A3000 & 2nd floppy drive problem

[amigadave]

I am setting up my old A3000, and I am having trouble getting DF1: to work correctly.  I have set the jumper on the drive correctly, checked the floppy drive cable orientation twice, tried three different floppy drives and still cannot figure out what I am doing wrong.  As soon as the power is turned on the floppy drive activity light on DF1: comes on and stays on continuously.  When a disk is inserted after workbench has loaded from the HD, DF0: works fine, but DF1: shows six icons on the screen as follows:  DF1:?, DF2:?, DF3:?, PC1:?, PC2:? and PC3:?.  Any Ideas?

[mechy]

amigadave,
   Have u set the "no df1" motherboard jumper so that df1: is active?
Usually when the drive lights on all the time,its a sign the cable is on the drive backward,you may check for that.
pin 1 on the drive is away from the power connector.
red stripe on cable should also be away from the power connector side.
last,you might check and make sure someone hasn't put a pc floppy cable in the 3000,which has a different twist than the amiga cable. this all assumes you are using amiga floppy drives of course.

hope that helps,
Mike

[amigadave]

mechy wrote:
amigadave,
   Have u set the "no df1" motherboard jumper so that df1: is active?
Usually when the drive lights on all the time,its a sign the cable is on the drive backward,you may check for that.
pin 1 on the drive is away from the power connector.
red stripe on cable should also be away from the power connector side.
last,you might check and make sure someone hasn't put a pc floppy cable in the 3000,which has a different twist than the amiga cable. this all assumes you are using amiga floppy drives of course.

hope that helps,
Mike

Thanks, that is the kind of info I was looking for.  It has been so many years that I have been away from using my Amigas everyday that I have forgotten some of those things.