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[TKramka]

I found this DVD Drive in an old Dell I was working on and it just screamed Thomson Replacement.  Could this drive be a feasable replacement that could be flashed with Thomson, Philips, Samsung, or HL firmware?  I found all the required points on the main board, thank God no NAND gate needed.

Here's a pic from eBay.

[TKramka]

I found the Datasheets to most of the components on the sys board if that is any help.

G-Link GLT41016-30J4 35ns 64K x 16 CMOS dynamic RAM with extended data output
Datasheet

Toshiba TC94A03F no exact datasheet found

Toshiba TC94A05F no exact datasheet found

Rohm BA5983FM 3-channel BTL driver for CD, CD-ROM, DVD, and DVD-ROM
Closest Mach I could find Datasheet

EliteMT M11B416256A 256 K x 16 DRAM EDO PAGE MODE
Datasheet

Toshiba TA8493AF 3-PHASE FULL WAVE BRUSHLESS DC MOTOR DRIVER IC FOR CD-ROM DRIVES
Datasheet

Rohm BA10324AF Quad ground sense operational amplifier
datasheet

Toshiba TA1323F no datasheet found

H8/3062 looks like hitachi brand flash memory

49600961 looks like eeprom for storing region change counter

OC5TLV14 looks like hitachi brand, same logo as H8/3062 chip

1393036 looks like another eeprom

Mabuchi RF-300C-09550 electric motor

[cryfreeman]

Hello

I have this drive too. Any luck figuring out how to hook it up?

Thanks.