bulkchart32 Posted May 27, 2020 Report Share Posted May 27, 2020 i found some new lasers for phillips drives and bought some. these were brand new because i had to desolder the esd protection solder points on it. i replaced the laser in a drive that would not work at all and now it is working. however, it won't read any disks that have any kind of serious damage. my old samsung and hitachi will play them fine but they have to be almost perfect for my phillips to read them. i have heard about how phillips turn the laser strength down in an attempt to prevent the from reading cd-r disks(fyi, i'm only trying to read official xbox disks). my question is, should i adjust the pots on this new laser so that the laser is stronger? i've heard that will shorten the life of the laser but i'm wondering if they were even turned up high enough in the 1st place? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ging3rguy Posted May 28, 2020 Report Share Posted May 28, 2020 Use a multimeter to check your ohm reading, if you do adjust the resistance, you want to go down in tenths of ohms not whole ohms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulkchart32 Posted May 28, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2020 29 minutes ago, Ging3rguy said: Use a multimeter to check your ohm reading, if you do adjust the resistance, you want to go down in tenths of ohms not whole ohms. what would be a good and safe ohm setting for it? which screw should i adjust? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ging3rguy Posted May 28, 2020 Report Share Posted May 28, 2020 If the value is 7 ohms try 6.5, if it is 2 ohms try 1.8. The lower the resistance the quicker the laser will burn out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulkchart32 Posted May 28, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2020 46 minutes ago, Ging3rguy said: If the value is 7 ohms try 6.5, if it is 2 ohms try 1.8. The lower the resistance the quicker the laser will burn out. which screw should i adjust? the phillips has 2 pots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS_Dave Posted May 28, 2020 Report Share Posted May 28, 2020 Try one and if it makes no difference put it back in the same spot as that one was the CD and then the other is the DVD. Cheers SS Dave Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulkchart32 Posted May 28, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2020 5 hours ago, SS_Dave said: Try one and if it makes no difference put it back in the same spot as that one was the CD and then the other is the DVD. Cheers SS Dave Soft modding is like masturbating, It gets the job done but it's nothing like the real thing. didn't know that is why it has 2 different adjustments? do 1 is for dvd and 1 is for cd? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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