PC DVD burner eject problems

[Meat Plow]

Not really looking for help with a fix but I found it a bit
odd that the tray ejects fine as long as a disc is in it but
I have to use the fail-safe manual eject with no disc in the tray.
Must have something to do with the position of the mech that comes
down on the top and holds the disc to the spindle hub(forget official name).

 

[Arfa Daily]

Not really looking for help with a fix but I found it a bit
odd that the tray ejects fine as long as a disc is in it but
I have to use the fail-safe manual eject with no disc in the tray.
Must have something to do with the position of the mech that comes
down on the top and holds the disc to the spindle hub(forget official
name).

Hi Meat
That would be the disc clamp and turntable. Problem could be just a slipping
belt, and when there is the weight of a disc on the turntable, that's enough
to break the magnetic 'sticktion' between turntable and clamp, along with
the effort put in by the tray motor via the slipping belt, and thus get the
deck on the move and dropping away from the tray. I've seen this problem
times on regular hifi drives.

Arfa

 

[Sam Goldwasser]

Not really looking for help with a fix but I found it a bit
odd that the tray ejects fine as long as a disc is in it but
I have to use the fail-safe manual eject with no disc in the tray.
Must have something to do with the position of the mech that comes
down on the top and holds the disc to the spindle hub(forget official name).

You may be basically correct. With no disc in place,
the clamper magnet attracts the spindle hub with a greater force.
So, a weak motor or slipping belt may not be able to overcome it.

So, you'll have to remove the cover and try to determine what's going on.

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[Meat Plow]

Hi Meat
That would be the disc clamp and turntable. Problem could be just a slipping
belt, and when there is the weight of a disc on the turntable, that's enough
to break the magnetic 'sticktion' between turntable and clamp, along with
the effort put in by the tray motor via the slipping belt, and thus get the
deck on the move and dropping away from the tray. I've seen this problem
times on regular hifi drives.

That makes sense Arf. The drive is only a year old maybe the belt got some
lube on it? Next time I pull the covers to clean out the dust I'll have a
look.