[General] help needed with figuring out dvd drive pinouts

[Matthew Hendrix]

no, that is probably easier than movies tbh.

On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 1:58 PM, David <ainut at hiwaay.net> wrote:
> no movies.  gps data and control programs only.  How does that make a
> difference?
>
> David
>
>
>
> Will wrote:
>
> Is the DVD drive used for playing movies or is it used for navigation data?
> Since you want to replace it with a SSD or other flash media, I'm leaning
> toward movies and the like.
>
> Kinsey
>
> On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 3:41 AM, David <ainut at knology.net> wrote:
>>
>> It is a DVD drive in a car's navigation setup.
>>
>> David M.
>>
>>
>> Will wrote:
>>
>> I remember you talking about this project before, but I don't remember
>> some of the other details.  Is this a DVD drive in a laptop or something
>> else?  If it's a laptop, hopefully it's a full IDE interface that isn't
>> locked to a particular type of device.
>>
>> Kinsey Moore
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 3:58 PM, Hunter Fuller <hfuller at pixilic.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Look up laptop IDE Pinouts for old IDE laptop drives - these were 50
>>> pins connectors that supported sending power over the same connector.
>>> It may be just IDE and power.
>>>
>>> As far as replacing it, this may not work, as your device needs to
>>> emulate an IDE optical drive. Flash drives and memory cards emulate
>>> hard drives, or removable disk drives.
>>>
>>> -- Hunter Fuller
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 3:51 PM, David <ainut at knology.net> wrote:
>>> > I have circuit board, dvd drive, flat flex 50 pin cable that connects
>>> > the
>>> > drive, a usb driven "logic analyzer," and some breakout boards.
>>> >  However, I
>>> > don't really know how to use the analyzer and not sure how to determine
>>> > the
>>> > pinout functions.  Documentation says this drive is ide, but is has 50
>>> > pins
>>> > and using a multimeter to trace which pins connect to which part of the
>>> > "cpu" doesn't work at all.
>>> > My goal is to replace the faulty dvd drive with a solid state drive, or
>>> > usb
>>> > thumb drive, or maybe an sdhc memory card.
>>> >
>>> > I need help here, PLEASE!  I'm pulling what remains of my hair out.
>>> >
>>> > Thanks,
>>> > David Merchant
>>> >
>>> >
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