A1000 in trouble!

[Mike_UK]

Hi,
If you look under Gameing/OH - No lemmings you will see that I'm haveing a little trouble with my Amiga now. :-x

Thus I'm asking if anyone has replaced there A1000 internal floppy?
Which ones fit?
Just brought 2 A1010's from ebay in the last few days, but I will have to wait for them to be delivered.
Will a A1010 have a IDE style connector like the A1000's intenal?
I borrowed a A1011 from a CDTV, but its alien inside on the connection area!
I've attempted to boot from external drive, but I think even with internal one removed Mainboard still thinks 1st external drive is DF1:

AMIGA still gives grey screen, followed by Beep,Beep tune then white screen, BUT NO kickstart logo?

[InTheSand]

Hi,

Good luck with the drive replacement!

Kickstart 1.3 doesn't check other drives and won't boot from a floppy device other than DF0:. I'm guessing the Kickstart loader in the A1000 follows the same principle.

 - Ali

[Mike_UK]

Ive been looking around, and it seems that the word is, even a A500 drive will work, just mounting screw holes on side might have to be repositioned..
So I will have a carefull look at a A1010 when the first one arrives!
I'm asuming that its a standard drive with a ribbon connector to a passthrough board?? etc that connects to the external cable!
heres hopeing...otherwise I might have to dig up a real cheep sunburnt A1000 for spares..
at least I found out today that my A1000 has a 68010!

[TheWizard]

Correct. I used a spare A500 Chinon drive to replace the drive in my A1000. The only problem is the disk eject button. This does not line up perfectly with the hole in the A1000 case, for that purpose.

The Wizard

[CLS2086]

I still repair Old drive finger in the nose, if you can send it to me  :rtfm: .

[Mike_UK]

CLS2086 wrote:
I still repair Old drive finger in the nose, if you can send it to me  :rtfm: .

:crazy:

Whats that bit??
Regards
Michael

[InTheSand]

How similar are the guts of the A1000 and A500 internal drives?

Would it be possible to do a drive head transplant?

 - Ali

[Mike_UK]

I don't think its just the head...inside the Floppy assembly it has 2 PCB's on is like a controller card , the there is another for head, sensors and motor etc
the drive in my opinion is DEAD as a DODO
Hopefully I will recive a A1010 this morning (6hrs from now) and will test drive on my CDTV first...if working then will open it and see if it will connect to the internal ribbon on the A1000.
Acording to internet sources it should be a direct replacement...I think thats only if the Drive version is of a simular age!
Hopefully the A1000 will detect the drive and ask for Kickstart!
Heres hopeing the post is NOT LATE!!!
 :hammer:

[InTheSand]

Well good luck and let us all know how you get on!

 - Ali

P.S. You're up late / early for the UK!  :-)

[Mike_UK]

Yep It's 04:40 here....Keeping up with you lot !!! :-D
The RED BULL realy helps... :lol:

[InTheSand]

Hehe! You'll be bouncing off the walls if you drink too much of that! Perhaps add some vodka to it?! :-)

 - Ali

[Mike_UK]

BOING...It's my fave Demo..... :lol: LOL

[CLS2086]

Hi,
yes I can repair old floppy drives, at 90% they just need a revision in my hands  :-) .
I also have a A1000  ;-) , I suggest you to look at the "ID" on drive, it must be on DS0 for internal drive and the A1010 should be on DS1. But I meet some A1010 with drives on DS0 due to a twist in the wiring  :-P .
I also think that you should take time to check the voltage of the PSU : +5v -5v +12v
You will have also to buy a teeth brush, an electrical desoxyder spray and an IC extractor to clean all the IC on the mobo and its connectors.
This how I made rebirth mine  :-D

[Mike_UK]

CLS2086 wrote:
 I suggest you to look at the "ID" on drive, it must be on DS0 for internal drive and the A1010 should be on DS1. But I meet some A1010 with drives on DS0 due to a twist in the wiring  

WHere is the ID
How do I determine the DS0 from DS1 (do you mean DF0 - DF1)??
Whats the TWIST in Wiring bit??

I did not get the A1010 in the post...:madashell:  And I will have to wait 2 more days till MONDAY!
Michael

[Mike_UK]

Well it arrived..
I finaly got the first of 2 A1010's I purchaced on ebay thismorning (Tuesday 28th)
It has taken far to long!
unpacked drive and connected to my CDTV.
all seems well....but wait...drive wont read that disk??
next disk???,next disk?,
several disk's later I use a floppy drive cleaner??
still read error on a Amigados screen
Opened 1010 connected to A1000 (I made sure I reversed the IDE style cable as its the oppisite way around to the stock A1000 drive
powered up the A1000 and I get a Kickstart logo...yippee that means the mainboard is ok..but it still wont read a kickstart disk (I have 3 copy's)
I returned the floppy drive to the A1010 housing and re-attempted to use on CDTV...but no further luck I'm afraid!
Does anyone have or know of a Amiga floppy alignment tool/Disk??