[TechAssist] Re: Toshiba SD-1600C, DVD won't spin, need motor

  • From: Doug Keller <dek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 16:05:35 -0500

But won't magnetic lines of flux interfere with and/or wipe out a chip, 
but a HD will weather it better?

Doug Keller
Wis-Kel Electronics
101 Freeland Ave.
Terra Alta, WV
USA        26764
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Gary McCartney wrote:

>Doug, a hard drive no matter how small, costs many times what a DVD does
>to produce. Eventually, I expect that a chip will replace a hard drive,
>a CD and a DVD.
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>Gary McCartney
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>McCartney Electronics
>Guelph Ontario Canada 
>Est. 1984
>email: gary (at) number63.ca
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>Doug Keller wrote:
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>>With that quarter-sized 4 gig hd the japs just invented, aren't cds and
>>dvds just about obsolete now? Essentially, you could wear a more
>>powerful computer with more memory as a wristwatch now than a regular
>>desktop pc of 10-12 years ago was!!
>>
>>Doug Keller
>>Wis-Kel Electronics
>>101 Freeland Ave.
>>Terra Alta, WV
>>USA        26764
>>dek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>dek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>http://www.tech-assist.org
>>"Learn from the mistakes of others, because you
>>won't live long enough to make them all yourself"
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>>Tel-Tek wrote:
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>>>That's been my experience on them. Customers end up leaving them, when I get
>>>2 units the same with different symptoms, I used to change boards from one,
>>>or maybe the laser unit. But even there, they have no resale value, since a
>>>new one is under $70. 100 years from now when they dig up our landfills,
>>>they will wonder what these things were used for, along with tons of 8 track
>>>players.
>>>
>>>-Ed-
>>>Tel-Tek Electronics
>>>Ontario-Canada
>>>teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>From: "Kevin" <kevintv@xxxxxxx>
>>>To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2004 1:58 AM
>>>Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Toshiba SD-1600C, DVD won't spin, need motor
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>>>>You're right, Ed.  If it isn't a belt or easily found bad connection
>>>>these are not worth spending more than 5 minutes on.  I just can't
>>>>believe that something that is only 3 1/2 years old and probably cost
>>>>$339 in Nov 2000 (and not even progressive scan) is now junk!
>>>>
>>>>Kevin Wilks
>>>>Kevin's TV & Video Repair
>>>>Penticton BC Canada
>>>>kevintv@xxxxxxx
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>>>>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>From: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>[mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tel-Tek
>>>>Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 7:03 PM
>>>>To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Toshiba SD-1600C, DVD won't spin, need motor
>>>>
>>>>There's your answer Kevin. Don't even try to repair these on a component
>>>>level. And I would not jump to the conclusion that because the DVD won't
>>>>spin, that it's the motor.
>>>>Most DVD Players will not be worth repairing. Even Toshiba has opted to
>>>>replace DVD Players under Warranty, and not have ASC repair them.
>>>>
>>>>-Ed-
>>>>Tel-Tek Electronics
>>>>Ontario-Canada
>>>>teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>>From: "Kevin" <kevintv@xxxxxxx>
>>>>To: "TECH-ASSIST" <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 4:49 PM
>>>>Subject: [TechAssist] Toshiba SD-1600C, DVD won't spin, need motor
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>>>>>Does anyone know of a supplier for just the motor that spins the DVD?
>>>>>The motor is available from Toshiba, but only with the whole sled
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>>>>which
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>>>>>costs more than a brand new progressive scan player made by Toshiba.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Kevin Wilks
>>>>>Kevin's TV & Video Repair
>>>>>Penticton BC Canada
>>>>>kevintv@xxxxxxx
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