| This repair involves purchasing a new drive (after verifying which model you have), and repairing the components that have failed |
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| In most cases that I've seen, its either the ejection assembly or the laser assembly - both which can be done in a fairly reasonable amount of time, and the laser replacement requires no soldering (removing entire slide assembly) |
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| I will be posting images of a drive teardown (Philips), and parts identification |
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| Component Level Diagnosis |
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| Common Symptoms and failed parts identification: |
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| SYMPTOM: Slow/No-load but drive is audible |
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| CAUSE: Dirty/damaged laser assembly |
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| RECOMMENDED REPAIRS: Run a DVD cleaning disc in the console; if this doesn't cure or improve the problem ,then replace the laser assembly |
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| SYMPTOM: Fails to eject/slow eject |
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| CAUSE: Dirty ejection mechanism; weak eject motor; streched ejection motor belt |
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| REPAIR: Clean ejection mechanism with compressed air and lubricate with white lithium grease; replace motor and belt if no improvement |