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Offline ExfsoTopic starter

Amiga 2500 floppy errors
« on: May 13, 2020, 01:08:36 PM »
In addition to my 4000 I also have a 2500. This appears to be working fine except for both floppy drives coming up with DF0:???? and DF1:???? if I place a disk in them..25 years ago, I would have probably known all about this, but killed quite a few brain cells in that time, so am trying to come to terms with this beast again.
 

Offline ExfsoTopic starter

Re: Amiga 2500 floppy errors
« Reply #1 on: May 14, 2020, 11:21:36 AM »
The actual errors are: DF0:???? and DF1:???? not sure where the face came from in the previous post.
 

Offline ExfsoTopic starter

Re: Amiga 2500 floppy errors
« Reply #2 on: May 14, 2020, 11:22:34 AM »
Obviously question marks give a face....
 

Offline ExfsoTopic starter

Re: Amiga 2500 floppy errors
« Reply #3 on: May 14, 2020, 02:38:04 PM »
ok, I read all that information. As I have 2 drives, I would think that the chances of both being faulty is a little remote. I initially had the IDE cable from the drives to the motherboard in the wrong orientation, but getting that correct made no difference. I notice in both cases though when I try to eject a disk they do not pop out and I have to grab them with long nose pliers, so it may be some sort of sticking mechanism that is the culprit here.
 

Offline ExfsoTopic starter

Re: Amiga 2500 floppy errors
« Reply #4 on: May 15, 2020, 05:01:18 PM »
Thanks Matt.  Yeah it has to be something like this.
 

Offline ExfsoTopic starter

Re: Amiga 2500 floppy errors
« Reply #5 on: May 29, 2020, 06:02:08 PM »
Ok, cleaned both drives, they weren't too bad, used IPA and cotton buds checked that there was nothing binding, double checked the connections tried at least half a dozen different floppy disks and still the same problem.