DF:0 BAD ???

[thanos]

Arghhh...

I was just spending a few minutes with my newly acquired A2000.

I have quite a few disks, and was attempting to try a few.
After several disks didn't work, read errors and the like, the disk icon now just says DF:0 BAD.

The icon remains the same even if the disk is removed.
The icon remains even after restarting the workbench, with no disk in the drive.
The icon remains the same even if I disconnect the drive, of course the machine is powered off and unplugged, and restart the machine.

What happened?

The drive is dead?
The controller is dead?
I am dead and just haven't realized it?

Any ideas?  How can I remedy this problem?

I have an external drive that seems to work, should I scavenge it for the drive?

Cursing didn't help...I"m off to work, any ideas would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

[thanos]

Nope...

Just a typo...

"DF0:BAD" ...

[thanos]

@ by CLS2086 on 2008/5/14 17:14:28

Check the mobo chips : CIA, fuses, etc...

OK, I'm game...

How do I go about 'checking' the CIA chips?
What fuses am I looking for?

[thanos]

Hmmm...

The external drive works.

I had to sort through quite a few disks, I guess I have lots of dead ones.

Can I assume that everything else is ok?  CIA, fuses, etc?

I now have a new question...

Should I not be able to access the/an early startup menu?
Nothing happens when I hold both mouse buttons down at boot time.

I am certain the mouse is good.  I received it from amigakit when I ordered my a1200 a while back.

[thanos]

I am convinced the drive is dead...

I have ordered a floppy simulator cable.
I will order a replacement floppy drive and a few new disks from Amigakit.

1. I hope to connect a winblows PC to the internal floppy connector in my A2000.
2. I hope to use my external drive to create a few working disks from images on my HD.
Yes I have bought a several software titles, knowing that the old disks probably don't work...
3. I will reconnect the internal drive with the replacement.

Play some old games?  The damn machine is only an OCS model...
Whats wrong with me anyways?

Yep... I still have a lot of questions about my A2286.
I will be visiting a friend who owns a shop and snooping around for some old ISA stuff. Damn...

[thanos]

Heya...

I would guess that I do have kickstart 1.3.

I was wondering if there was a relationship between that and the early startup menu.
I had considered upgrading the kick roms, but thought it wouldn't be too helpful.
I was planning to play some old games, not break the bank.

I had a look at the external drive, and decided not take it apart any further.  I will wait until my PC-AMIGA cable arrives, and see what that does for me.

I also have to plans to...

1. use an ISA video card, though I'm not sure why.
2. use an ISA network card, file transfers?

Ahh well, time to spend some quality time with the wife, at least I know what all the pieces do, if only she'll let me near...