[NEC_Avenue] Repairing A Duo
Hi everybody, Mack here.
About a year ago I purchased a semi-broken Duo for parts from a guy for $20. Now the reason that I say semi-broken is, because when I bought it, he made it clear to me that the CD-ROM drive did not work, but the Hucard port did. So I was fine with that due to the fact that the hucard game port was operable and I was getting a spare: Duo controller, A/V hook-up cable and A/C adapter, well worth the $20. So I brought the system home and decided to test the CD-ROM drive anyway. Well as luck would have it, when I fired it up for the first time, it worked! What a steal! I'm guessing that the reason that it worked again was because of any vibration that the system might have encountered during transit it somehow "fixed" whatever was wrong, such as a loose wire or something. So, I decided to play my most recent acquisition at that time, and that was Ys III. Well as it turned out, a week or so later, about half way through the game, the CD drive decided to stop working again :^( Being that I was not finished playing Ys III yet I was rather pissed off, even though I new when I bought it, that it was damaged. I kept getting a message on the screen saying to "please set disc". Well, it was set! Why doesn't it know that, I kept asking myself (and the Duo) :^) So like I said I was kinda pissed off at it so I gave the system a few smacks, nothing still. So I lifted the front only of the system about an inch, and then dropped it back onto the shelf that it was on. IT WORKED! Not a big impact mind you, but not something that I wanted to do every time the system "conked" out on me. Well sure enough a day or so later it happened again, "please set disc" ARGH! So I tried lifting the front of the system again and dropping it onto the shelf. This time it didn't work and I didn't want to get in the habit of dropping it over and over and over in fear of REALLY screwing it up permanently! So I decided to store it away until I could land one of those EXPENSIVE 4.5 mm external line head security device bits, thinking that I would someday be able to open it up and hopefully fix whatever is wrong with it. Well that day has finally come as I have recently purchased one off of eBay for $7 including shipping. A little pricey for one small bit but, if I can fix my poor Duo it will be well worth the price! Ok, so I opened it up hoping to find a loose wire or anything that looked out of the ordinary and of course, nothing that I could see. Now the laser is operating as it does go up and down attempting to read the CD but after about 3 attempts it gives me the same message "please set disc" So now I have hit a roadblock and was hoping that maybe someone here at NEC_AVENUE has also had this problem before and was successful in fixing it. Any suggestions or advice would be REALLY APPRECIATED.
Thanks in advance,
Mack
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi everybody, Mack here. <BR>About a year ago I
purchased a semi-broken Duo for parts from a guy for $20. Now the reason that I
say semi-broken is, because when I bought it, he made it clear to me that the
CD-ROM drive did not work, but the Hucard port did. So I was fine with that due
to the fact that the hucard game port was operable and I was getting a spare:
Duo controller, A/V hook-up cable and A/C adapter, well worth the $20. So I
brought the system home and decided to test the CD-ROM drive anyway. Well as
luck would have it, when I fired it up for the first time, it worked! What a
steal! I'm guessing that the reason that it worked again was because of any
vibration that the system might have encountered during transit it somehow
"fixed" whatever was wrong, such as a loose wire or something. So, I decided to
play my most recent acquisition at that time, and that was Ys III. Well as it
turned out, a week or so later, about half way through the game, the CD drive
decided to stop working again :^( Being that I was not finished playing Ys III
yet I was rather pissed off, even though I new when I bought it, that it was
damaged. I kept getting a message on the screen saying to "please set disc".
Well, it was set! Why doesn't it know that, I kept asking myself (and the Duo)
:^) So like I said I was kinda pissed off at it so I gave the system a few
smacks, nothing still. So I lifted the front only of the system about an inch,
and then dropped it back onto the shelf that it was on. IT WORKED! Not a big
impact mind you, but not something that I wanted to do every time the system
"conked" out on me. Well sure enough a day or so later it happened again,
"please set disc" ARGH! So I tried lifting the front of the system again and
dropping it onto the shelf. This time it didn't work and I didn't want to get in
the habit of dropping it over and over and over in fear of REALLY screwing it up
permanently! So I decided to store it away until I could land one of those
EXPENSIVE 4.5 mm external line head security device bits, thinking that I would
someday be able to open it up and hopefully fix whatever is wrong with it. Well
that day has finally come as I have recently purchased one off of eBay for $7
including shipping. A little pricey for one small bit but, if I can fix my poor
Duo it will be well worth the price! Ok, so I opened it up hoping to find a
loose wire or anything that looked out of the ordinary and of course, nothing
that I could see. Now the laser is operating as it does go up and down
attempting to read the CD but after about 3 attempts it gives me the same
message "please set disc" So now I have hit a roadblock and was hoping that
maybe someone here at NEC_AVENUE has also had this problem before and was
successful in fixing it. Any suggestions or advice would be REALLY APPRECIATED.
<BR>Thanks in advance,<BR>Mack <BR></FONT></DIV>
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