CD Drive Replacement

Psy · Post by **Psy** » Fri Dec 17, 2004 6:42 pm

Hi, just wondering if anyone new of a way I could use a sliding cd drawer from a pc cdrom with my psone handheld? Any suggestions how to rig the cd reader from the psone into a cd rom slider? Thanks in advance.

JackFrost22 · Post by **JackFrost22** » Fri Dec 17, 2004 6:46 pm

I used a walkmans drive so a pc one might work

Psy · Post by **Psy** » Fri Dec 17, 2004 6:49 pm

I'm in the middle of taking it apart now, and I'm thinking I may be able to take the spindle off the psone drive and attach the readerhead to the internals of the drive, not sure if this would work though?

JackFrost22 · Post by **JackFrost22** » Fri Dec 17, 2004 6:52 pm

that wont

riva16 · Post by **riva16** » Mon Dec 20, 2004 8:21 am

I've seen a cdrom drive like your talking about, but where the laser was attched to the drive, and when you eject it, the whole laser assembly comes out... I've still got the pic if you wanna see it?
http://djky2k3.tripod.com/hybird_drive.JPG

JackFrost22 · Post by **JackFrost22** » Mon Dec 20, 2004 8:24 am

that so cool

Post by **bicostp** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 5:22 pm

wait... Wouldn't a sliding CD tray take up a lot of internal space and add weight? :?

I repair PCs for my high school, and it looks like the gear mechanisms are fairly complex. If you do use one of these trays, you are a far braver person than I! :D

Post by **Sparkfist** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 7:33 pm

All you need is the laser assembly and thats it. There is no point in having the motor or the tray.

G-force · Post by **G-force** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 3:54 pm

JackFrost22 wrote:I used a walkmans drive so a pc one might work

Really? Does a walkman CD drive have the same connector as the PS1? Are you fibbing again?

JackFrost22 · Post by **JackFrost22** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 8:08 pm

it has the same kind. Well it was a fake walkman. The power was hard to hook up cause that was diffewrent

G-force · Post by **G-force** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 7:38 am

Man, that could turn out to be useful.
You should send the info to doomportables

JackFrost22 · Post by **JackFrost22** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 7:58 am

yeah. It worked on the old one. I'll trty iton the new one sometime soon. The ribbon cables are EXACTLY the same.

vb_master · Post by **vb_master** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 9:06 am

JackFrost22 wrote:it has the same kind. Well it was a fake walkman. The power was hard to hook up cause that was diffewrent

How can you have a "fake" Walkman?

JackFrost22 · Post by **JackFrost22** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 11:31 am

Its not made by SONY

vb_master · Post by **vb_master** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 11:48 am

JackFrost22 wrote:Its not made by SONY

If it's not made by Sony, it's not a Walkman, just a portable CD player.