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Floppy Drive Issues
« on: July 07, 2006, 05:58:20 AM »
Hey all,

Been a while since I've posted, I've been lurking a lot  :-D Anyways, been keeping up with my miggies, my 1200's are no longer stock!  And that's where this comes in - I had some issues with an A1200 mobo (keyboard not working mainly), and rather than stuff around with it lots, bought a new mobo on eBay.  It got here today, minus roms (as per the ad) so I put the 3.1 roms in (carefully  :-D ) and got the thing to boot up ok!  It works fine with the accelerator as well.
The problem is - my floppy drive (which was working with the old mobo) appears to have given up the ghost.  When I turn the 1200 on, the HD clicks, then the fd gives two very quick clicks close together, not the normal speed.  If I put a disk in, it sounds like it's trying to read the disk but makes a continuous sound, again very fast.  Very strange  :-(

Anyone have any clue what it could be?  External disk drive works fine, HD works fine, the only thing I can think of is the FDD is from a Commodore 1200 and the mobo is from an AT1200.  Would this be the problem?  Thanks for any help in advance!  :-)
 

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Re: Floppy Drive Issues
« Reply #1 on: July 07, 2006, 11:58:51 AM »
Thanks for the suggestions guys.  I had a search through the hack directory on Aminet and didn't find anything except guides on how to fix Amiga Tech drives and how to use PC drives, etc.
As for testing the drive on another 1200 - I have another one here, but it's also an Amiga Tech one, they're both 1D4's.  I'll give it a go to see if maybe it's the floppy controller.
I'm not too worried as I've got a HDD going in it, and I have external drives, but it's still a bit annoying/worrying  :-(