Panasonic 3DO not reading game discs. Help Please!!!!!!!!!!

[nesfanatic]

I recently found a Panasonic in the wild but much to my dismay when I got it home and set it up none of the games that I have boot up. I get a message on the screen telling me to insert a disc. The discs are relatively scratch free so I don't think that is the problem. I took off the top of the unit and have discovered that the discs once inserted into the machine do not spin. I am a novice at this restoration stuff but I initially thought that a dirty lense could be my problem but now I am figuring it must be something more serious. I do get a repetitive 3DO advertisement promo sort of thing when the system is turned on but again the games don't work. Does anybody have a guess as to the cause of this problem and if so please share with me any possible fixes. Thanks in advance for the assistance.

[omnedon]

Probably the laser, or the transport (motor). Not an easy fix. the easiest thing, would be to try to locate another 3DO with a diff problem, and cobble together from the two.

I'm sure the Panasonic 3DO uses a transport and laser that is no doubt common to some other Panasonic appliance, like a CD player. The trick is to find the right one. A lot of googling... this would be the 'hard way'.

Sorry. :o

[jonjandran]

Maybe a fuse for the cd motor on the main board is blown ?
Try doing a google search and see if someone has a pic showing the different fuses on a 3DO board.