help please

[sargeantinio]

hi all
i recently obtained an amiga 1200 from a friend this machine has been stored for aprox 10 years when i try inserting a disk into the floppy drive it flashes floppy light for aprox 5 seconds then just returns to insert disk screen i have tried cleaning floppy drive but still same please be specific with your solutions as i am not too familiar with this system
thanks :angry:

[sargeantinio]

ok i have tried a disk that i know to work so the disk is not the problem i read somewhere about a software problem but as i say im clueless so need help

[sargeantinio]

ok lol yes im confused however a friend of mine has let me try his floppy drive in my machine and it works so the drive must be dead so i need a new 1 anyone know where to obtain a cheap replacement im only really gonna use this for gaming cheers

[sargeantinio]

well i have been using amiga disks i have a new drive in now but it still seems temperamental and if it doesnt load properly ie it finds aread error if i then quit the power light flashes and i have to turn it off at mains before it will respond i had an amiga 600 years ago dont remember this happening with that any ideas?

[sargeantinio]

ok so the disks i am using are games ie sesible soccer champ manager and say on champ manager it is saying the disk is write protected when it isnt and then it will flash and crash and i have to turn it off at mains before it will respond

[sargeantinio]

lol ok i am aware of my lazy grammer
 
the screen tends to flash all red then all black, and then even when i press ctrl and the amiga keys it doesnt return to the purple screen,
and the power light on the machine itself pulsates,it only goes back to the purple screen with the disk going into the drive if i turn the power mains off:laughing:

[sargeantinio]

thanks i will try to clean it out
when the floppy drive is inactive there seems to be no problems.
the power light is just constant seems ok