Amiga 1200 Mobo repairs?

[CU_AMiGA]

Hello,

Disaster struck for me yesterday. I think my A1200 mobo has finally packed up. I know that several chips in the Amiga do lots of tasks between them, so i think the problem is the Gayle chip has blown. Here is the problem i get:

DF0: Is not recognised (DF0: not DOS disk) -edit- DF1: Is fully functional though.
The FDD light is on for about 10 seconds during boot up when it shouldn't be.
Booting up is MUCH longer.

Thankfully, me being a person with my status (God like) i have a couple of spare A1200 mobos to use, so i will be busy fixing one of them in tonight!  :roll:

I would just like to know what could have possible caused this fracas and if the mobo itself can be repaired or not, or is it destined for the bin! :-(

Regards,

[CU_AMiGA]

Okay i will have a look at the floppy drive and cables. Thanks. But if the worsed come to the worsed, then how much would repairs cost? Or a new floppy drive.

Regards,

[CU_AMiGA]

Thanks for the replies,

I cleaned out the FDD connector and reconnected everthing back up, and it all works okay now. Maybe i shopuldn't panic next time this happens!  :oops: