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I'll break out the multimeter then.

Thanks for the tip.

One of the first things I did was check to make sure that all the ribbon cables were inserted firmly and didn't have breaks, but I never checked for dirt or tarnish, or for damage in the sockets. That's another thing to check. Thanks for that tidbit. There are at least two (I think three) ribbon-sty...

So, T2Kfreeker, any news on if you found your notes?

I'm sorry for my late reply! I was away this week and I just got home a few hours ago.

Thanks T2KFreeker. If you get any papercuts I'll personally send some band-aids to you

If I had the choice, I would be using a Panasonic unit right now. However, I don't have one. I am interested in electronics and would very much like to repair my 3DO or attempt it before I sink more money into buying a new one. Besides, I think it would be very worthwhile for the community if the me...

I cleaned the laser lens with a q-tip and windex and while the lens definately looked transparent afterwards and not a blue-ish mirrored finish like it had before, I'm still having the same problem. I still hope to be able to adjust the laser. I forgot to mention this before, but when the 3DO is fir...

It's already assembled again. I always put things back together as soon as I'm done poking around inside them. I wouldn't want to forget how it fits together! I will most likely be able to clean the laser lens tonight, and I might lubricate the motor that spins the disc because it couldn't hurt. I a...

I've taken apart the entire CD-ROM assembly, and everything is quite simple and very well labelled, except for the laser adjustment. There were a couple of small screws that I thought could be it, but they were tightly fastened and I assume were not for adjustments. I'm persuing this 3DO problem so ...

Thanks again T2KFreeker, I'll try that. However, that still leaves a couple of my questions unanswered. This thread has 78 views as I write this, and nobody here can tell me how to adjust the laser or if I can lubricate the cd-rom motor? If I'm doing something wrong with my posts please tell me. I'd...

Thanks for the reply! The laser is free of dust, but the lens has a reflective-looking finish on it that I figured was on purpose, but some types of glass do get a reflective tarnish on them when they come into contact with skin oils and are left to age. What chemical do you recommend I use to clean...

I'm very glad that I found a good, active forum for 3DO! This is really great. However, that's not the point of this topic. Here goes: I recently aquired a Goldstar 3DO. The system powers up fine, and the disc tray works. However, I can't get the system to boot any games. I took the top of the syste...