A2000 cannot get floopy drive to work

[nahoo7]

hello i was given an a2000 and have been trying to get the df0 drive to work but all i get is read/write errors so i couldnt load the hardive i then loaded the hardrive in an a500 and put it in the a2000 with an external drive added i get to the worbench screen and the df1:bad appears so i cant set it up from their tried pulling the external apart and using it as df0 but no matter where i put the jumper it came up as df0:bad on the screen am wondering if any of the chips on the board could be faulty

[nahoo7]

gday yes i tried a different ribbon to no affect not sure what you mean by paragraphs am a novice at amigas heard that the 2 cia? chips could be faulty and the ones out of the a500 are the same but not sure which they are they contol the the floppys i think looks like there are some new chips in there already

[nahoo7]

okay thanks.i will try changing the chips and see how it goes.
also the a500 has a 100mb hdd scsi and it partitined in 2 halves of 49mb each.
the a590 board manual says it only takes up to 20mb hdd but it still formatted and installed,but setup cant prep it says hdd cannot be found.
so dont know if i have to make more partitions.
thanks

[nahoo7]

okay thanks.i will try changing the chips and see how it goes.
also the a500 has a 100mb hdd scsi and it partitined in 2 halves of 49mb each.
the a590 board manual says it only takes up to 20mb hdd but it still formatted and installed,but setup cant prep it says hdd cannot be found.
so dont know if i have to make more partitions.
thanks