the switch issue. That's news to me too. However,
I did fix my click of death SCSI internal Zip100 drive. Please see my
prior post from about 3 months ago, http://tinyurl.com/39o65. The drive
has been working fine ever since! Every once and a while I'll write a
full disk of data to it, 95 MB, just help to keep it going. I should
note that I was able to lube the center rail from the top side of the
drive after I took the cover off and not from the bottom side as is
discussed in the link in my prior post.

Eric