im trying to salvage a motor from a cd drive, and i got as far as dismantiling the whole thing and gutting useless parts, im down to the circut board, and the slidy mechanism. once i plug it in and press the eject button, it slides out like its suposed to, but as soon as it reaches full open position, it closes again. then opens, then closes a few more times then suddenly shuts off . does anyone know how to get this thing to open and stay open till i press the botton agiain? edit: once i put the reader mechanism back in, it does what its suposed to again..., but the thing is, i dont want the reading mechanism in there
Your best bet is to use a custom circuit to drive the motor, It is impossible to predict how each cdrom will interact.
