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what is wrong with my cd player?

My cd player plays cds for an hour or so and then when I change the disc it will not read any more cds, this only happens after it has warmed up, it plays fine when I first turn it on, what could cause this?
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davehrab
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There may be a capacitor in the power supply that powers the laser directly ... as this capacitor ages it starts to gradually fail.. (it’s ability to charge ..store and discharge) .. less in the beginning more with age

Your works cold .. fails hot scenario seems to indicate a cap failing

If the laser diode was bad or the spindle motor unable to ramp the CD up to speed you would get a .. ERROR or NO DISC .. message in the display as the disc can’t be read

Because your player plays cold .. laser diode and spindle motor are working ...
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