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Offline tone007

Re: Amiga 1200 Emergency
« on: July 18, 2009, 12:39:23 AM »
Probably best to start at the floppy. Does it make any noise or does the FDD light come on at all?

Might have to pop the system open to check it all out.
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Offline tone007

Re: Amiga 1200 Emergency
« Reply #1 on: July 18, 2009, 12:49:48 AM »
Sounds like it's not dead, maybe just dirty?  Wouldn't be the first floppy drive to fail, though.  You could also try swapping the drives between the two for testing since they're compatible.
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Offline tone007

Re: Amiga 1200 Emergency
« Reply #2 on: July 18, 2009, 01:41:38 AM »
Sure, that's what they give you with the head cleaning diskettes as well.
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Offline tone007

Re: Amiga 1200 Emergency
« Reply #3 on: July 18, 2009, 03:01:44 AM »
Those head cleaner floppies always worked well for me, but you can also use a q-tip with alcohol on the heads (never tried this on a 3.5" drive though, could be tricky.)

I've even gotten away with wetting an old floppy with alcohol and running it for a few seconds when nothing else was an option.
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