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CD not always spinning up

I have a 'Creative' double speed CD-Rom drive (3-4 years old).  Occasionally when I insert a CD, it will not spin up.  If I manually give the spindle a bit of a push it then works OK.  Someone told me that the 'starter capacitor' probably needs replacing.  Is this a possibility?  Can anyone tell me how to identify the correct capacitor?
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It's possible, but it can be something else too.  Look for bad connection, it's more frequent.
Try to clean you drive. Or get new one parts will cost you more that new cd-rom i saw one 24x for 65  
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Thanks. No apparent bad connections.
I have tried cleaning it.
Someone else told me it is probably a broken/burn out winding in the motor.
I'll probably have to replace the whole unit.

When I said bad connection, it's not wire..internal connection in you CD, Generally on some connection you have oxydation and it's why it's possible work and not work.  Look connector...

Broken/burn out winding generally give a constant spin problem.

If it's the starter capacitor, on many CD you it's very very difficult to remove it and put an other one, it's fixe directly on the circuit and you can broke everything...

I think, you'll have to buy a new one, sorry..

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Thanks for your help!  I'll buy a new one.