In article <NU90c.19510$qL1.3479@fed1read02>, Cox <hush@hush.net> writes
>On 2003-12-20 12:36:02 PST , please_no@spam.net (tbl) wrote:
>
>>> Hi
>>> Sorry to clutter the group with this request.
>>>
>>> My LS-2000 is dead. Sense: 0x04620000 which seems to indicate the
>>> stepper motor has stepped out for good.
>>
>>One thing to check: make sure that the "nut" on the leadscrew
>>hasn't simply run up so hard against the end stop that the motor
>>can't budge it. On my LS-30, the leadscrew is brass and has a
>>very small screwdriver slot in the front end that is visible once
>>the front cover is off. I just had to use a small screwdriver to
>>"unstick" it (back it away from the stop a little bit), and all
>>was well afterward.
>>
>
>Thank you, thank you, thank you "tbl"!!!
>
>From everything else I was reading on the internet, my LS-2000 was a goner.
>I figured I'd open it up and see what might be the cause of the 0x04620000
>error, but it wasn't obvious. Before I poked around further, I thought I'd
>keep
>digging on the net - I found your comment, and that did the trick! Just
>turning
>the screw a little unstuck it, and it's now working as well as before.
>
>I wanted to post this success to help anyone else with the same problem -
>try unsticking the leadscrew.
>
I had a similar problem with a CD writer once when creating a 99-minute
CD. Same cure.
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