[Retroplayer]

ITS FIXED!!!

i thought i had taken every connector off the circuit boards and cleaned them, then i saw there was another EXTREMELY small circuit board hidden to the side of the motor itself. I took this off, took out one of the ribbon cables and noticed one of the metal connections looked burnt. Gave the cable a good clean and blew air into the socket, put it back and remounted everything and it seems to have done the job. Where it looked burnt it was built up with gunk. i think this was shorting it from the burnt connector to one of the other connections on the ribbon cable.

Sorry if i wasn't following everything you suggested, i was getting ahead of myself and getting really disheartened by it.

I really appreciate all your guys help. and thanks for persisting with me while i rambled on about stuff i had no idea about lol

Thank you!

Glad you fixed it and that was not something I would have even known about, so your non-conventional troubleshooting may have served you well here!

I am curious what that board is.