I tried that this morning no improvement. The head is linear, and the guide rail has been recently removed and replaced as part of the renewal of the laser head assembly. The disc now reliably spins for a couple of seconds and stops, and has not read the toc since it was recapped. I am trying to deduce the stage it is reaching before failing and it

I'll give that a go tomorrow. I have replaced the laser so that bar is definitely clean, do you think it could be lacking oil/grease?

I managed to recap the servo board, which I found easy thanks to the tip on removing the original smd caps (twist them off). Sadly this did not fix the problem and I now suspect the motor (apparently these were prone to failure). Anyone have a european or UK source for these?

Thanks for that. I will use 105 degree and I'm not planning on SMD caps. Incidentally I can't see any pic with your post, would be very interested in seeing the finished result. Do you think I'm on the right track as far as solving the problem is concerned, or could I have other problem areas to look at?

Heres the chip one.

I have two more pics which I think show damage on the board which may be relevant, one is what looks like damage next to a cap, and on the other side of the board the TDA7073AT on the right is loosing the print, is this damage from heat?

I am trying to repair a 9300 linear cd, withe same board pictured in this thread. I have changed the laser assembly and am having some success but the current behaviour is a bit puzzling. I have been able to play a disc but only twice, the rest of the time the laser reads the disc for a couple of seconds and then stops. Once the disc is playing I have

I have heard from Tim who recommended a B&O dealer, so I contacted the local service centre, they confirmed that it is the overture cd mech, and they will normally replace them in this case. Sadly they do not sell spare parts, is there any way to obtain spares from another source?

Well that's kind of good news, if they are relatively recent, there should be no problem getting the parts.

Thanks again Graham, I have sent a message to Tim Jarman, are the linear decks unusual?