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[JoskiRock]

Hi, I have 2 internal Floppy drives in my amiga 2000, and I have been having problems with them both. I took them apart and cleaned the heads and re-lubricated the motor spindle that moves the head unit. I was hoping that had something to do with why my disk drives were acting up, but it hasnt fixed the problem. It seems that when a disk is inseted in the drive(s), it periodicly acts like I have removed the disk and put it back in. The disk icon goes away then comes back on the Workbench screen and the drive starts spinning like I had put a disk in, but there is one already in there!! If someone could tell me what switch or device is responsible for identifying that a disk is in the drive, I may be able to fix it. It is giving me fits trying to create ADFs because it keeps thinking I removed the disk when I didnt. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Oh and I have a very good floppy in my amiga 500 and wanted to know if there is a way to use it in my amiga 2000 in case I can't repair the other drives.

Thanks

[AMC258]

If I recall correctly (which I may not, I may be thinking of non-A2000 drives) there are two pins on one side of the drive and one pin on the other side that actuate switches. One determines if the disk is high destiny, one says it's read-only, and the last one says the disk exists. I have seen it where the disk doesn't seat fully and the pins are right on the threshold. Check that first. But, if you have the same problem on both drives, I would think you have an electrical problem. Try a new cable, and then suspect your motherboard.

[JoskiRock]

AMC258,

You were right on.... I opened up the Amiga and was messing with the power plug to the floppies and the drives started messing up. I spliced on a new end and they are working great now. It doesnt act like I removed the disk anymore :-D

Thanks