Is My Player Packing In...?

[Comfy]

I've had a Toshiba SD-420E for a few years now, but during the last few weeks it has statred skipping on ALL discs after about 30 minutes.
I have to turn it off and wait an hour to be to turn it back on and play some more... but thats a pain.

It does this on DVDrs, bought DVDs, SVCDs... everything.

It does not seem to be overheating and hasn't got a fan inside it anyway, so that rules out a fan packing in.

I have had the top off and cleaned the laser but it hasn;t helped.

Anyone heard of these symptons before or is it just a case of old age?

Cheers for any replies!
Comfy

[rkm69]

Sounds like old age to me.
Buy a new one.
Its proberly cheaper than fixing it.

[MOVIEGEEK]

It may be overheating:
Unplug,open the top cover and blast everything with a can of compressed air($5USD).
Drill 1/4" holes in the cover or move the player away from any other components.
I did this to my Mintek when it was acting up and it's been fine since.

I agree with rkm69,if this doesn't work buy a new one.