Zip 250 green light not on

[Predestin8]

My 250 SCSI zip drive has totally bonked out on me...it was behaving
erratically for months but since I seldom use it it wasn't a problem. Then it
stopped mounting on the desktop (Mac) and I'd get the message that no drives
were detected. Now the green activity light doesn't come on at all. I
disassembled and notice that when power is turned on and off to the unit a red
light flashes followed by...nothing. Any ideas for me (other than chucking the
&*^%$# thing in the trash)?
Thanks.
Fred

[Rick]

Post by Predestin8
My 250 SCSI zip drive has totally bonked out on me...it was behaving
erratically for months

Define "erratically." What was it doing or not doing?

Post by Predestin8
but since I seldom use it it wasn't a problem. Then it
stopped mounting on the desktop (Mac) and I'd get the message that no drives
were detected. Now the green activity light doesn't come on at all. I
disassembled and notice that when power is turned on and off to the unit a red
light flashes followed by...nothing. Any ideas for me (other than chucking the
&*^%$# thing in the trash)?
Thanks.
Fred

If it's an external drive have you checked the power supply? Try
swapping it with a known working power supply. If it's an internal
drive it's time to kiss it goodbye.

[Predestin8]

By erratically, I mean it was clicking alot upon disk insertion but still
reading the disk. This is the 3rd one Iomega has exchanged for me under the
"click of death" program and I doubt they'll do it again...plus this is the
only one that has failed to power up at all. This is an external unit. I
still have a power supply from an old unit and it doesn't work any better than
the new one.