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Guru has a list, but it's incomplete and doesn't always work. I'm experimenting with different drives and stockpiling a few that work with the 246 to do repairs on the system. These drives were tested with a scratched up Soul Caliber II disc, boot card, and memory card.
Here are drives that WORK:
Samsung Model SD-608B, FW:608BN11
Samsung Model SD-616F, FW:F104
Samsung Model SD-616Q, FW:F401
Toshiba Model SD-M1712, Rom Ver:1808
Here are drives that DO NOT WORK:
Samsung Model SD-616F, FW:F100***
Toshiba Samsung Model SD-616E, FW:F501
Toshiba Samsung Model SD-616E, FW:F503
Toshiba Samsung Model SD-616E, FW:F506
Seems the SD-616E is what is found in Dell computers. I couldn't get this drive to work with multiple revisions of firmware... HOWEVER, I did NOT try the drive in a computer to see if it would read discs at all.
***BUT... You CAN make the SD-616F, FW:F100 work if you upgrade it to version F104. Instead of messing around with opening a computer and trying to flash the drive through software I just desoldered the flash ROM, reprogrammed it, and soldered it back on the drive. Worked like a champ once on F104.
If you know of any other drive/firmware combination that works with the System 246, feel free to post it here. It'd be nice to get a better list together.
RJ
Guru has a list, but it's incomplete and doesn't always work. I'm experimenting with different drives and stockpiling a few that work with the 246 to do repairs on the system. These drives were tested with a scratched up Soul Caliber II disc, boot card, and memory card.
Here are drives that WORK:
Samsung Model SD-608B, FW:608BN11
Samsung Model SD-616F, FW:F104
Samsung Model SD-616Q, FW:F401
Toshiba Model SD-M1712, Rom Ver:1808
Here are drives that DO NOT WORK:
Samsung Model SD-616F, FW:F100***
Toshiba Samsung Model SD-616E, FW:F501
Toshiba Samsung Model SD-616E, FW:F503
Toshiba Samsung Model SD-616E, FW:F506
Seems the SD-616E is what is found in Dell computers. I couldn't get this drive to work with multiple revisions of firmware... HOWEVER, I did NOT try the drive in a computer to see if it would read discs at all.
***BUT... You CAN make the SD-616F, FW:F100 work if you upgrade it to version F104. Instead of messing around with opening a computer and trying to flash the drive through software I just desoldered the flash ROM, reprogrammed it, and soldered it back on the drive. Worked like a champ once on F104.
If you know of any other drive/firmware combination that works with the System 246, feel free to post it here. It'd be nice to get a better list together.
RJ
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