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HELP! Dvd drive without potentiometer

Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2014 5:51 am
by gcpro
Hi! i've bought one broken Game Cube Pokémon XD Gale Of Darkness edition, so after search where is the problem (won't read) i've found this!
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this driver board without potentiometer....
There is a way to fix it? take the potentiometer from other consoles? or there is a place where i can found the driver board to buy?

Re: HELP! Dvd drive without potentiometer

Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2014 5:53 am
by emu_kidid
someone has bridged it by the look of it so it's 0Ohms. If it's not reading discs there, you will need a new laser clearly ;)

Re: HELP! Dvd drive without potentiometer

Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2014 6:10 am
by gcpro
Oh! well, i think Megadrive is the way to go! i'll buy one!

Thanks emu_kidid

Re: HELP! Dvd drive without potentiometer

Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2014 6:45 pm
by tglaria
Is it me or the red wire is disconnected?
(I have no idea if it matters)

Re: HELP! Dvd drive without potentiometer

Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2014 8:21 pm
by megalomaniac
yes, it looks like there is a problem with the red wire...

Re: HELP! Dvd drive without potentiometer

Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2014 4:59 am
by gcpro
tglaria wrote:Is it me or the red wire is disconnected?
(I have no idea if it matters)
megalomaniac wrote:yes, it looks like there is a problem with the red wire...
Yes yes! but, this was made by myself XDD is not the problem XDD, the problem really is someone take of the regulator of potentiometer, but this is not a problem anymore with megadrive XD