[TechAssist] Re: Working on a Lite-on DVD rom drive model LTD-163
- From: Gary McCartney <gary@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 02 Mar 2004 18:42:51 -0500
Jeff, would there be two lasers under the same lense? I think I only saw
one lense in the assembly.
Gary McCartney
McCartney Electronics
Guelph Ontario Canada
Est. 1984
email: gary (at) number63.ca
Intrepid Video Support wrote:
>
> Gary,
> It is my understanding there are two lasers in that little mechanism. Perhaps
> the one to read CD's is bad.
>
> Jeff Dougherty
> Intrepid Video TV/VCR
> 263 S Front St
> Steelton PA 17113
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> www.intrepid-video.com www.tech-repair.net
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gary McCartney" <gary@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 12:11 AM
> Subject: [TechAssist] Working on a Lite-on DVD rom drive model LTD-163
>
> While cleaning up the shop and pitching things out, I came across this
> Lite-on DVD rom drive model LTD-163 which has a strange problem. It will
> read DVD's ok and it will read CDR discs ok, but it will not read
> factory made CD rom discs or factory made music CD's. I have tried a few
> differnt CD's and the drive will not read the TOC. To me this doesn't
> make too much sense because the laser has to be more precise to read the
> DVD's, correct?
>
> I tried updating the firmware and that has not helped. When I first
> attempted the firmware, I did something wrong and the drive went totally
> dead. Then I found a utility on the net to restore the firmware even
> from a brain dead unit. It worked! If any Tech Assist member has one of
> these drives lying around, I can send you the files to bring it back to
> life (if it is a firmware problem). Also, the firmware version I
> installed is supposed to make the unit region- free but I don't have any
> foreign DVD's to confirm this.
>
> --
>
> Gary McCartney
>
> McCartney Electronics
> Guelph Ontario Canada
> Est. 1984
> email: gary (at) number63.ca
>
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