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Conference hydra::amiga_v1

Title:	AMIGA NOTES
Notice:	Join us in the NEW conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2
Moderator:	HYDRA::MOORE

Created:	Sat Apr 26 1986
Last Modified:	Wed Feb 05 1992
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	5378
Total number of notes:	38326

1995.0. "External Floppy going bad" by CTAWBA::COLLUM () Wed Dec 14 1988 11:35

    I've suddenly developed problems on my external drive (one of the
    old ones, with no power passthru).  I get frequent read/write errors
    on the inside tracks, and when I format, get the same thing. I sent
    it out to get alligned, but they said it was fine. In fact they
    couldn't get it to fail on any machine they tried it on.  I took
    it down to the local store and tried myself, and it only fails on
    my A1000.  DF0: is fine.  I've got a Starboard, but DF1: fails even
    when the memory is disconnected.  Any ideas on what could be wrong?
    
    
    					Jim

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
1995.1	How about another drive?	VTHRAX::KIP		`Wed Dec 14 1988 18:37`	5
	Have you been able to try your A1000 with another external drive? Just a shot in the dark, but perhaps it wouldn't hurt to check the integrity of the drive cable connector pins... Good luck.