3DO FZ-1 - Noise when lens moves

[jcoelho]

Hi all!

I just got an used Panasonic FZ-1 3DO with a very strange noise. Sounds like a grinding noise

when it reads the disc (also when you open and close the tray).

I uploaded a video to youtube: http://youtu.be/sXzGFytUitA

You can hear the noise at:

0:02
0:07
0:13
0:27
0:35
0:38
0:45
0:49
From 0:53 to 0:58

Actually, it reads the disks and I can play the games, but the noise is very annoying and it

could mean that something inside is broken. What do you guys think?

Thanks!

[FABombjoy]

The tray load Sega CD makes a similar sound when the laser inner track limit switch is dirty OR the gears that drive the laser have play in them. I can't speak specifically to the mechanism in the 3DO but the sound is very similar, both the buzzing itself and the timing of it.