Apple CD SC Problems

[banshee]

I had gotten a CD SC a while back on eBay and never really tested it until now. I tried 2 cd caddy's and neither resulted in the disc spinning up. But that's just half of this drive's problems...

It's so yellowed it's brown, It may be as dark as yellowing can get, there's a 'tan line' on the top of the drive where what looks like a localtalk splitter sat, but nothing retro can't fix right?

Well I don't know where to start to make this drive work. I got it open (love the pressure points) and I got as far as the sony drive itself; couldn't figure out to get to the motor without damaging the drive. Does anyone have any experience with this?

 

[CelGen]

Main issue is dust settling on the lens. a Q-tip with rubbing alcohol normally fixes that if you're careful.

Is that just bad lighting or is the case really the color of stale cheddar?

 

[banshee]

Yep. But if that's the problem shouldn't the drive at least spin the disc? and when cleaning, should I try to open the drive up or do it through the cd slot?

 

[banshee]

I just figured out how to open the drive and cleaned it, It appears to be reading the disk now! Thanks! Now I just have to brighten it and it's Perfect, I'll be sure to post a before/after on this.

 

[CelGen]

These drives are weird. If they don't see any type of reflective surface it won't even bother rotating the spindle.