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    Samsung n501 - Was working and now has no video/won't eject a disc.

    I cannot get any video out nor can I get the drive to even budge a little when I try to eject. So I decided to take things apart and see where I stand. Which models of DVD player share the same drive? Or I guess assembly is definitely the right word as it's not really a drive. I took my n501...
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    Samsung n501 - Was working and now has no video/won't eject a disc.

    I got the firmware update from here: https://www.nuon-dome.com/n501firmware.html I had a lower FW revision and it updated properly as I checked it after it ran. I can try to re-run it and see what happens. Due to the no video, I am not confident. But it's definitely worth a try at this point.
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    Samsung n501 - Was working and now has no video/won't eject a disc.

    Yeah, I noticed that it could get stuck in "loading" and not want to eject as the eject function appears to be driven by logic that wants it to finish it's current action before ejecting. I was able to resolve this by turning off the player and then hitting eject so that was the first action...
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    Samsung n501 - Was working and now has no video/won't eject a disc.

    Hello! This is my first time posting here and, of course, I have an issue and I was hoping some of you might be able to tell me how bad it is. I recently purchased a very well kept Samsung n501 NUON unit for a pretty reasonable price (was $90 shipped). I hooked it up and it worked without using...
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