"Michael Black" wrote
The electrolytics looked fine. But once I changed
the bigger value ones in the power supply, it worked fine.

If I can find suitable replacement caps in my parts box, I may
just start replacing the larger power supply caps and see what
happens...


"Arfa Daily" wrote
Have you tried playing a CD ?

Never thought of trying a CD - good idea!

Well, same symptoms, except, when I spun the CD by hand
after it refused to turn on its own, it all of a sudden sped up to
something like 3-digit RPM for half a minute (sounded like the
Concorde taking off), still showing "LOAD" in the window.
That was it, followed by the "no disc" message.

However, every time the CD was inserted and loaded, I could see
the red laser shining through the disc for perhaps half a second only,
and then no more. So it would make sense that after a while the
"no disc" message would appear. Seems like a faulty laser function
to be at the root of the problem. Replacing the Power caps may be
a good start.




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