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From: kevin_lee_smathers@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: drive probs (on an A500)
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Date: 31 Jul 88 22:33:51 GMT
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>  I have just recently purchased an Amiga 500 and have had
>a few problems with the internal drive.  At first the drive
>seemed misaligned, so I brought it in to my local amiga

	There are two likely reasons for floppy drive problems
on an A500.  The first is dirty power.  If the second possible
failure doesn't pan out, try getting a UPS or a line filter.
	Alternatively, several people have noticed that their
A500's came in with the Fat Agnes chip set only marginally well 
seated.  Since those chips (the blitter in particular) are   
responsible for disk reads and writes, I would recommend pulling
and reseating the fat agnes (or just pushing down on it to 
ensure that it is making good contact.)  If you do pull the chip
you may want to dab some contact cleaner on each of the pins.  
Hope that this helps.  Together these two problems have been 
responsible for for the majority of problems that users have been
experiencing with the A500. -kls

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