"Gareth Magennis" wrote in message
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Well this has got me stumped.

I have here a Liteon HDD/DVD recorder (TV programs) that will not eject
the disk that is inside it. There is power, the disc spins, and you can
press eject and it tries to do so but fails.
I can't remove the mech from the unit because the drawer front decal panel
is too big to pull into the unit, and the front part of the chassis
prevents the drive coming out of the front of the unit.
So the drive will not go either backwards or forwards to enable its
removal.

If I broke this decal panel off the tray it would, but I don't really want
to do that.

How do you get these things out?

I have done this many a time with CD players, I either eject the drawers
and remove the front panels, or you can usually undo the 4 screws holding
the mech to the chassis, and it will move forward enough to enable the
panel to be removed.
But not this one, its tight against the front chassis.



Cheers,



Gareth.



Right, I had to break off the front panel, the decal facia thing is actually
screwed onto the panel from behind.
The mechs plastic top plate underneath the screen cage has 4 screws, the
front were inaccessible without removing the cage, which was secured
underneath the front by 2 inaccessible screws.

So, the only way you can get this mech out is to be able to open the drawer
and remove the front panel first.
You cannot open it by inserting anything through any holes anywhere.

The loading mechanism was jammed because the CD spindle has a pad on it that
appears to be one sided sticky tape?? The CD was strongly glued to it, took
quite a tug to get it off!

Maybe this ring pad had come off somehow, leaving just the self adhesive
bottom bit behind? Dunno.




Thanks for all the suggestions.



Gareth.