So it powers on fine and looks for all intensive purposes like it will work. As you can see on the screen and box but I have tried numerous discs and it simply does not read them. It keeps saying no disc even though the discs are flawless and like new. Something is clearly wrong with the laser and it would need to be taken apart and repaired or replaced. The box has very minimal wear or marks and I will provide a Figure 8 power cable
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