Ultrabay2000 Zip Drive Click of death

[PandorasThinkpad]

Hi there folks..

Have an nowadays not anymore often found Ultrabay2000 Zip Drive 250 that isn't working as it should, the only thing happening when i insert an zip disk, the click of death.

Is there a way to fix this or not?

In detail, does someone have had such an drive with an clickvof death, too…and did an successful repair, pictures or an to do from this kind of repair?

Thanks so far,

PandorasThinkpad

[kfzhu1229]

Well you should open it up, pray that the drive heads themselves are not damaged, and try giving it a cotton swab of alcohol to clean them.
Also make sure nothing is seizing up the motor.
I know those things are rare, I have a bunch of ZIP 100 disks but I gave up finding an Ultrabay 2000 Zip drive and went with a Dell C-bay one instead.