Sony Blu-Ray player drive replacement
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From: Andy Cuffe on 31 Oct 2009 15:58 I have a Sony DBP-S301 Blu-Ray player with a bad drive. It's basically a standard IDE Blu-Ray drive. I would like to replace the drive with a PC BD drive, but it refuses to play any discs, even though it can at least read them (with the original drive it says "no disc". Is this a case of the drive being married to the player, or will it only work with the specific model drive it originally came with? Most DVD players that use an IDE drive will work with any computer DVD-ROM drive. Does Sony provide any way to marry a new drive to the player outside the factory? Is there a service menu? Andy Cuffe acuffe(a)gmail.com
From: David Farber on 31 Oct 2009 16:33 Andy Cuffe wrote: > I have a Sony DBP-S301 Blu-Ray player with a bad drive. It's > basically a standard IDE Blu-Ray drive. I would like to replace the > drive with a PC BD drive, but it refuses to play any discs, even > though it can at least read them (with the original drive it says "no > disc". > > Is this a case of the drive being married to the player, or will it > only work with the specific model drive it originally came with? Most > DVD players that use an IDE drive will work with any computer DVD-ROM > drive. > > Does Sony provide any way to marry a new drive to the player outside > the factory? Is there a service menu? > Andy Cuffe > > acuffe(a)gmail.com Hi Andy, I can tell you about a similar problem I encountered with an Alesis ML-9600 which is a hard disk recorder. The CD player failed to read the disk. Looking at the drive it appeared to be a standard Sony drive you would see in any PC. I called Alesis and asked them if I could just put any CD drive in there. I was sent a list of compatible players for that unit. The firmware in the machine will only recognize a specific brand of CD player. I'm guessing that in your situation, the same may hold true. Good luck. -- David Farber David Farber's Service Center L.A., CA
From: Andy Cuffe on 31 Oct 2009 21:05 On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:48:52 -0400, Meat Plow <meat(a)petitmorte.net> wrote: >On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:58:41 -0500, Andy Cuffe ><acuffe(a)gmail.com>wrote: > >>I have a Sony DBP-S301 Blu-Ray player with a bad drive. It's >>basically a standard IDE Blu-Ray drive. I would like to replace the >>drive with a PC BD drive, but it refuses to play any discs, even >>though it can at least read them (with the original drive it says "no >>disc". >> >>Is this a case of the drive being married to the player, or will it >>only work with the specific model drive it originally came with? Most >>DVD players that use an IDE drive will work with any computer DVD-ROM >>drive. >> >>Does Sony provide any way to marry a new drive to the player outside >>the factory? Is there a service menu? >>Andy Cuffe >> > >I've had success marrying a LiteOn PC DVDRW/DL to a LiteOn stand alone >DVD recorder but the replacement was highly similar to the defunct >drive. I'm sure the drives firmware plays a role as I reused that >board off the failed drive. The actual servo/laser electronics board >for the new drive was not exchanged. Here are a few pics at the bottom >of the page and on the second page. > >http://s273.photobucket.com/albums/jj220/meatplow1/Electronics/ I have a suspicion that this is like the Playstation 3 where the drive's serial number is programmed into the player, and it will only work with the original drive. I'm sure there's a simple way to reprogram the player, but does anyone know if it's something Sony allows servicers to do, or if it's a secret? Does the service manual say anything about drive replacement? I'm sure I could find an exact replacement drive, and swap the boards (assuming the original board is good), but it's not worth the cost. I would like to just use a PC drive, like I've done so many times with DVD players and recorders. Andy Cuffe acuffe(a)gmail.com
From: Andy Cuffe on 1 Nov 2009 10:25 On Sun, 01 Nov 2009 09:17:32 -0500, Meat Plow <meat(a)petitmorte.net> wrote: >I'd be doing some reading at the doom9.or and videohelp.com sites. >What you may end up doing some firmware flashing. There are a lot of >unique firmware tools where you can actually edit the code to suit >your needs and cross platorm flash but you'll have to do some research >first. I have been keeping an eye on things, but so far, very little hacking has been done to Blu-Ray players. The manufacturers (particularly Sony) are doing a MUCH better job of locking the players down that they did with DVD. All this speculation could be answered in a minute with a peak at the service manual. Andy Cuffe acuffe(a)gmail.com
From: Andy Cuffe on 1 Nov 2009 10:32
On Sun, 01 Nov 2009 09:25:19 -0600, Andy Cuffe <acuffe(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >All this speculation could be answered in a minute with a peak at the >service manual. >Andy Cuffe > >acuffe(a)gmail.com Well, forget that. I did another search for the service manual, and found a pdf here: http://www.eserviceinfo.com/downloadsm/29886/Sony_BDP-S1E,S300,S301.html It's 4 pages long, and the only thing it tells you is how to eject a disc if it won't power on. I guess it's non-serviceable... Andy Cuffe acuffe(a)gmail.com |