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[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: dead refurbished CD-ROM2 drive.]

That's strange, I wonder if 'thesteve' ever used a black two gear setup? Can't remember who did the work on this one.
   
Anyway, I opened it up again today and found that the ground 'tape' attached to the laser ribbon cable was loose again, I reattached it with the help of some tape. When I powered on I got some action when I pressed 'play'. The disc spun a few centimetres and the laser moved all the way in towards the centre. But that was it, if I pressed 'stop' and the 'play' again it did it again but nothing more. I opened the unit up again and noticed that the thinner ribbon was missing the tape that holds it in place and the cable itself was floating and obstructing the laser mechanism. So I put it in place and it works like a charm now!
 
Thanks for the help and tips. I might consider changing the gear setup in the future.

[Console Repair/Mod Center / dead refurbished CD-ROM2 drive.]

I recently sold a CD-ROM2 drive that either 'thesteve' or 'Keith Courage' refurbished for me a few years ago. New laser, new gears etc. When the buyer got the package he claimed it didn't work, so I told him he could have his money back if he returned it.

When I got the package, I notice the the ground wire to the bottom plate was slightly sticking out above the DC jack. I opened the unit to make sure it 'really' was the unit I'd sold him, as I've been burned before. The ground strip that goes to the laser ribbon cable was loose as well. The gears seemed okay, there's a black two wheel setup with a cable between them and I think 'Keith' did it this way so decided to return the buyer's money.

My thought is that the post company dropped the package or something, the ground wires came loose and something shorted when the unit was turned on. I tried to make a claim at the post office, they did a brief investigation but decided that they hadn't done anything wrong.

Anyway, the laser and motor is totally dead, won't move at all. When the 'Run' button is pressed, the  'Wait...' message is displayed and 'PC' is lit up on the player but nothing else happens.

Any ideas?

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: What Turbo game are you currently playing?]

Just completed Popful Mail again. Yay!

[General Gaming / Re: Last NES game you played?]

Kid Icarus <3!

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Side Scrolling RPG's]

Popful Mail.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Puzzle Games please!]

I don't know if it qualifies as a pure puzzler but Cratermaze is a fun game with some puzzle elements.

[Off-Topic / thesteve Check your PMs!]

Haven't heard from you, thanks.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: who did the cover Takahashi MeiJin / New Adventure Island?]

http://www.susumumatsushita.net

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: PC Engine cdrom problem.]

yes he means thesteve.  Steve will do whatever it needs and or you want done to it. 

Thanks, I'll send him a PM.

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: PC Engine cdrom problem.]

If you just don't know, send it to steve and he will make it work

Do you mean "thesteve"? Does he offer to replace the laser as well?

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: PC Engine cdrom problem.]

Yes the lens is supposed to be loose like that.

Thanks, good to know!

ahh but the buzzing is missing teeth on the gear

Yeah, I suspected the gears as well because of the noise the cd makes, but since it only makes the sound during cutscenes and it loads the game and streams music/dialogue fine I thought it must be something else. Perhaps it's the laser grinding back and forth trying to read the disc.

[Console Repair/Mod Center / PC Engine cdrom problem.]

My PC Engine cdrom is starting to act up, sometimes it hangs during loading and during certain cutscenes there's no sound with a strange buzzing noise coming from the unit itself.

Like in Popful Mail, the first two intro movies, the in between levels cutscenes, as well as the ending has no sound, but during gameplay it streams audio fine (for the most part).

One time it hanged after I'd cleared a level, it wouldn't load the world map. I restarted the console and it wouldn't load the game at all, so I thought I'd give the lens a quick clean up using a qtip to see if that'd help. The lens felt loose, it moved a good couple of millimeters in all direction, is it supposed to do that? Anyway the game started to work again after that. It happened again a few hours later, and nudging the lens with the qtip worked again. What's up with that?

Any idea what the problem might be, is the laser dying on me or what?

Thanks,
Issun.