I was looking through some junk I've got stored, pulled out a couple of consoles. One v1.6 that's chipped and another older version (virgin with Thomson DVD) that's had clock cap leak.
Pulled the clock cap and cleaned up. Will test that older unit later...
So the v1.6 has a faulty Hitachi-LG DVD.
Opened it up and the tray gear is stripped underneath, the tray will open/close but console still thinks the tray is open and the lens assembly won't raise without manual assistance.
I don't have a spare part.
Swapped in the Thomson drive from the other console and that works.
Then I hooked up a PC DVD drive (left broken H-L hooked up to power) with molex splitter and I can boot backups only (I was aware this would be the case as I have done this in the past).
I read something on reddit about flashing and modding PC DVD to read retail discs, but I'm sure I read years ago there being more drives that could be modded and flashed... although maybe I'm just remembering incorrectly.
Does anybody here have any more info (or can point me in the right direction) about modding PC DVD drives to be fully functional?
Any help would be appreciated
Pulled the clock cap and cleaned up. Will test that older unit later...
So the v1.6 has a faulty Hitachi-LG DVD.
Opened it up and the tray gear is stripped underneath, the tray will open/close but console still thinks the tray is open and the lens assembly won't raise without manual assistance.
I don't have a spare part.
Swapped in the Thomson drive from the other console and that works.
Then I hooked up a PC DVD drive (left broken H-L hooked up to power) with molex splitter and I can boot backups only (I was aware this would be the case as I have done this in the past).
I read something on reddit about flashing and modding PC DVD to read retail discs, but I'm sure I read years ago there being more drives that could be modded and flashed... although maybe I'm just remembering incorrectly.
Does anybody here have any more info (or can point me in the right direction) about modding PC DVD drives to be fully functional?
Any help would be appreciated