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Floppy issues
« on: December 30, 2002, 08:32:34 PM »
 A friend of mine was using his A1200 the other day when, within the span of 10 minuites, all his floppy drives (1 internal and 2 external) stopped operating properly. All three give "invalid track 0" errors on any floppy disk tried. He has no Hard drive so it cannot be a software issue, he has tried multiple disks so it really can't be a disk issue, and it's doing it on all 3 drives so it can't relly be a drive issue. The only thing left really Is a problem with the drive controller, yes?
 Any ideas greatly appreciated!
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Re: Floppy issues
« Reply #1 on: December 30, 2002, 09:24:50 PM »
   This may not be it, but per chance has anyone run a virus checker yet?  I can't see the drive mechanisms themselves both going down at the same time..  Hope your friend gets it fixed soon. :-o
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Re: Floppy issues
« Reply #2 on: December 30, 2002, 09:46:57 PM »
 As it happens on EVERY disk, even after a clean boot, I don't suspect a virus but will tryo to find a way to check...
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Re: Floppy issues
« Reply #3 on: December 30, 2002, 09:51:01 PM »
Dodgy CIA chip?
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Re: Floppy issues
« Reply #4 on: December 30, 2002, 09:55:34 PM »
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Re: Floppy issues
« Reply #5 on: January 01, 2003, 02:52:13 AM »
Pull the external floppy drives off. See if that fixes it
sometimes the flipflops in the external drives die.
causing the amiga to see multiple drives as a single
device.

If this doesn't work it could be a bad internal drive.
or a bad CIA U8 or possibly Gayle though unlikely.
early versions of the A1200 had some onboard flipflops
that where later incorperated into Gayle.

If pulling the external drive off doesn't work try replacing the internal
drive with one from a buddy. it's easier than replacing
a chip.


Kurt
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