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We start out with an unsuspecting drive and flip it on its back and hold it down |
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Extract the 4 circled screws |
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The top lid slides right off, just pull it straight up |
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Flip it over and lift off the bottom tin |
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Still looking at the bottom of the drive we
notice on the left side in this photo a ribbon cable and a black plastic
clip are circled. Release the clip and lift the circuit board up
to better access the ribbon cable. The ribbon cable needs to be
disconnected by pulling the cable straight out, there are no release clips just
pull it out. |
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Once the above step is completed you can flip over the circuit board
to access the three remaining ribbon cables. These should be
disconnected just like the first one. |
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Now the PCB is free |
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Now that we have the top and bottom tins removed and PCB out of the
way we look at the bottom front of the drive and see a little white
slider |
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Slide it over to the right and the tray pops partway open |
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Flip the drive upright again and pull the tray out all the way, note
the two tabs circled in this photo. These are clips that need to
be pulled up while pulling the drive tray the rest of the way out. |
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For the photos we used a screwdriver to pry but
you can easily use a finger nail. A little forward pressure and a it slips past |
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Then the next one |
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Notice once the tray is remove the slider springs
from the left... |
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to the right. This will come into play when
we re-assemble |
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We are now looking at the bottom of the drive, we
see the two rails that the laser rides on. They end at two black
plastic circles with
a Philips screw holding them in place. |
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Remove the two screws and the rails are free
so we can remove them |
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Now the laser just lifts out |
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Now on to remove the motor that spins up the
disc. Remove the three screws circled here |
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and surprise surprise it lifts right out |
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Now the drive has been completely disassembled,
or at least as complete as we care to do. |
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Putting it back together is much the same as the
disassembly procedure but, just to be really thorough, we will go on step
by step. |
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three screws to install the disc spinning motor |
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The laser and two rails are installed front first
and then rest the ends into the black circles we just removed them from |
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Install the two screws, once in place it should
look like this. |
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Take a quick look at the bottom of the tray, we
notice a curved trough that the white plastic nub rides in, its right
next to the gear |
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see the tray and notch? |
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alright then line them up and slide the tray in |
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now on to the PCB, attach the 3 ribbon cables,
just push them straight in. Don't bend them over, they damage easily
so be careful.
Cable 1 |
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Cable 2 |
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Cable 3 |
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Lay the PCB down, inserting the left side in this
photo into its slot |
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insert the final cable |
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snap the board into place |
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replace the top and bottom tin and install the
four screws... DONE! |
