Hi all,
I have a samsung MS28 and the tray wont open, so I took it apart and also noticed that the drive doesn't spinn either. How do I know if it is the drive that is the problem or something else not getting power to the drive itself. I hooked it up, via the sata, to my computer (like I was going to flash it) and still no power.
Sounds bricked. I don't think Samsung's can be bricked through a bad flash, so maybe somebody hooked the power cable up to it the wrong way and fried it?
Originally posted by qwert99: Sounds bricked. I don't think Samsung's can be bricked through a bad flash, so maybe somebody hooked the power cable up to it the wrong way and fried it?
Are there scorch marks on the PCB?
The PCB for the dvd drive shows no burn marks. By bricked do you mean the whole thing or just the dvd drive? The unit itself powers up and I here the fans making noise just no power at the dvd drive. Will replacing the drive work?
By bricked I mean no longer recoverable. When a Hitachi gets bricked from a bad flash, it does something similar.
It is replaceable if you already have the drive key from the current drive. If you don't, you will have to take off the PCB and send it to somebody with a machine that can read drive keys from the chip.
Thanks for your answers.
I always thought that "bricked" meant that nothing at all on the system worked. I will order a new drive and switch the board and see how that goes..
FYI, I dont think this drive was ever flashed. It was opened but I dont think the kid went any further. Will that make it more of a possibility to switch the pcb?
You could also use a multimeter to test the voltages at points along the way from the motherboard, to the power cable (important to check), all the way to the drive. That would tell you if you simply aren't getting power and help you see why.
The fact that it is original firmware doesn't really make it easier as the process is the same anyway. If the drive was modded correctly it would work just the same as an original drive.
Originally posted by qwert99: By bricked I mean no longer recoverable. When a Hitachi gets bricked from a bad flash, it does something similar.
It is replaceable if you already have the drive key from the current drive. If you don't, you will have to take off the PCB and send it to somebody with a machine that can read drive keys from the chip.
If I cant unbrick this thing is there someone on these boards you recomend to extract the key?
did you double check that all the ribbon cables are connected to the pcb? the first thing the drive does is check for a cd/dvd with the laser....if it senses media then the drive will spin
