Posted by Abe on 12/22/06 20:39

>On 22 Dec 2006 01:40:40 -0800, "Silicon Sam" <SiliconSam@gmail.com>
>wrote:
>
>>
>>Fred F. wrote:
>>> Does anyone know of any established repair places for DVD drives. I
>>> have some 2.6/5.2 Gb drives from a peice of industrial equipment that
>>> have failed. I think mostly that it is the drive motors, but they need
>>> a good service.
>>> Any ideas would be helpfull. Thanks.
>>
>> Are they DVD or Magneto-Optical drives? Do they read and write to
>>standards DVD blanks?
>>
>>Raymond
>
>
>They are DVD RAM drives and use standard cartridge type DVD RAM disks.
>One pair of drives are the Panasonic SW9573 DVD RAM Multi Drive 4.7GB
>(DVD-R/W, CD R/W). Another pair are an older drive that are lower
>capacity 2.6 per side (5.2 total) capacity.
Forget trying to get them fixed. They are throw-away commodities.
It'll cost less to buy new ones.

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