techknight
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I am overhauling an external 300 drive I picked up dirt cheap. These drives are basically re-badged Matsushita CR-563/CR-563-B.
It has no surface mount capacitors, but it does have through-hole electrolytics. The majority of them arnt leaking but there is a couple that are. So chances are, its best to change them all. Theres only 9 of them. All different sizes though.
But more importantly, my drive had trouble reading disks.
Turns out, it uses a Sanyo SF-92.5 Laser pickup. these are still available today and can be had cheaply.
So I am going to pick another one up for the overhaul.
I figured I would let you know what laser it is.
Keep in mind there are different versions that have slightly different cable pinous/types so gotta be careful to get the right one!
Thats the correct cable configuration! There are multiple different ones.
It has no surface mount capacitors, but it does have through-hole electrolytics. The majority of them arnt leaking but there is a couple that are. So chances are, its best to change them all. Theres only 9 of them. All different sizes though.
But more importantly, my drive had trouble reading disks.
Turns out, it uses a Sanyo SF-92.5 Laser pickup. these are still available today and can be had cheaply.
So I am going to pick another one up for the overhaul.
I figured I would let you know what laser it is.
Keep in mind there are different versions that have slightly different cable pinous/types so gotta be careful to get the right one!
Thats the correct cable configuration! There are multiple different ones.
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