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The CD spins for a few seconds and then it stops. Then I get an unrecognized disc error. I have replaced the ribbon cables that attach to the motherboard and nothing. Can anyone help me?

You need to use the orginal motherboard that was with that replacement drive.

sounds like the drive itself is bad

If your drive still doesn’t work after replacing it could be the fuse on motherboard. Search google & replace the F6202 fuse (check the others near it as they could be a problem also). This fixed it for us. No new drive or motherboard needed.