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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga community support ideas => Topic started by: Exfso on May 13, 2020, 01:08:36 PM
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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.
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The actual errors are: DF0:???? and DF1:???? not sure where the face came from in the previous post.
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Obviously question marks give a face....
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Please look also at the possibilities given over here:
https://forum.amiga.org/index.php?topic=74715.msg849287#new
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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.
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I'm assuming the disks themselves are known to be working? Odds are good that the drives are dirty from years in storage rather than broken. Start by running a cleaning disk through them a couple of times (a kit like this (https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/A1npZswaVUL._AC_SL1500_.jpg)). Hopefully that will free them up, but you may have to pop the lid off the drives themselves to clean some of the mechanical components with a q-tip/cotton bud. Isopropyl alcohol is the cleaner of choice for such an operation.
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Thanks Matt. Yeah it has to be something like this.
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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.