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Author Topic: DTS drive won't eject Greg Mueller Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1687 From: Port Gamble, WA Registered: Jun 99 posted 02-27-2005 01:56 PM                        DTS 6D unit. The "C" drive will not eject when I push the button. I can open the little door and watch and it looks like it starts to come out, moves about 1/8" and stops, sits there for a second and moves back to the "in" position. Suggestions?  |  IP: Logged Darryl Spicer Film God Posts: 3250 From: Lexington, KY, USA Registered: Dec 2000 posted 02-27-2005 02:10 PM                    Does it have a disc in it or is it an empty tray? If it has a disc in it can you tell if the disc has moved out of it's holding tray. If no disc have you tried turning the power off when it slightly opens and tried to pull the tray out with your hand.  |  IP: Logged Greg Mueller Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1687 From: Port Gamble, WA Registered: Jun 99 posted 02-27-2005 02:45 PM                        I just got this unit a while back and never had the ocassion to mess with the "C" drive so I don't know if there's one in there or not. Could be. I'll try the power off trick Thanks Edit....a while later..... Power off trick did not work. Can't see a disk in there but it's rather hard to see [ 02-27-2005, 03:49 PM: Message edited by: Greg Mueller ]  |  IP: Logged Chase Hanson Expert Film Handler Posts: 172 From: San Diego, CA Registered: Oct 2004 posted 02-27-2005 03:55 PM                     It should have a manual eject mechanism. This is most likely expressed by the presence of a small pin hole near the tray door. Insert an unfolded paperclip, push and it should eject the tray.  |  IP: Logged Darryl Spicer Film God Posts: 3250 From: Lexington, KY, USA Registered: Dec 2000 posted 02-27-2005 04:04 PM                    for some reason not all drive had this release button. If yours does give it a try. There may be a problem with the mechanism jamming or something.  |  IP: Logged Greg Mueller Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1687 From: Port Gamble, WA Registered: Jun 99 posted 02-27-2005 04:19 PM                        There is a little dinky hole on the front and I did slide an unfolded paper clip into it, but I could not feel any kind of (anything) to push against on any of the 3 drives. I can get ahold of the tray part with miniature needle nose pliers. I tried the power off trick and got ahold of the tray, but could not slide it out. It's like it's hitting against something. I guess I'll have to open it up  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 02-27-2005 04:37 PM                     quote: Greg Mueller I guess I'll have to open it up ....while you have the top off, grab the compressor and blow out the innards of the case, the power supply, and the boards. Then do a visual on the long card that is the closest to the drives, look at the chip, which is about in the lower center, that has the version number (v.1.22 for example) and if the number is lower than the current version of V.1.46, it's time for the upgrade kit from DTS. The kit involves the drives, the AQRM card and the SCSI controller card. There are included instuctions to do this upgrade. good luck - Monte  |  IP: Logged Greg Mueller Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1687 From: Port Gamble, WA Registered: Jun 99 posted 02-27-2005 07:33 PM                        Well this drive is FUBAR. It's a TEAC CD-516S. Anyone know if they are still available new? If not, is there a substitute that will work? I checked the rom version and it was way back at V1.37. Luckily I had a V1.46 chip from a previous encounter, so I stuck that in.  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 02-27-2005 07:43 PM                     quote: Greg Mueller It's a TEAC CD-516S. Anyone know if they are still available new? If not, is there a substitute that will work? Well, since SCSI CDRom drives are a hundred bucks a pop new, one can find used SCSI drives on eBone for about next to nothing. I bought 16 of these SCSI drives on eBone for 2 bucks a piece (these are APPLE 6x to 8x SCSI drives) and they work great with the newer 6D units with the V.1.47 upgrade. Set the jumper settings that the should be on the back of the each of the newer drives, and you'll be back in business.  |  IP: Logged Mike Babb Master Film Handler Posts: 250 From: Norwich UK Registered: Jul 2002 posted 02-27-2005 08:07 PM                        I was able to find one on Ebay as well although it was a CD532S. The unit has been for almost a year since with no problems.  |  IP: Logged Wayne Keyser Master Film Handler Posts: 272 From: Arlington, Virginia, USA Registered: May 2004 posted 02-27-2005 09:56 PM                     For what its worth, my computer has done the same a few times, and this trick worked: power off completely, and then turn it on again - while the system is busy rebooting (but before reboot is complete), the drive will agree to open. What you do thereafter is up to you - check the disk for defects, for one thing. Or simply try again - if you got it out once successfully, trying again won't hurt.  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 02-27-2005 10:45 PM                     If it has a door it is a toshiba 2x drive the teacs have a tray that sildes out with no openable door the 6d was never sold with a caddy based drive  |  IP: Logged Greg Mueller Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1687 From: Port Gamble, WA Registered: Jun 99 posted 02-27-2005 11:21 PM                        I've got the drive out, it's the Teac CD-516S. It does have a little door that flips down and the tray slides out. No caddy. Black face  |  IP: Logged Michael Schaffer "Where is the Boardwalk Hotel?" Posts: 4143 From: Boston, MA Registered: Apr 2002 posted 02-28-2005 02:00 AM                        Theoretically, any SCSI-2 could and should work. But DTS now also offer single drive replacement kits which include a IDE-to-SCSI-adapter board, so you can use standard IDE drives as well. Check with your favorite dealer for details and pricing.  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 02-28-2005 05:12 AM                     DTS replaced that with the Teac CD-532S drives. I have a couple of spares here, new.  |  IP: Logged

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