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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: fifrelin31 on March 18, 2004, 09:29:10 PM
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My amiga 500 boots up apparently OK.
I see a screen with a hand and a floppy tellin gme to insert workbench 1.3 .
I've tried workbench 1.3.2 and 1.3.3 floppies but nothing happens (no 1.3 available).
I've opened the old miggy, the floppy is rotating quite slowly and silently, for a very long time. The floppy is a standard chinon FD 354.
I've tried to switch the twio CIAs, but nothing better.
The power led is green and the disk led is yellow, no blinking. :-?
Does someone has any idea to fix the problem.
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Hi! When you put your ear to the drive when the computer is idle(and no disk inserted) do you hear "click click click click etc"?.
When you put a floppy in the drive, does it appear to try to boot?
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Most likely, bad floppy drive connection, or bad floppy drive.
I'd probably swap drives to see if this helps. (Could be that the drive isn't getting sufficient power, though.)
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@Ilwrath
I've tried to connect the floopy connector in the 2 ways, nothing better.
swap drives :-? ? I only have one in my a500
I've tested power supply, gnd, +5 and +12 are OK. I've also tried to use an PC ATX PSU to power up the floppy.
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with no floppy, no noise nor click click.
When I insert a floppy, the drive starts to rotate gently, but no noisy access .
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The power led is green and the disk led is yellow, no blinking.
with no floppy, no noise nor click click.
Might be a faulty (stucked-in) switch. Those stuck with dust and aging. It is located on the left side of the floppy slot. Try to clean it with a "contact cleaning spray", and use some kind of nippers to rise it.
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