hi all, I just signed up specifically to reply to this thread. I bought my first MD off ebay the other day quite cheap. Well alas after i had left them feedback, i discovered that it would not write to the discs, and kept saying "BLANKDISC". RAAHHH Anyhow, thanks very much to this thread and instructions, i have today fixed it. I cannot believe that it works, it was really rather dodgy. I also cannot believe that people make earphones that are as terrible as the ones i paid 2$ for today, perhaps all the BLANKDISC fixers are keepin them in business . Thanks for the detailed instructions, and hopefully i have attached a pic of my handiwork for all y'all to see. Time to go screw it back together. BYE