Wont load - just spins and very fast. Have to use the power button to stop

Hello
The Sled Motor is defective. this is the motor, whic spins the disc as it has been loaded properly. If the loader mechanism loads the disc properly into place and if the catch up magnet catches the disc in place, and still the dis do not spins, replace the sled motor. OK.

Hello
Check whether the disc inserted into the player spins. If it does not spins, replace the sled motor.

Have you tried using a dvd player cleaner?

Clean the disc using the Disc cleaner first.Hope it works!!

Hello,
If the disc does not spin it will cause the optical reader to not read the disc, which will give you the "no disc" or "invalid disc" error. If a disc will not spin, the most common cause of this is due to a spindle motor malfunction. The good news is that it can be fixed on average of between $70-90 dollars depending on what service repair technicians charge in your local area. You can fix the problem yourself if you have the patience and a bit of knowledge, but I can tell you from first hand experience it is a pain to do this.

The pictures below provide you an idea of what you are looking at.




I hope this helps give you an idea of what the problem is and helps you solve the issue.

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i had this same problem, its likely a disconnected ribbon wire off the drive, One I plugged that in it read/spun the disk, now I just need to get the screen to stop being blank white heh. Good luck ^^

I have a insigma portable DVD and it freezes 10 minutes through the movie.

Yep sone of a gun ! With the Toshiba Portable DVD Player, hold the "Mode button" down for several seconds and it will make a chain saw noise take your finger off, hit it again once and bingo now it works. I was ready to throw this player in the trash!

i think the motor is bad since its nt spining u can change the motor

I've had the same symptoms on the last two Sony DVD's that I've rented. I managed to get around this by hitting one of the menu buttons after the loading message stopped.