Many thanks to all who answer this but i have tried all the above to no avail, there is no burn marks or signs on any parts of the board, i have tested the motor / heater / solenoids / pump / pressure switch etc, like i said earlier i am a retired appliance engineer of 20 years experience but not come across this fault and embarrassing as it is it is my machine, i don't have Hotpoint's test equipment and Hotpoint are not helpful, i do have the ability to correct the fault once told where to look (have i missed something) signed Mick
Mick, I faced a problem like that in the past and finaly I was lucky and found out that the problem was a "cold soldering" on the board. Good luck!
Posted on Sep 09, 2007
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make sure that the cd-dvd burner is getting enough power test all leads that are attached to the dvd drive including electrical extensions and make sure they have a secure connection or just replace them there might be bad/faulty or
if this does not fix the problem it might be a registry problem
Close all open programs
Click on Start, Run, and type regedit and press Enter
Click on the plus signs (+) next to the following folders
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
SYSTEM
CurrentControlSet
Control
Class
{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
This folder is the DVD/CD-ROM Drive Class Description in the registry. Look for any of the following names in the right hand column.
Upper Filters
Lower Filters
Upper Filters.bak
Lower Filters.bak
If any of the above keys shown in step 4 are listed, right-click on them and choose Delete
After deleting the keys, close the registry editor
Reboot your computer
Open My Computer and check to see if your CD or DVD drives have returned. You may also want to open Device Manager and verify that the yellow exclamation and error code on the CD or DVD drive is gone.
hope this helps you
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