It turns out that the groaning sound I spoke of earlier was the culprit. A small metal clip was touching the white plastic disc. (It holds the DVD/Blu-Ray down to the drive motor with a magnet. I don't know if there's a name for it so ill call it the white plastic disc)
I placed a post it note on top of the drive to keep the DVD/Blu-Ray lasers out of my face while I was working on the drive. I know this probably isn't safe enough so, DO NOT try this at home. Use proper safety precautions when working on optical drives and lasers.I bent the clip out of the way, and it still touched the plastic disc and was continuing to slowly turn the disc into white power.
Not seeing any useful purpose for this metal clip I removed it from the
drive.I popped a DVD in and the drive ran perfectly.
After a little reassembly some Windex and elbow grease it looked like a brand new player.
Now to get some Free Blu-Ray movies..
Here's a picture of the clip. If any one knows why this is here please tell, I really couldn't figure how this fits in without getting in the way.
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