A1200 Interneal Floppy Drive Issue.

[Claw22000]

My A1200 Floppy drive died so I ordered a new one on AmigaKit.  After it arrived I put it in and it seemed to work but after a short period I noticed that it really only worked intermittently.  I want to replace the cable on the inside. to save having to wait 2 more weeks to see if its the drive or cable I was wondering if I can us a floppy cable from a PC to see if that's the issue.  I have them all over.  

PLZ help

Claw

[Claw22000]

Well seeing how Impatient I am I went a head and did it anyway.  Works fine.

If any one ever wonders

Claw

[Claw22000]

Well despite the fact that it seems to help in making it read more disks.  I still can't get it to format.  Maybe I'm doing something wrong.  The old cable wasn't really long enough because it came loose from the drive after installation.  That being solved now I still can't get it to format disks.  I do have 2 externals which format just fine but I would like to get this A1200 fully restored and back to it former glory.  If any one has any suggestions or ideas what I might be doing wrong here help would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks

Claw

[NovaCoder]

Claw22000 wrote:
Well despite the fact that it seems to help in making it read more disks.  I still can't get it to format.  Maybe I'm doing something wrong.  The old cable wasn't really long enough because it came loose from the drive after installation.  That being solved now I still can't get it to format disks.  I do have 2 externals which format just fine but I would like to get this A1200 fully restored and back to it former glory.  If any one has any suggestions or ideas what I might be doing wrong here help would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks

Claw

Try it without the case on.

I had a problem with a drive that refused to read certain disks (originals) when the case was on.  This was because it was slightly too high (a couple of mm max!) and that was causing the drive to twist when I screwed the case back on.