Topic: 8163b Full Tutorial With Full Media Support (Read 1651 times)

orakle · « **Reply #15 on:** May 22, 2005, 05:27:00 PM »

Awesome work. Just waiting for pictures to be a bit clearer (maybe the instructions more newbie-friendly) and I'm gonna go pick up one of these drives to replace my DDE Samsung. The drive reads everything else... dvd-r, cd-r, cd, but not xbox originals or dvd movies.

-o

Rezzo · « **Reply #16 on:** May 22, 2005, 06:53:00 PM »

u_no_fr · « **Reply #17 on:** May 23, 2005, 07:54:00 AM »

tchuss

oxjeremy334 · « **Reply #18 on:** May 23, 2005, 09:01:00 AM »

$23 at newegg.com??? Damn, I don't really need the drive, but I am ordering one just for fun and before MS tries to shut down production of this drive.

menelik · « **Reply #19 on:** May 23, 2005, 09:04:00 AM »

u_no_fr · « **Reply #20 on:** May 23, 2005, 09:14:00 AM »

hippo · « **Reply #21 on:** May 23, 2005, 11:14:00 AM »

Great work other than blurry photos and thanks for the link perplexer, those are just to cheap for their own good. Super.

TKramka · « **Reply #22 on:** May 23, 2005, 12:58:00 PM »

Where is the LDCD signal on the 8050l, also, could the same trick be used on the samsung SDG-605F?

SICKdimension · « **Reply #23 on:** May 23, 2005, 02:31:00 PM »

Has anyone else bought a drive yet, or tried this, or plan to soon? I'll probably be buying one to try it out within a week, but would hopefully like to see someone else successfully mod one first.

monsteria · « **Reply #24 on:** May 23, 2005, 03:39:00 PM »

Thanks for the great guide.

In short....I did the original mod and it worked for DVD+-R/W and XBOX original, but no CD. Then I connected the RDCD to GND and now it reads the CDs too.

menelik · « **Reply #25 on:** May 23, 2005, 04:25:00 PM »

i only had a problem with one cd-r which was green, 4x max speed and anbout 5-6 years old. i recognized a very minimal disadavante on dvds which probably no one will recognize.

@mrkaylor does the samsung dvd-r which make probs work without the cd mod?

@monsteria you connected RDCD to GND as you say...do you mean connected through a resistor? im just asking to be sure.

queekus · « **Reply #26 on:** May 24, 2005, 02:08:00 AM »

menelik · « **Reply #27 on:** May 24, 2005, 03:11:00 AM »

@queekus

thx and you can use a strip (?) with the grid deimension of 2.0.

im not sure if my vocabulary is right here, this is what i mean, t can be connected to the yellow cable, only problem is that you must not plug it twisted.

user posted image

btw, people with a original lg drive should be able to upgrade their drive too.

Australian Rat · « **Reply #28 on:** May 24, 2005, 04:30:00 AM »

Time to give the thomson a kick up the ass!

Been watching the development of this drive very closely, nice to see it's been perfected.

Should this get a pin?

menelik · « **Reply #29 on:** May 24, 2005, 05:06:00 AM »

i mailed a mod for a pin but got no answer yet. moreover a post to the news would be nice; i think that many people are searching for something like this and will never know about it. im afraid that they will recognize the mod when the 8163b isnt available anymore.

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