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From: hakimian@cs2.cs.wsu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Floppy Drive Problem
Message-ID: <18298@snow-white.udel.EDU>
Date: 2 May 90 14:29:24 GMT
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This is a plea to anybody out there who knows anything about Commodore
floppies. I would especially like to hear from Commodore. Help!!!!

The system:
Amiga 2000 (not sure which rev), a2090a controller, micron 2 meg board,
one Commodore floppy drive (df0:), one progressive Peripherals floppy
drive (df1:).

The problem:
My Amiga 2000 floppy drives are not working right, they are about 75%
reliable.
If df0: is accessed df1: will also spin. If df1: is accessed df0: will
also spin.
If I unplug my floppies from the mother board, the system still detects
them (ie. df0: and df1: show up as bad disks).

What has been tried:
I did an ohm test on the floppy cable, it checks out OK.
There was a broken pin on the mother board where the floppies plug in.
It has been replaced.
The Commodore authorized service center near me replaced a 8520a-1 chip
and then told me it was now working. Nothing had changed.
The same place has now replaced the Paula still nothing has changed.

The service center has had my computer for six weeks now and I think they
finally understand what the symptoms are. They say they will try to call
Commodore for help. I can't afford to wait for these incompetents to
figure it out. I need to get my computer back. Please anyone especially
anyone from Commodore give me a clue as to what the problem is and how
to fix it. If I get one more call from the service man telling me he thinks
its a problem with my startup-sequence I am going to scream!

Please respond either email or the then I will be reading both! I don't
seem to be able to post to comp.sys.amiga.hardware but I can read it.
If someone would like I would appreciate having this forwarded there.

P.S
If this message comes out more that once, it is because we are having
trouble connecting to the net.

hakimian@cs2.cs.wsu.edu