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hm, well here's what I did

moved the dial millimeter by millimeter until it was almost full cranked (clockwise) which at that point 1 gd rom (crazy taxi) began to work 2/3 times maybe because the game takes up so little space

turned it 1 click more and then crazy taxi 2 worked...once

however when I put in your JGR rip (which worked perfectly before) it now refused to boot

now here comes the strange part I put the dial back to center where it was and now nothing booted not even JGR which originally worked

after letting it sit for 10 minutes i tried again where JGR worked 100% of the time (GDs didnt of course since i turned it back)

but whats the deal, did the laser have to rest or something?

BTW tux we all appreciate your work very much

ok guys its not reading cd-rs anymore regardless of pot tweaking

I want to replace the laser buy i hear replacing the gdrom assembly is easier

does anyone know where i could get one, i looked online to no avail

-chaseincats

Well, while you can find complete gd assemblies, it won't be easy and/or cheap at all, since the ones you will find are for NAOMI/NAOMI2 arcade boards, and still if you get one, you will have to change the PCB inside the assembly cuz they aren't compatible with the DC motherboard... your 2 best choices are:

1) get a second hand dc at ebay

or

2) http://dreamcast-talk.com/forum/viewtop ... f=2&t=1982

ya just saw that tutorial unfortunately I dont have an R48

is their a place where i could just buy a replacement laser?

the fuck is a r48

the yamaha laser

Man, i've used the laser of a pc cd drive

Also, the tutoril is for those who have the SAMSUNG gd drive, not YAMAHA, so you are in methinks

nah, its the wrong one, just looked at the pictures

the rectangular one is the samsung apparently

the one i have has a curved edge

god damit

Yes, you have a yamaha drive... you can still do the mod, but you have to figure out how to fit the new lens into the assembly... that'd require additional cutting

srs?!

elaborate