I see... Thank you for your input! I had re capped the entire mainboard (PU-7 as it should be) last year following advice from someone with a similar issue, to no particular improvement, but at least we kind of know that part is fine. CD control system looks ok with no bad connection on any of the c...

Thanks for your reply nocash! Not to worry there's no war around here :) What happens is from time to time, upon switching 1x 2x speed, the spindle motor goes into an abnormal acceleration that lasts for perhaps about 3 seconds before slowing down and recovering, or when things have worsened, crashi...

Hello everyone! First post here after a while spent lurking, looking for some feedback... I have an early SCPH-1000 here, bought back in the day when they were new. After perhaps only a couple of years of pretty light use (must have been around 1996), it developed a fault where the spindle motor wou...