seriously thinking of getting rid already

jailer · 01 February 2009, 21:55

ok i getting to the end of my patience now ... and thinking of getting rd of the a1200 already

my problem is .... my disk drive reads disks fine ... but when i come to format or copy anything oto a disk it says it been done but if i take the disk out and put it back in again its empty as nothing as been done to it .... when i first got it it would work fine for a hour or two then start playing up but now its all the time ... tried it with the disk drive i got from davideo but the same problem exists .... i'm really getting fed up now as i can not do anything with the miggy and its just sat there gathering dust (again) spent close on to £150 on this f--ker and gives me all this trouble .... cant even play the games as i cant get them from adf back onto the dam disks

anyone please help before i put this up for sale or in the dam dustbin or put all the parts up for sale (i dont want to do this as i will lose on the money i paid for it)

s2325 · 01 February 2009, 22:01

Keep it. Something is wrong with your Amiga but it's still that awesome machine from the past.

Yoto · 01 February 2009, 22:04

WAIT! that happend to me too, when i "revived" my A1200, i placed some old floppies in it, the floppie drive jammed, and stopped formating disks.
You can try to use a cleanning disk, and you dont really need the drive much, i only used it to install OS 3.1 and the CF to PCMCIA adapter "driver", from that point on i only use the CF Adapter to play WHDLOAD Games and to transfer files from pc to Amiga.

jailer · 01 February 2009, 22:07

well thats the problem all my games are currently on cd in ADF format ... and i dont think it's the drive as i tried 3 different drives and they all do the same

Yoto · 01 February 2009, 22:10

Just checking, but the disks you are trying to format are Double Density 720K right? Not HD 1.44!

jailer · 01 February 2009, 22:12

yup there all DD (ex cover disks)

Graham Humphrey · 01 February 2009, 22:14

Is it happening on the internal disk drive? Have you tried an external drive?

jailer · 01 February 2009, 22:18

u mean external drive ... no i dont have access to one

Yoto · 01 February 2009, 22:26

Try Xcopy if you can, i had better results than normal Format command in WB 3.1, Xcopy in the "Format OS Disk" ( if i remember correctly) and enable the "verify" option.

jailer · 01 February 2009, 22:27

the format is not the major prob the main prob is getting adf onto disk

Graham Humphrey · 01 February 2009, 22:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by jailer

u mean external drive

Yeah that's what I meant, whoops...

Yoto · 01 February 2009, 22:30

Just checking ...again..What are you using to send those ADF back to the disks?

jailer · 01 February 2009, 22:32

ADFBlitzer only one i can find

Retro-Nerd · 01 February 2009, 22:37

Try TSGui:

http://thomas-rapp.homepage.t-online.de/download.html

Yoto · 01 February 2009, 22:39

I´m not sure, im running out of options mate, maybe there is something wrong with the power going to your FD Drive, lower voltage may reduce drive writting reliability.But í´m not really too sure about this...

jailer · 01 February 2009, 22:43

also tried my spare psu lol

Yoto · 01 February 2009, 22:46

Thats not the psu, it may be the capacitators inside your A1200 mobo power distribution, the only way to check it would be with a multimeter.The power cable connecting to your FDD must register +12 and -5 volts, but as i said , im not sure about this, there may be other variables left to explore.

Yoto · 01 February 2009, 22:50

Less voltage, slower "motor" rotations, lower writting accuracy. Maybe someone else as a better idea.

jailer · 01 February 2009, 22:51

well zetro offered to courier me over a diff mb and send mine over to him to see hat the problem is

cosmicfrog · 02 February 2009, 17:24

have u checked for viruses ?

01 February 2009, 21:55	#1
jailer Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: mansfield, uk Posts: 61	seriously thinking of getting rid already ok i getting to the end of my patience now ... and thinking of getting rd of the a1200 already my problem is .... my disk drive reads disks fine ... but when i come to format or copy anything oto a disk it says it been done but if i take the disk out and put it back in again its empty as nothing as been done to it .... when i first got it it would work fine for a hour or two then start playing up but now its all the time ... tried it with the disk drive i got from davideo but the same problem exists .... i'm really getting fed up now as i can not do anything with the miggy and its just sat there gathering dust (again) spent close on to £150 on this f--ker and gives me all this trouble .... cant even play the games as i cant get them from adf back onto the dam disks anyone please help before i put this up for sale or in the dam dustbin or put all the parts up for sale (i dont want to do this as i will lose on the money i paid for it)

01 February 2009, 22:14	#7
Graham Humphrey Moderator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Norwich, Norfolk, UK Age: 37 Posts: 11,168	Is it happening on the internal disk drive? Have you tried an external drive? Last edited by Graham Humphrey; 01 February 2009 at 22:28.

