Post by: eeli on April 10, 2005, 06:59:00 AM
I tweaked my phillips dvd drive, and I think I failed. Because before tweaking it read all the normal dvds. I tweaked it because it did'nt read cd-r etc. Now, my drive don't read any Dvds at all. But it still reads Audio cd, and cd-rw. So is my drive really broken? Or can that operation broke the laser so, that it only reads audio and cd-rw. I thought that when it has crashed it has crashed well.
Propably you know what I mean.Thanks!
Post by: Chancer on April 10, 2005, 08:23:00 AM
This is why I say do not tweak drive pots in all my posts on this. Loads will disagree but any how you now need to buy and fit a new laser from ebay or where ever. they are very cheap and easy to fit.
This post has been edited by Chancer: Apr 10 2005, 03:24 PM
Post by: L0z on April 10, 2005, 08:54:00 AM
QUOTE(Chancer @ Apr 10 2005, 01:22 PM)
Yes tweaking the pot can destroy the drive. The pots on the early Philips are one for CD/RW one for DVD/RW.
This is why I say do not tweak drive pots in all my posts on this. Loads will disagree but any how you now need to buy and fit a new laser from ebay or where ever. they are very cheap and easy to fit.
This is why I say do not tweak drive pots in all my posts on this. Loads will disagree but any how you now need to buy and fit a new laser from ebay or where ever. they are very cheap and easy to fit.
Depends which laser is in your Phillips, if it is the earlier model you are looking at £9.99+p&p. For the later model it is £20.99+p&p not cheap at all in my opinion
Post by: Chancer on April 10, 2005, 09:14:00 AM
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if it is the earlier model you are looking at £9.99+p&p. For the later model it is £20.99+p&p not cheap at all in my opinion
Its a lot cheaper than a new box. depends how tight you are with your cash. At the top price for the newer drive and £25 its still cheap. Did you ever look at the price of Fags and Booze these days.
Of course the cost at all is avoidable by not tweaking
Post by: eeli on April 10, 2005, 09:35:00 AM
But if I buy that new lens, then I can still read only the Dvd's, like before the tweak. So maybe I should buy a samsung drive, because it's important that the drive can read cd-r and dvd+/-r.
Just for make sure again: If my lens reads audio and cd-rw, but not DVD, it means that the whole drive is broken totally?
Post by: Chancer on April 10, 2005, 09:46:00 AM
If you can get an early smasung they usually read CDR but not the new ones. Samsung will not read DVD+R unless your burner supports changing the book type to DVD Rom.
The new Philips drives read CDR no problems.
This post has been edited by Chancer: Apr 10 2005, 04:49 PM
Post by: L0z on April 10, 2005, 10:47:00 AM
hense the knowledge on replacement lense prices.Try not to take this the wrong way Chancer but £25.99 is NOT cheap for a laser. You can buy complete drives for a little more or a whole new second hand system for just over double. Plus there is the risk involved when fitting the damn thing.
Post by: Chancer on April 10, 2005, 10:55:00 AM
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Try not to take this the wrong way Chancer but £25.99 is NOT cheap for a laser.
The drives you can buy for £29.99 +shipping are the Thomson ones though. You should see the trade prices we have to pay for some lasers and you would see why I reckon its cheap. EG Philips DVDR610 Laser assy, trade via Philips dealer account £276.94 + VAT. New machine £149.99. It doesn't make sense really.
average prices for home DVD lasers that we repair are around £40. You can probably see where I am coming from now. I fitted a Laser to one of my PS2 it was 34.99 + shipping but still worth it even though the machine is only £99 new. Its being drummed into us all to throw away electronic stuff instaed of refurb
Post by: TKramka on April 10, 2005, 02:44:00 PM
Post by: eeli on April 15, 2005, 08:51:00 AM
. So I tweaked the pot little by little and tried if it works with cd-r... and it didn't work, so I tweaked it more... then when I had turned it much, I tried with a normal Dvd, and it didn't work anymore... so at that time I thought that you must tweak the same pot, whether you want that it reads cd-r or dvd-r, and it was clear to me that you can check if it works with a normal audio cd, and of course it worked all the time. So I screwed up, and now I tweaked the other pot... and guess what! Now I can play those cd-r's what I wanted at the first place... but unfortunately not dvd's anymore...
But what can you do? Bad luck, bad luck...
Btw, the reason why it doesn't play dvd's is that the first pot is broke? or that the laser is broke? I don't understand that how can the laser could be broke, when it nicely plays cd-r's...?
This post has been edited by eeli: Apr 15 2005, 03:53 PM