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I have a G91 and 800 series DVD play and both drives are EOL, does anybody know if their is a SATA drive that can be fitted with IDE to SATA adaptor and if so which one, or where to get a new replacement drive?
The reason I was thinking SATA is IDE drives must be knocking 20 years old now even NOS or refurbed, get to a point where spares for IDE will be an issue and if a DVD or Bluray drive with correct firmware will solve the issue would that be the way to go.
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I think a lot of people were hoping for a Bluray version of the 800 back in the day. IIRC, when the 808 came out and dropped DVD-A support (cf the G98), Meridian said that including DVD-A would have compromised getting the best possible from CD.
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only ones I have tested and worked are in DSL710/720 and DRL 200 that Meridian used; they are hit or miss on eBay (50/50 its bad). tested a bunch of IDE drives from older posts in my G91/98, none of them worked at all. would think Bluray would be a no go, doubt what ever video/audio chips are in the G series/800 would be able to take that data. with the G91/98 more concerned about them frying themselves, have spare drives but not boards when they do decided to die. who knows, its always possible something newer may kind of work, toss something in and see! worse comes to worse you have a nice chassis you can make into a Bluray player.
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im just after a SATA drive that will work
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Hi Chris,
I don't think you will find any SATA drive that will work (even with a PATA to SATA converter).
The only other drive I had that worked (apart from the DVS DSL710A/DSL720A/DRL200) was an old Toshiba IDE drive.
Even the DVS drives need to have a certain firmware revision.
Refurbished drives are still available from China, and that is the easiest route to fix the unit.
Drop me a PM if you need more information.
Cheers,
Steve
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Not all DSL-710 or 720 drives will work. Drive with the LV firmware certainly works, The GK firmware doesn’t work in a Meridian player.
I’m unsure about the firmware for the DRL-200—which is the best CD/DVD drive.
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