dvd rom wont stop spinning

[bodger2uk]

got a v5 with dvd rom problems, chipped it 2 weeks ago with an mx4 played flawlessley until last night,got a call to say the drawer was jammed halfway & could'nt get it to budge,got em to drop it off 2nite stripped the drawer out expecting it to have jumped the track. refitted the tray and plugged the system in to make sure the tray was set right. tray still wont eject but also found that the spindle was spinning without a disc in,the only way to stop the spindle is to turn off the power,ps2 still plays fine. so whats causing the spindle motor to rotate on turning on without a disc in, and my way of thinking is that the disc tray not ejecting is linked to the spindle motor not stopping.
anybody come across this before and know of a solution

cheers bodger

[ZootAllures]

Its a guess but maybe a BA chip problem

[bodger2uk]

cheers zoot if it is then i've got a spare v5 board to try out ,could do with it not being that tho, n e more ideas

bodger

[RAISTLIN]

Man, haven't been inside my v5 in YEARS!

About the tray not ejecting: Weren't there IR micro switches or something for detecting the tray retracted/extended state? It's a long shot, but there could be something wrong there. I've seen them cause wierd tray issues with PC drives before. Might be worth checking out. Either that, or the signal from the eject button is not making it to the chip to kick off the eject sequence that would spin down the drive. (or the chip(s) on the board/modchip/wiring could be bad).

As for the drive spinning at power up....that is an odd one. I'd have to go with the bad chip scenario. It may be failing the initial disk check on boot up, which could be a number of things. I've seen PC CD drives fail because of bad firmware/chips. If you've got a v5 board, you could eliminate the "Sony" chips as a culprit--pain in the @$$ to do it, but at least you could rule the system out as the culprit and concentrate on issues with the drive hardware or modchip.

Hell, if the board and mod check out OK, it might be easer to just drop a new drive in there and see if it behaves.

Good Luck!

Raist