BENQ Drive needs to be powered on for a while to start reading discs good enough

[Invertex]

Could this be a sign of a failing logic board in the drive? In which case I'd probably have to buy a whole new drive, or replace that part? Is there any sure fire way for me to test that?

I tweaked the pot and that had alleviated the problem for a short while, but not long. I then ordered a new laser online, removed the anti-static solder and put it in the drive, but it doesn't work any better (tried adjusting it to many different ohm levels between 3.0-5.0).

So, I can't tell if it's just a faulty laser I bought, or the drive itself failing. The one I bought came already set at 2.6k ohms oddly, had to turn it up.

 

[Taijigamer2]

Sounds like u bought a refurbed laser, they should ship at 4.0 - 5.0 kohm new. When u say 'turn it up' did u mean reduce the resistance? Get a new laser, that will sort it out. Haven't heard of a failing logic board behaving like that. Good luck.

 

[Invertex]

Sounds like u bought a refurbed laser, they should ship at 4.0 - 5.0 kohm new. When u say 'turn it up' did u mean reduce the resistance? Get a new laser, that will sort it out. Haven't heard of a failing logic board behaving like that. Good luck.

Refurbished even though it had the anti-static ball on it? The laser didn't appear to have any wear and tear on it, no dust or scratches, lens looks nice and blue. I did read about some of these laser coming set to around 2.6 or 2.8ohms. And yeah, by turn it up I mean the ohm value.

I've since put back in my old laser and I can't even get it to work at the poor level it was before...

Worm motor and tracks working fine, no dust inside my drive.

 

[AllyNerd]

Just so u know decreasing the resistance gives more power to the laser. If it's your old laser I'd turn that sucker down esp if Your gonna get a new one

 

[GeekHeat]

A lot of crap lasers knocking about. More than normal. Anybody can pot tweek a laser and add a blob of solder and call it new. U need to get another laser. Or u maybe able to get a complete drive from someone on here if the laser isn't the problem.

 

[ablegepu]

if it came at 2.6 k ohms then u got ripped. they are not recommended to go under 3k ohms (I think because anything less will burn it up pretty quick and yeah when you get a brand new one it should at least be at 3.5k - 4k ohms so when it does get weak you can tweak it a little. it should not be at 3k especially under that. you would probably be better off with your old one.

 

[Invertex]

Well, after some fiddling around with the laser track heights, I managed to get my old laser reading retail discs very quickly while still at 3.2ohms. But it refuses to even spin up for longer than a second when trying to read my backups =/ Tried a lower ohm and still nothing. Guess I need a new laser then? Is there a reputable seller who ships to Canada for a decent price that people know of?

And thankfully the ebay seller refunded me fully for it.