🚀 go-pugleaf

RetroBBS NetNews Server

Inspired by RockSolid Light RIP Retro Guy

Article View: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.cd-rom
Article #257

Re: Panasonic CR-562-B not working?

#257
From: C.M.Porter
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 1996 00:00
19 lines
1668 bytes
In article <825457405snz@longley.demon.co.uk>, David Longley
<David@longley.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> Just for the record, I've struggled with a similar problem except on mine,
> it reads the first half of the disk fine, the second half produces read
> errors. Like you I feel peeved that it's only worked for a year, and during
> that period it's had only light use (good marketing trick CD-ROMs !).
> 
> Mind you - I haven't given up....I am after the motors...so anyone who has
> junked their 562 or 563 please contact me for an address to send your motors
> to, I'm not sure if there are one or two, but they *are* very small.
> -- 
> David Longley

I have also had trouble with a CR562 if first failed intermittently the stoped
working all together I carefully stripped the spindal motor and found that the
contacts on the comutator were clogged up with metal. I cleaned out the gaps
with a pin and its been working fine for the last 6 monthes

Chris Porter
Technical Details
Message-ID: <825542988.21235@conamore.demon.co.uk>
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!unknown!not-for-mail
References: <4guj2a$crh@news.sas.ab.ca> <825457405snz@longley.demon.co.uk>

Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit
X-Google-Thread: 1036bc,957ad3712ea83f4b
X-Google-Attributes: gid1036bc,public
X-Google-Thread: 104cf5,4c456c31d8d8bfd6
X-Google-Attributes: gid104cf5,public
X-Google-Thread: ff6c9,4c456c31d8d8bfd6
X-Google-Attributes: gidff6c9,public
From: unknown@unknown.account.com (C.M.Porter)
Subject: Re: Panasonic CR-562-B not working?
Date: 1996/02/28
Message-ID: <825542988.21235@conamore.demon.co.uk>
X-Deja-AN: 141521422
x-nntp-posting-host: conamore.demon.co.uk
references: <4guj2a$crh@news.sas.ab.ca> <825457405snz@longley.demon.co.uk>
organization: Conamore Buckley
newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.cd-rom,alt.cd-rom,demon.tech.pc