CDRW LED Mod - SATA

PsYnaNoTiC · Post by **PsYnaNoTiC** » 10 May 2008, 11:30

Hey guys

Remember Dae_Ja_Voo's LED mod in the writer?

Any Idea how to do it on a SATA drive?

I striped the thing not thinking that I,ve got a sata drive.

Any help? Urgently... keep in mind I don't have my multimeter with me, it's at work.

Thanks!

I34z1k · Post by **I34z1k** » 10 May 2008, 11:34

A DMM is always a must when working on electronics dude.

Djv tried to do mine, but it rendered the rom useless. BUT I belive someone else found a way to do it, Rob I think, not sure though.

PsYnaNoTiC · Post by **PsYnaNoTiC** » 10 May 2008, 11:39

I34z1k wrote:A DMM is always a must when working on electronics dude.

Djv tried to do mine, but it rendered the rom useless. BUT I belive someone else found a way to do it, Rob I think, not sure though.

I suppose I can route a piece of wire from the back directly to the power cable and get my power from there.

Post by **Anakha56** » 10 May 2008, 11:49

since this is a mod surely it should be in the modding section?

/moved...

WiK1d · Post by **WiK1d** » 10 May 2008, 11:51

I'm not entirely sure, but I think all you need to find is 12V and ground?

PsYnaNoTiC · Post by **PsYnaNoTiC** » 10 May 2008, 12:00

WiK1d wrote:I'm not entirely sure, but I think all you need to find is 12V and ground?

Yup, I'm just going to take 2 cat5 strands through the back and connect it to the power cable. Only crap with that is that I'll have to cut the wire if I want to remove the writer. Luckely we don't do that to often now do we

DAE_JA_VOO · Post by **DAE_JA_VOO** » 10 May 2008, 12:05

Fiber Optics found the problem.

I DID try the mod, on Mike's writer, as he says, but while it was wired, the writer refused to work. Once i undid the mod, the writer worked.

The problem was that i was drawing all the power from one of the 12V lines, and i think the lines just cant handle all the load. Fiber Optics drew the power from two of the lines and that solved the problem altogether

I never bothered trying because all my writers were already modded

PsYnaNoTiC · Post by **PsYnaNoTiC** » 10 May 2008, 16:25

DAE_JA_VOO wrote:Fiber Optics found the problem.

I DID try the mod, on Mike's writer, as he says, but while it was wired, the writer refused to work. Once i undid the mod, the writer worked.

The problem was that i was drawing all the power from one of the 12V lines, and i think the lines just cant handle all the load. Fiber Optics drew the power from two of the lines and that solved the problem altogether

I never bothered trying because all my writers were already modded

so... the mod's done and it works perfectly... Now I can get ready for lots of drinks and a long night with some gorgeous creatures!

Thanks for the posts guys!

WiK1d · Post by **WiK1d** » 10 May 2008, 16:45

I think it's actually better, to make a permanent switch for the LED's running off 12V via a Molex, with that you can actually disable the LED's if you don't want them on anymore!

fiber-optics · Post by **fiber-optics** » 11 May 2008, 18:06

here is the thread you are looking for

and if you need any help just pm me

PsYnaNoTiC · Post by **PsYnaNoTiC** » 11 May 2008, 19:25

Ok.... so I'm trying to write some dvd's, 1 out of 5 works and it is dual layer's....EXPENSIVE! F###

If i look at the write side of the dvd; you can see how it started to write,skipped a section,wrote again,stoped,etc

You guys think the light of the l.e.d's is causing k@k with the laser?

PsYnaNoTiC · Post by **PsYnaNoTiC** » 11 May 2008, 19:30

PsYnaNoTiC wrote:Ok.... so I'm trying to write some dvd's, 1 out of 5 works and it is dual layer's....EXPENSIVE! F###

If i look at the write side of the dvd; you can see how it started to write,skipped a section,wrote again,stoped,etc

You guys think the light of the l.e.d's is causing k@k with the laser?

I'm using a samsung writemaster

DAE_JA_VOO · Post by **DAE_JA_VOO** » 11 May 2008, 20:46

Nope, the LEDs have no effect whatsoever.

It's probably your writer. I have a Samsung SATA writer as well and it's useless. Samsung drives in general are pretty crap.

PsyCLown · Post by **PsyCLown** » 11 May 2008, 21:28

DAE_JA_VOO wrote:I have a Samsung SATA writer as well and it's useless. Samsung drives in general are pretty crap.

QFT

I got myself an Asus SATA drive Friday, so far it seems pretty decent

DAE_JA_VOO · Post by **DAE_JA_VOO** » 11 May 2008, 21:53

I have an Asus drive in one of my machines too, a SATA one. Great writer. I've had it for ages and it hasn't given me any problems

fiber-optics · Post by **fiber-optics** » 13 May 2008, 16:30

DAE_JA_VOO wrote:Nope, the LEDs have no effect whatsoever.

It's probably your writer. I have a Samsung SATA writer as well and it's useless. Samsung drives in general are pretty crap.

dude samsung is really crap because when you burn more than 100 disk on the righter it tends to eject and close buy it self and that cuck annoying

i have an ASUS too

ASUS FTW whoooot

DarkRanger · Post by **DarkRanger** » 13 May 2008, 18:21

+1 on the samsung is da shaaits...

I've had 4 samsung drives all fail within 3 months. then I decided go LG. That lasted about a year then it just failed to close ever again (closes, but auto ejects again) then I thought, try LiteON. Been happy ever since. (that does not include the one that I broke due to DJV's LED mod.

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AlphA · Post by **AlphA** » 13 May 2008, 18:35

I have had too many LG failures....just replaced my wife's one with a Samsung....

Its been ok so far, but disheartening to know they are cr@ppy drives... Seems like optical drives are becoming like stiffy drives....very unreliable.

DAE_JA_VOO · Post by **DAE_JA_VOO** » 13 May 2008, 19:02

Is it just me or are pretty much all opti's crap? I've had just about every brand fail randomly on me. The Asus i have now is the only one that seems to be holding out...

I34z1k · Post by **I34z1k** » 13 May 2008, 19:06

I've got a samsung

It's now red with coolant from my wc

It's still going strong

Samaya · Post by **Samaya** » 14 May 2008, 07:13

I have had LG drives for a while and they tend to last. I still even have an old 32x CDWR drive that is still working VERY well. If I had to replace my drives and could afford it, I would definitely look at Plextor drives as replacements

UrBaN · Post by **UrBaN** » 14 May 2008, 07:30

Yup, I have heard that Plextor drives are the goodness if you can get them.

Skidd · Post by **Skidd** » 14 May 2008, 09:01

Got an LG in rebirth, hasnt given me any problems yet. Then again its a IDE unit.

PsYnaNoTiC · Post by **PsYnaNoTiC** » 19 May 2008, 08:56

Wrote more dual layers succesfully, suppose it's my own fault for not spending the extra 50 bucks on better dual layers.

So.... writer and mod works perfectly.

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