Strange Floppy Drive Problem

[jiffydos]

Is the scsi termination setting correct on that HD?

[neofree]

I have a question about the floppy drive cable.  

According to this page:
http://www.amigau.com/aig/hardwarefaq.html

"Plug this connector with a cable twist into DF0: (so that it remains DS0) "

This suggests to me that I need a twist in my cable.  I have a single floppy drive with a untwisted cable.  Is this OK?

I will stil check the jumper but I beleive I've done that in the past.

I am not sure on the SCSI drive.  It is new and does not have a place for a terminator.  I have a LVD terminator ans i'm not sure it's safe to use in this situation.  It does spin up though, I dont know about newer drives but older ones I had would not spin if not terminated properly (or terminated when shouldn't have been).

Thanks,

Neofree

[neofree]

OK the drive is definately set to DF0.  But I have a NO TWIST cable.  Does that matter? In my research I read J351 can cause boot problems, so I checked it but it's already set to NODF1.

Thanks,

Neofree

[neofree]

Went ahead and ordered a Paula chip from SoftHut..

Thanks,

Neofree

[Amiga4k]

neofree,
  The text you referenced states the file is for the A3000T, which is the Tower version of the A3000. The file is also correct for the A4000 desktop. (I have no experience with the A4000T (Tower) units.
If you had told everyone the cable you were using it would have helped. I might have been tempted to test the theory.

[neofree]

No, I have a standard 3000.  Sorry I found that page in google search didnt know it was 3000T only.

[DrDekker]

Ignoring the fact that you've tried an A2000 disk drive and assuming it's a physical problem with the A3000 drive - take the top off the drive and look to see if there are any foreign 'bodies' in there.

A long time ago I had a floppy drive that wouldn't read disks and found the problem to be a dead moth that had crawled inside and got squished between the worm drive and read/write heads (serves itself right I say!).

[neofree]

Well my 2000 drive must have been bad too...

After I got the Paula chip and replaced it, the same problem continued.

So I took the drive out of my Amiga 500 and put it in the A3000, and now it boots perfectly!

But now I can't get it to recognize a SCSI HD!

Will post a new thread about that now..

Thanks,

Neofree