Hi, I have the above mentioned drive. It doesn't work. It never worked to the best of my memory.
I opened it up, placed a CD in it and powered it on - the red laser turns on and the "Optical Pickup" (Lens mechanism) shoots the laser out at the outermost track of my CD - then it moved the lens up/down and then the Sled/corkscrew-motor-thing turns and the lens moves to the innermost part of my CD(near the spindle) and the laser comes on again and the disc does a half arevolution half-hearted spin; the laser turns off and it goes back and i get "Medium not found". After this one attempt no further attempts are made no matter how many times i type mount /whatever - i have to eject the tray.
1. I wanted to know what the laser is doing here - moving to the inner track (Power calibration area)??
When i put the cover on - i obviously can't see what's going on but i thinkthe spindle spins the CD for a longer period of time. NO CD/DVD is recognised - is this fixable? I tried twiddling with the rheostat/trimmer-pot(2 terminal with a dial to vary R) - they are at 90deg to each other - no luck -didn't do anything.
2. Which one is for the CD? And the other for the DVD?
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I have a second drive same model that is now starting to act flaky - refuses to recognise CD/DVD's that i've burnt but will play stamped discs (CDs). I set the trimpot to 0 (the beveled edge of the dial was parallel to the base of the pot-side-where-the two SMD leads enter) and I think this helped but if i turn the dial it acts flaky (in either direction +0(clockwise) or -0(anti-clock)) and refuses to recognise my DVDs/CDs.
3. Unfortunately I need it to recognise my old XP-SP2 CD and that fails (Burnt not stamped) - is there any way to salvage components and fix this.
The lens is shiny enough no visible crud and cleaning didn't help - i used water and some cotton wrapped around a screwdriver - very gently. The laseron my second drive(the one that works somewhat) is a LOT brighter and stays on longer than the first drive. Both drives are new and have seen little use.
4. Any suggestions, advice, reading links - i'm interested in this stuff (i've checked the Service Manuals, and Sams FAQ) - i'd like something a bit more friendly - like a text book, or technical documentation-well written)
I opened it up, placed a CD in it and powered it on - the red laser turns on and the "Optical Pickup" (Lens mechanism) shoots the laser out at the outermost track of my CD - then it moved the lens up/down and then the Sled/corkscrew-motor-thing turns and the lens moves to the innermost part of my CD(near the spindle) and the laser comes on again and the disc does a half arevolution half-hearted spin; the laser turns off and it goes back and i get "Medium not found". After this one attempt no further attempts are made no matter how many times i type mount /whatever - i have to eject the tray.
1. I wanted to know what the laser is doing here - moving to the inner track (Power calibration area)??
When i put the cover on - i obviously can't see what's going on but i thinkthe spindle spins the CD for a longer period of time. NO CD/DVD is recognised - is this fixable? I tried twiddling with the rheostat/trimmer-pot(2 terminal with a dial to vary R) - they are at 90deg to each other - no luck -didn't do anything.
2. Which one is for the CD? And the other for the DVD?
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I have a second drive same model that is now starting to act flaky - refuses to recognise CD/DVD's that i've burnt but will play stamped discs (CDs). I set the trimpot to 0 (the beveled edge of the dial was parallel to the base of the pot-side-where-the two SMD leads enter) and I think this helped but if i turn the dial it acts flaky (in either direction +0(clockwise) or -0(anti-clock)) and refuses to recognise my DVDs/CDs.
3. Unfortunately I need it to recognise my old XP-SP2 CD and that fails (Burnt not stamped) - is there any way to salvage components and fix this.
The lens is shiny enough no visible crud and cleaning didn't help - i used water and some cotton wrapped around a screwdriver - very gently. The laseron my second drive(the one that works somewhat) is a LOT brighter and stays on longer than the first drive. Both drives are new and have seen little use.
4. Any suggestions, advice, reading links - i'm interested in this stuff (i've checked the Service Manuals, and Sams FAQ) - i'd like something a bit more friendly - like a text book, or technical documentation-well written)
