TG-16 CD unit powers on.. gears not stuck yet no disk spin

[ldeveraux]

Thanks Keith courage .. I will give a go on her tomorrow and let you know results ..

Fingers crossed

Just want to say KC knows his stuff. I had the exact same problem as you; turned out the main board was fried. Listen to this man!

[moondelight61]

Figures... ,meeting after meeting and never got to my Drive today... so KC will look at tomorrow.

thanks ldeveraux I do believe he does..god I hope the main board is not fried... worked perfect in 2000 when I used her last.. just been in storage and in a good room too...

but will keep you all posted...

[moondelight61]

good news everyone the drive is finally working don't ask me why or how but this little flex cable was somehow continuously dislodging itself took me a while to make sure it was really set properly checked again for Gear Lock and before I closed it up power on she's alive and workingThank Thank God thank you everyone for your help and input

[moondelight61]

DAM a new problem 😥😥😥
Now she powers off after a few seconds ..

PC disk spins then PC goes dark and have to pull a/c cord and wait a few seconds and repeats

If I use a music CD and on its side open its fine.. Cold solder joint???

[Keith Courage]

Hmm that is odd. Is the grounding strip bumping anything on the motherboard or did you remove it?

Also, it's not odd for the CD drive to power off every now and again when first attempting to power it on. However, if it does it after the 2nd try then something is wrong.

Also, try backing the CD drive off of the docking station slightly and see what happens. Sometimes the contacts can get dirty back there and having the Drive pushed in all the way can in odd cases cause power issues.

Clean out with toothbrush and rubbing alcohol on both the CD drive and docking station.

[MotherGunner]

Had a very similar issue with my CD Drive.  Sent it over to TheSteve for repair and he mentioned it was something inside the motor.  Works now!

[moondelight61]

Well unit is not in the dock.. When I closed it.. Would not power on.. Reopened .. Pull mother board out ..not fully out maybe 1/2 inch.. Ground wire is ok on bottom,plate..played music CD like this for 3 hours in,repeat more.. If I fuss with it.. Powers off and will not power on unless I fiddle with motherboards position .. Has to be a wire .. Or a joint? 

[Keith Courage]

check the ac adapter jack joints. they are known to crack and generally need to be resoldered

[moondelight61]

Will check the joints.  this is the lol easy part..now that it is working with the laser, tracking and drive spin..so close

[Keith Courage]

So it is spinning but not reading the discs? I thought you said you could get it to read an audio disc before?

[moondelight61]

yes, if I leave it on its side with motherboard out about 1/2 inch it will spin and read disks.. 100% music disks since i plugged in a headphone and listed to the lol south park movie soundtrack and the display showed each track..played in repeat for 3 hours.. i put in a Turbo CD and it played track 1 and that's all i would expect.

but when i close it... the PC goes out and will not turn on.  i then reopen and pull out the mother board a bit..so yes it does work..if open and yes reads the disks if open

sorry KC if i mixed you up  :idea:

[Keith Courage]

Double check all the colored wiring going from the motherboard to the PCB where the play/stop buttons are. One or two of those wires could have shorts in them.

[moondelight61]

Yes, been looking them over..so far at least have not found the bastard yet.. of course took about like 10 times and now that i get the drive spinning again and reading lol now she still fighting me..
I want to play Y's 4 English patch i now have (yes I own the jap version)

[Keith Courage]

Have you tried making any small adjustments to the potentiometers yet?

[moondelight61]

no KC, is that nessessary?