Although I'm not an ASC for Toshiba, I have a friend that works for a Toshiba ASC, and this is what he told me ............... There are software/firmware upgrades for that model but they do not resolve freezing issues. Your symptom is usually caused by a weak laser assembly. Cost of repair would exceed the value of unit. Randy Evans VCR SERVICE 708 Linwood Street Delta, Ohio 43515 alltv <alltv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Hi Group, This unit came in with laser motor drive gear broken. Replaced and worked ok for a while. Now stops playing after 20 minutes. I checked some surface mount caps on signal board. and I notice IC 502 gets hot(It might be normal), when I let it cool down I can get still picture only. Any repair tips for this problem will be very helpful. Thanks in advance Ken Dinckan email to : alltv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ******************************************** All Tv&Appliance Service 2747 Roosevelt Street Suite B Carlsbad CA, 92008 Phone : (760)434-1131 ******************************************** ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/