Neo cd problem

the.bet

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Well I think I know I am out if luck but I thought I would post for good measure. I bought my 1st Neo cd system off eBay, and I think it arrived DOA. It seems to boot fine but I can't get it to advance beyond the "cd player" like menu page.

From what I have seen on YouTube, I should be able to hit start at this point to get the game going right?

Also I should mention that I can not hearbthe disc spinning at any point so either I have a broken cd drive or snk had ultra silent cd technology. Ha ha

if it is the CDROM is there a replacment part someone can advise me on?

Thanks
 
Xian Xi

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Open the lid and push the black pin (at 6 o clock position) down and see if it spins.
 
awbacon

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Sweet...glad it came back to life. I love my ngcd
 
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Hi All,

I just purchased a top loading NGCD from Ebay, and am experiencing similar issue:

THe unit will turn on, CD does spin up, and there are head movement, but the unit is stuck in the CD player screen, pressing PLAY doesn't do anything. This happens to both game disc and a regular audio CD.

Any suggestions or help will be appreciated
 
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You can disconnect and reconnect the cables, make sure the lens is clean (may be spinning up, and too dirty to read) ect ect
 
Xian Xi

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golee said:
Hi All,

I just purchased a top loading NGCD from Ebay, and am experiencing similar issue:

THe unit will turn on, CD does spin up, and there are head movement, but the unit is stuck in the CD player screen, pressing PLAY doesn't do anything. This happens to both game disc and a regular audio CD.

Any suggestions or help will be appreciated
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Well first off, you don't press play. When it says press start, press start. If that message isn't popping up then the laser might be dirty or failing.
 
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Hi, thanks

If the laser is in fact failing, does anyone know where i can purchase a replacement? And no the "press start" doesn't show up....
 
Xian Xi

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Try cleaning it first before you try to replace it.
 
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golee

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The seller claims that he did that already, i will try it again and let you guys know.. in the mean time, doe sanyone know the pin out from the on board CD controller? If its just a standard IDE or SCSI interface, i can probably hack this
 
awbacon

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If the seller claims he already cleaned the laser...I'd just make him refund you. Sounds like he knew it was acting odd, or else why would he clean the laser right before he shipped? Just a thought
 
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He did tell me the unit isn't working, i didn't do enough research and thought that i can fix it myself...... if i know what the pin out is i can actually, fix it, but now it look as though its not possble :(
 
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if you really want a new pick-up the model is H8147AF, it was used in a bunch of CD players from around that time, not difficult to find it.
 
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golee

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I will try your suggestion with amplifying the laser strength first.... the site you sent seems to suggest that this is a possible fix for a disc read error, in my case, i don't even get any error.. its just stuck in that cd player screen, pressing start won't do anything, and play will not play a music cd
 
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golee

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tried the laser fix, didn't work... maybe i will have to replace the laser lens unit...
 
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golee

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Ok, so I have ordered the lens unit from Ebay.. in the event if that doesn't fix the issue, what else can you guys suggest? Does anyone know the part number on the daughter board? I am suspecting that could be the problem, as I don't think its the main system board...

again, if anyone can provide pin out info on the main board to the CD unit, that will be much appreciated
 
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16 bucks new lens from ebay fixed the problem. I just finished 2 round of Samurai Showdown. Thanks guys!
 
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