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s2325 Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Gargore Age: 44 Posts: 17,789	Keep it. Something is wrong with your Amiga but it's still that awesome machine from the past.

01 February 2009, 22:04	#3
Yoto 1 Potato to Spam´em all! Join Date: May 2008 Location: Lost in a Wine Country Age: 48 Posts: 572	WAIT! that happend to me too, when i "revived" my A1200, i placed some old floppies in it, the floppie drive jammed, and stopped formating disks. You can try to use a cleanning disk, and you dont really need the drive much, i only used it to install OS 3.1 and the CF to PCMCIA adapter "driver", from that point on i only use the CF Adapter to play WHDLOAD Games and to transfer files from pc to Amiga.

01 February 2009, 22:07	#4
jailer Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: mansfield, uk Posts: 61	well thats the problem all my games are currently on cd in ADF format ... and i dont think it's the drive as i tried 3 different drives and they all do the same

01 February 2009, 22:10	#5
Yoto 1 Potato to Spam´em all! Join Date: May 2008 Location: Lost in a Wine Country Age: 48 Posts: 572	Just checking, but the disks you are trying to format are Double Density 720K right? Not HD 1.44!

01 February 2009, 22:12	#6
jailer Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: mansfield, uk Posts: 61	yup there all DD (ex cover disks)

01 February 2009, 22:18	#8
jailer Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: mansfield, uk Posts: 61	u mean external drive ... no i dont have access to one

01 February 2009, 22:26	#9
Yoto 1 Potato to Spam´em all! Join Date: May 2008 Location: Lost in a Wine Country Age: 48 Posts: 572	Try Xcopy if you can, i had better results than normal Format command in WB 3.1, Xcopy in the "Format OS Disk" ( if i remember correctly) and enable the "verify" option.

01 February 2009, 22:27	#10
jailer Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: mansfield, uk Posts: 61	the format is not the major prob the main prob is getting adf onto disk

01 February 2009, 22:30	#12
Yoto 1 Potato to Spam´em all! Join Date: May 2008 Location: Lost in a Wine Country Age: 48 Posts: 572	Just checking ...again..What are you using to send those ADF back to the disks?

01 February 2009, 22:32	#13
jailer Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: mansfield, uk Posts: 61	ADFBlitzer only one i can find

01 February 2009, 22:37	#14
Retro-Nerd Missile Command Champion Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Germany Age: 52 Posts: 12,454	Try TSGui: http://thomas-rapp.homepage.t-online.de/download.html

01 February 2009, 22:39	#15
Yoto 1 Potato to Spam´em all! Join Date: May 2008 Location: Lost in a Wine Country Age: 48 Posts: 572	I´m not sure, im running out of options mate, maybe there is something wrong with the power going to your FD Drive, lower voltage may reduce drive writting reliability.But í´m not really too sure about this...

01 February 2009, 22:43	#16
jailer Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: mansfield, uk Posts: 61	also tried my spare psu lol

01 February 2009, 22:46	#17
Yoto 1 Potato to Spam´em all! Join Date: May 2008 Location: Lost in a Wine Country Age: 48 Posts: 572	Thats not the psu, it may be the capacitators inside your A1200 mobo power distribution, the only way to check it would be with a multimeter.The power cable connecting to your FDD must register +12 and -5 volts, but as i said , im not sure about this, there may be other variables left to explore.

01 February 2009, 22:50	#18
Yoto 1 Potato to Spam´em all! Join Date: May 2008 Location: Lost in a Wine Country Age: 48 Posts: 572	Less voltage, slower "motor" rotations, lower writting accuracy. Maybe someone else as a better idea.

01 February 2009, 22:51	#19
jailer Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: mansfield, uk Posts: 61	well zetro offered to courier me over a diff mb and send mine over to him to see hat the problem is

02 February 2009, 17:24	#20
cosmicfrog The 1 who ribbits Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: leek, Staffs, UK Age: 56 Posts: 3,557	have u checked for viruses ?

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