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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: mikey2001 on January 05, 2004, 02:04:50 PM
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Hello people,
I have just purchased an A3000UX second hand and I booted it up last night to find everything was working fine. Then I noticed that it appeared to have no internal floppy disk drives! After peering inside the left hand floppy hole I could see the floppy mechanism but there was no eject button! :-o Does anyone know where I could get a floppy disk eject button for the A3000UX or failing that, an original internal floppy drive that would fit an A3000 case? :-? :huh:
Many thanks in advance,
Mike
(http://www.archer-m.co.uk/pics/a3000ux_small.jpg)
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I know someone who bought 200 CDTV eject buttons from eBay (and has 190 left), but I don't think that would help much ;-)
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Hi mikey2001
have you searched it inside the case? (or inside the front bazel)
Maybe the seller, has done some cleanings inside the case and forgotten to reseat the button again . . . .could be?
Ciao
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hehe this reminds me of a friend who had an A1200 in 1997 it fell off a table and the eject button was knackered so he had to take disks out using a pair of plyers :lol:
about a year later it died and he went PC but the moral of the story is....
well there isnt one i just thought i'd share it :-)
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@ Framiga
I never thought of that... i can't get the cover fully off, but i cant see the button between the front of the case and the main metal part, although maybe the button is lodged deeper in the case! :-o The case is really hard to remove though, it only moves about half an inch so i can't see properly :-(
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The case is really hard to remove though, it only moves about half an inch so i can't see properly
I got mine open easy enough i think it slides apart once its unscrewed
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The case is really hard to remove though, it only moves about half an inch so i can't see properly
Sometimes the SCSI cable gets in the way. Just lift the case up a little, and then try to slide forwards.
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@ Everyone
Thanks very much for all your advice so far. :-) I have now sucessfully removed the case and unfortunately I cannot find the button anywhere. :-( It looks as if I will have to buy a new one, the question is does anyone know where from? :-? :huh:
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mikey2001 wrote:
@ Everyone
Thanks very much for all your advice so far. :-) I have now sucessfully removed the case and unfortunately I cannot find the button anywhere. :-( It looks as if I will have to buy a new one, the question is does anyone know where from? :-? :huh:
i know that power computing sell internal disk drives for the A500/+/600/1200 so they might be worth giving a try, take a look on their website (http://www.powerc.com)
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i know that power computing sell internal disk drives for the A500/+/600/1200 so they might be worth giving a try, take a look on their website
Cheers HopperJF, many thanks. Although A3000 internal floppies are not listed I will send them an email to see if they have a spare knocking around. :-)
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Well, ive heard nothing from Power Computing so ive sent an email to Vesalia to see if I can get any joy out of them. :-)
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Would this A2000 floppy drive work as a replacement in your A3000? Here (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2779191591&category=169)
Only £1.99 and no bids yet!
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Thanks Steve, that looks promising but I need to know for certain if the button would be usable on an original A3000 case, cos the hole for the button is like the A1200 one (i.e. quite large). :-)