Modify Your CD-ROM to Watch DVD Movies

maxa

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Modify Your CD-ROM to Watch DVD Movies

There are two types of CD-ROM drives we can mod:
24x to 40x
40x or higher
Drives slower than 24x are too old to be modded.
24x to 40x CD ROMs

Laser Head Adjustments:
The track pitch of CDs is 1.6 microns, and the track pitch of DVDs is only 0.8 microns. The minimum length of track pits of CDs is 0.843mm, and the minimum length of track pits of DVDs is 0.293mm. That's why DVD discs can store much more data in the size of a CD.
Pinpointing this situation, we need to adjust the laser head so it can read discs with smaller track pitchs and shorter track pits. Open up the CD-ROM drive, do you see a lens on the rail? That's the laser head. On the side of the laser head, there's a screw you can adjust.This is the key of this mod.This screw can adjust the size of the laser beam that lands on the disc. Referring to the above, after adjusting, the laser beam should be less than 0.293mm, to suit the needs of DVD discs. So turn that screw 2-3 times. I got this number through trial and error. Mark with a pencil, in case you forget how many times you turned that screw.

Speed adjustments:
DVD-ROM drives can play DVD movies smoothly at 4x speed. If we're modding a 32x CD-ROM drive, the rotation speed is obviously too high, increasing heat, and shortening the life of the drive.
So we need to decrease the speed of it.
Most people know that power supplies can provide 5V (red wire) and 12V (yellow wire) electricity output for Molex connectors. Find the Molex connector you'll plug into the modded CD-ROM drive, cut the yellow wire or insulate it with tape, so only 5V of electricity is transferred to the CD-ROM drive. The speed of the drive is now 32 * 5/17 = 9.41x and can now fulfill our requirements.

40x or higher CD ROMs
When 40x CD-ROM drives are released, most manufacturers are already producing DVD-ROM drives. To lower cost, they use the same core as DVD-ROM drives with DVD functions disabled. What we need to do here is to re-enable the DVD function.
Open up the CD-ROM, behind the circuit board, look for a jumper that says DVD JUMP. Find a jumper to connect this jumper. Thin metal wire also works fine.
OK, so the DVD function is unlocked, but we still need to decrease the speed. Use the instructions above on how to decrase the speed of the drive.


copd n pastd 4m http://learn-how-to-hack1.blogspot.com/2007/09/modify-your-cd-rom-to-watch-dvd-movies.html

kawru hari meka karala mata result eka kiyannakoooo (mata cd rom 1i thiyenne :D )
 

Anusha

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You better buy a DVDROM :S
Even if this is technically correct (I'm not saying it is), I don't think you can't get it to work without proper firmware hacks. No idea though...
 

badtnc

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mata dvd rom ekek thiyanawa. nathi kattiyata kiyanna thiyenne oya hitiya wAge thawa tika dawasak inna. mokada owa karala thiyana cd rom ekatath kelaunoth... kohomada arthal eka??? vcd ekak wath ballanna wenne na dvd balanna gihin...

habai mehemai TRY karana ekath hodai.....thawa cd rom ekak lagin thiyagena...:)
 

maxa

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weda karanawada danne ne ban. kedunoth kiyala mamat kale ne..

$ aththoo karala balathwa..
balala apita kiyathwaaa
 

binu_rulz

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badtnc said:
mata dvd rom ekek thiyanawa. nathi kattiyata kiyanna thiyenne oya hitiya wAge thawa tika dawasak inna. mokada owa karala thiyana cd rom ekatath kelaunoth... kohomada arthal eka??? vcd ekak wath ballanna wenne na dvd balanna gihin...

habai mehemai TRY karana ekath hodai.....thawa cd rom ekak lagin thiyagena...:)
Ela kathaaaaaaaawaaaaaaaaa:P :P :P :P :P :P
 

Tharindu DR

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    DVD Rom1 250 withara pettha walin ganna puluwan,
    Oya wade karoth aniwa thiyena rom1 th kelawenawa. CZ lense1 ADj karana 1
    Patta amaaru wadak
    adj kelawonoth CD read karanneth naa...
    I ve done this before 2-3 years ago Dont Try this...