Problem with bdp-s300

[jcvel]

Hi all:

I have a BDP-S300 Blue ray player. After less than 2 years it is not recognizing any DVD disks anymore. Very bad as the warranty has expired. I thought that it was a problem with the lens dusty, but I learned that the disk is not spinning. I have enough equipment to troubleshoot it (full electronic lab), and decided to check it. No schematics, no parts, of course, and the drive it self a BDP-100 seems to be the only problem. Some components, apparently the drivers for the motor are excessively hot (abnormal for a chip) and there's no way of getting those chips as they seem to be very Sony-specific (haven't really search for them).

The question that I have before I buy a new one (250 CDN) or attempt to send this one for repair, has any one faced a similar problem like this ?

Thanks in advance

J