GUIDE: use a PC-CDROM lens in your DREAMCAST

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?

 

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

 

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

 

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.

 

thats the coolest thing i've seen this week.

 

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

 

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!

 

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!

 

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.

 

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.

 

What happened to the first post pictures?

 

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

 

this thread is more recent:

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

 

+1 rep for that my friend!

 

None of the pics are showing...

 

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.

 

I hate to bump this dead thread, but this guide is 100% more hilarious than it was in 2010.

Can it be salvaged?

 

I like this thread in its new state. Some of the pictures are genius matches for the text.

 

I have a dreamcast wich needs the spindle motor replaced and the laser.
So far I've found two lasers which have been said to work.
The sanyo pickup will probaly need to have the edge sawed off.
Sanyo SF-P151
PC Drive http://i.imgur.com/WthfrcZ.jpg
Pickup #1 http://i.imgur.com/PAxeLAO.jpg
Pickup #2 http://i.imgur.com/uApBvZl.jpg
Pickup #3 http://i.imgur.com/LVJ0lvT.jpg
Pickup #4 http://i.imgur.com/jMCTPXI.jpg
Motor http://i.imgur.com/4cazSBq.jpg
Sticker (fell off from the pickup) http://i.imgur.com/vpWE7w7.jpg
Samsung CD Master 48E SC-148, plus original DC pickup for comparison
#1 http://i.imgur.com/yhlXn5K.jpg
#2 http://i.imgur.com/yL1qxqc.jpg
#3 http://i.imgur.com/Oc5pW85.jpg

Any feedback from experienced people in this area?


PS. WTF is wrong with the pics in op??

 

Pics in the first post are hilarious.

I tried this with a HOP-A1 out of an ASUS CD-ROM drive. I was able to get it to read CD-R and GD-ROMs but it struggles even when tweaking the POT. I used a combo of Yamaha and Samsung parts. Mainboard was Yamaha and the plastic pickup area was from a Samsung unit. I haven't tried swapping to the Samsung board yet not really sure if that would help.