Alugard

Hey guys, there is a bunch of similar topics here so i don't know which one is better to talk about the issue again but this is about these damn samsung drives. I saw probably 20 of them for the last few years and all are dead = not reading discs right from a start or with a slight delay. At the same time, there is a laser beam which to me means laser is more alive than dead. Tweaking pot doesn't help at all. The issue i think always in drive board, same as with Gamecube. I replaced electrolytic capacitors (5 of them) on 2-3 drives - no help. Checked the resistors arrays - most read fine, some were faulty, i replaced these. But drive still not reading! What else can it be? Any ideas/suggestions on what else to check? There are no leaks or corrosion, some boards look like new.

Hey guys, there is a bunch of similar topics here so i don't know which one is better to talk about the issue again but this is about these damn samsung drives. I saw probably 20 of them for the last few years and all are dead = not reading discs right from a start or with a slight delay. At the same time, there is a laser beam which to me means laser is more alive than dead. Tweaking pot doesn't help at all. The issue i think always in drive board, same as with Gamecube. I replaced electrolytic capacitors (5 of them) on 2-3 drives - no help. Checked the resistors arrays - most read fine, some were faulty, i replaced these. But drive still not reading! What else can it be? Any ideas/suggestions on what else to check? There are no leaks or corrosion, some boards look like new.

Hi guys, I've got tons of Xbox originals over last 2 years and i always see the same problem with Samsung drives - they are not reading at all. Tweaking pot doesn't help. Laser beam is there, it is not weak. Lens is not dirty, tried to clean all of them. My guess was maybe these are capacitors on the drive board? The issues is i can't desolder them without tearing of the pads. Stupid, i know but really they are so fragile there or whatever is he reason. Plus I'm not sure on some of them in terms of specs. So, what do you think? 1. Can it be capacitors? something else? 2. If it is probably capacitors, anyone has all the ratings? Thanks!