What hardware problems are common with the Jaguar CD?

[ataridave]

Lately, I've been hearing that the Atari Jaguar CD is not a very durable unit. So what typically goes wrong with these? Is it bad capacitors, or problems with the laser reading discs, or something else?

[Umberto]

I have owned 3 jag cd's one since they came out. One was stolen, but the other 2 work just fine. Any electronic devise after 20 years will have failures. That being said a recap wont hurt and swapping the transport is easy. Usually that is all that goes wrong

[+save2600]

Edge connector going to the Jaguar console AND the other side internally into the CD unit are to blame often for the question mark symbol upon startup. Usually just a good tear down, cleaning and re-seating takes care of it TFN. Don't let electronics like this sit for very long, especially in sketchy environments. Garages, basements, attics or near the ocean.

[ApolloBoy]

The Jag CD itself is a hardware problem.