Is My Floppy Drive Dead?

[carvedeye]

Hi all i am having problems with my floppy drive when i first boot up my miggy my DF0 works fine for a few minutes reads disks fine but after that it does not read them i have the amiga (1200) towered running 3.9 OS got a 4 way buffered interface with cd-rom hdd
and i have the original floppy connected to a pc floppy ribbon (could this be the cause) so i thought i would ask you guys and gals for some help.

[carvedeye]

ive also noticed that it is making a clicking noise even when it is not in use? could this still be down to me using a pc floppy cable. the pc floppy cable i am using is a double ended cable that allows for two floppy drives to be connected. i am using the second connection as the first has a twist and i know the twisted end is not compatible so i am using the straight connector.?

[carvedeye]

So its more than likely the cable then. i will have a hunt for the cable i bought from amkigakit as i have it somewhere, if i cant find it i may aswell buy a new floppy drive as the cable comes with it from amigakit.

[carvedeye]

Well ive ordered a new floppy and ribbon cable from amigakit just hope it is just the floppy playing up and not my board i will let you all know when i recieve it

[carvedeye]

Well i just recieved my new floppy and cable and hooked it up and it has eliminated my problem i can now enjoy my miggy once again

[carvedeye]

Well, my problem has started again and that is with a new drive and cable anybody got anymore ideas ive also noticed that my serial ports for my mouse and joypads is playing up also ?

[carvedeye]

Anyone?

[carvedeye]

so what will i need to do? replace my motherboard with another?

[carvedeye]

Well i stripped my miggy (again) and pressed down on all my chips etc built it back up and was able to format and install workbench 3.1 from floppy so goes to install IDEFix 97 and it is now saying DF0:? on all of my floppys including the workbench disks i installed with?

[carvedeye]

well it turns out its my CIA chip which is causing the problem as it is heating up so i bought a can of compressed air and turned on my miggy and as soon as it started its usual problem i sprayed the can of air onto the CIA chip it and it was able to read the disk until it heated back up so i have came up with a solution (if it will even work?). mount a 80mm fan onto the side of the psu and allow it to blow directly onto the cia chip so it does not cause any problems in the future or am i wasting my time?