Methods of preserving the life of GD-Rom Drive?

Post by **mxlvxnn** » Tue Sep 23, 2014 9:18 pm

So my last dreamcast's GD-Rom Drive blew out on me. I got a new dreamcast and its working great! Now I want to make sure I get the most out of the one I have now. I've heard that waiting for the drive to come to a complete stop helps. Anyone else have tips for GD-Rom related stuff?

Post by **grimmythereaper** » Wed Sep 24, 2014 1:49 pm

ive heard that the japanese drives are better made then the chinese drives

Post by **Raen** » Thu Sep 25, 2014 12:09 pm

Yamaha drives > Samsung drives

The Yamaha ones are usually present in revision 0 consoles.

Post by **mxlvxnn** » Thu Sep 25, 2014 6:19 pm

Raen wrote:Yamaha drives > Samsung drives

The Yamaha ones are usually present in revision 0 consoles.

yeah I found the samsung drive on ebay. I'll keep an eye on the yamaha ones though.

Post by **kikenovic** » Thu Sep 25, 2014 9:39 pm

are those interchangeable?

http://www.youtube.com/user/CDages · Post by **CD AGES** » Fri Sep 26, 2014 4:53 am

kikenovic wrote:are those interchangeable?

Yep!
The only GD drives that are not all compatible with other model drives are the last version of the Samsung Drives found in Revision 2 DC units. They lack a daughterboard on em and attach directly to the MoBo via a ribbon cable -_-

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