GUIDE: use a PC-CDROM lens in your DREAMCAST

[cOcO!]

Yeah, i just laid a hand on one of these and it didn't worked either... just to be clear, this is the laser, right?

[gorgyrip]

it seems to be the same laser i used. but mine has 3 holes in line on the left side.

[cOcO!]

Yeah, that differs between batches. And between the drives containing them too.

[gorgyrip]

today i finally received the cd-rom drives. but there are 2, not 3:
1. COMPAQ CRD8322B(CP1) with the same laser SANYO SF-P151
2. BTC BCD F564E with the laser PXR-560X

So i tryied the PXR-560X laser. It doesn't work. The same thing happens.

[imtoodvs]

thats the coolest thing i've seen this week.

[cOcO!]

today i finally received the cd-rom drives. but there are 2, not 3:
1. COMPAQ CRD8322B(CP1) with the same laser SANYO SF-P151
2. BTC BCD F564E with the laser PXR-560X

So i tryied the PXR-560X laser. It doesn't work. The same thing happens.

BOO!!! you have some bad luck methinks...

[fakeemail]

Wow, that's very cool.

BUT not all lasers have the same pinouts, I remember thinking about changing a console laser years ago and had 3 drives, each one had a very different connector, spacing and number of pins, just be careful!

[simonbelmont2]

I've read on a german forum that some guys programmed a CIC to "translate" de information for cd-rom laser to work with the dreamcast. They also said that all of the cd-rom lasers could not work without an "translator", so the plug-and-play method will not work (easy translation). Can someone tell me if this is true or a hoax?
Anyway you did a good job CoCo!

[splith]

Unless you get the same laser or an equilivent type, it will not work.
And out of the 30 something CD-ROM drives I have, none of them are interchangable with a PSX, dreamcast or each other.

[madhatter256]

I've searched google, but has anyone attempted to put a CDROM laser onto a PS1? Or a laser from an old CD player (Sony compact). Some of them look VERY similar, and the compact ones seem to read discs better, but of course they read the data at 1x speed.

[dairyfarmer777]

What happened to the first post pictures?

[RaZiel]

I would love it as well if someone has the archived.

[Bad_Ad84]

this thread is more recent:

http://www.assemblergames.com/forums...ad.php?t=33762

[RaZiel]

+1 rep for that my friend!

[bacteria]

None of the pics are showing...

[RaZiel]

Dude did you even bother to read the post above? He gave a link to a much better guide try reading sometimes instead of having the world handed to you.