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Optical drive not spinning

Motor present but disc does not rotate.

2 repair logs

Fujitsu FM Towns Marty floppy drive PCB during recap; visible IC chip, solder joints, and motor assembly with spindle exposed.
+20 photos◐Partial fix

Fujitsu — FM Towns Marty

Fujitsu FM Towns Marty Full Recap (Floppy Pending)

Thorough recap from top to bottom on this Fujitsu FM Towns Marty. The console boots and the CD-ROM side works, but the floppy drive remains undefeated. It spins but refuses to acknowledge any disk.

Optical drive not spinningBroken/worn drive beltFloppy drive not recognising disks
Dec 5, 20253 threads
Two GameCube optical drive PCBs being recapped, with desoldered electrolytic capacitors, tweezers, and a resistor laid out on absorbent mat.
+5 photos◐Partial fix

Nintendo — GameCube

Nintendo GameCube Optical Drive Recap: 2 Spares

Two spare Nintendo GameCube optical drives (DOL-001) recapped. One came back to life, one didn't. The dead one reads 30 ohms on the motor where the working one is OL, which likely points to a dead motor.

Disc read errorOptical drive not spinning
Nov 23, 20231 thread