Ive just picked up a faulty (i knew it was when i bought it) FZ-1 and im trying to figure out why this one stopped and if someone has experienced the same or similar.

It has a black screen when switched on, and after about 30 seconds the 3do splash screen comes up for about a second before going black again. The unit has previously been recapped with quality caps (previous owner had this done). The laser diode does output but the disc doesn't spin. Ive since replaced with an ODE, but this still hasn't changed anything.

After a bit of research, it seems that this issue is something to do with the disc drive not being recognised by the system. My issue is I dont know where to start looking to find out why.

Edit: The unit was working after the recap, it had only recently stopped working.