I would not muck about with this DVD recorder. Just take it to a Thomson service center and have them exchange it for you. (did a fast search on its parts availability and there are no circuits or laser assembly available). Jonas Miglinas Miglinas TV Chicago ----- Original Message ----- From: <MDileo0000@xxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 4:51 PM Subject: [TechAssist] Re: RCA DVD Recorder > You may have a spindle motor bearing seizing up. If you can access the motor, > try a drop of thin oil right at the top bearing and mop off any excess with a > wick made from a piece of twisted newspaper. > > > Dominic DiLeo > Atlantic TV > Freeport, Maine > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > In a message dated 10/12/2005 2:21:20 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > pkthorpe@xxxxxxxxx writes: > Hi All > I own a RCA DVD recorder model# DRC8040N still in warranty,I am not a Thomson > service center . I do not have any experience on DVD recorders at all .Here > is what happens can record 2-3 movies then I start getting disk error,disk > error detected, and fan failure. I cleaned the fan with some canned air started to > work,but still disk error.I called RCA CSR said to use lens cleaner it sat > around about a month cleaned lens,it worked fine for 3 movies recording the 4th > disk error. Do I have something heating up or do the CPU's in these things > need a hard reset often. Any of you that work on these all help would be > appreciated. > Thanks > Perry Thorpe > Thorpe's Electronics > Beattyville,KY 41311 > pkthorpe@xxxxxxxxx > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- > This Email List is accessible to the general public through search engines. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm > Set Vacation mailto:ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=set%20techassist%20vacation > Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This Email List is accessible to the general public through search engines. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm Set Vacation mailto:ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=set%20techassist%20vacation Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/