Replacement FDD

[sturulez]

Hi,

I think my A1200 floppy disk drive has died. It doesn't do anything, no ticking noise and doesn't load up a floppy disk once I've inserted it.

I understand that floppy disk drives for the Amiga are not that easy to obtain and some of them seem expensive to purchase online.

I have an Amiga 500 and an Atari 520ST. Can I use either of these floppy disk drives as a suitable replacement?

Thanks

[sturulez]

Okay, so ive purchased a new floppy disk drive, thinking that would be the issue, but its not.

I can hear a very faint ticking from the drive and thats it, when the amiga boots up it boots up workbench on the HDD.

when i put a disk in, nothing happens, no lights and it doesnt load the disk.

Any suggestions?

[sturulez]

okay ive resolved the issue, i replaced the ribbon data cable to the floppy drive and it works. not sure how that died.

Guess i better check the original drive....

:flame: