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I got tired of fixing the awful old CD drives on my PlayStation consoles, so I built this:
It plugs in to CN701 and CN702 on the PlayStation motherboard, replacing the KSM-440ACM optical block. Working from a CD-ROM or CD-DA image on an SD card, it synthesizes a fake EFM signal and pumps it into the RF amplifier on the PlayStation's CD drive.
The result is that I now have a PlayStation which reads discs that aren't there:
It actually works pretty well. Seeks aren't as fast as with a real disc though, because my estimation of the sled position isn't great.
I'm hoping to make up a PCB soon, so I can actually cram it inside my PlayStation. Ideally there will just be an SD card slot under the lid.
It plugs in to CN701 and CN702 on the PlayStation motherboard, replacing the KSM-440ACM optical block. Working from a CD-ROM or CD-DA image on an SD card, it synthesizes a fake EFM signal and pumps it into the RF amplifier on the PlayStation's CD drive.
The result is that I now have a PlayStation which reads discs that aren't there:
It actually works pretty well. Seeks aren't as fast as with a real disc though, because my estimation of the sled position isn't great.
I'm hoping to make up a PCB soon, so I can actually cram it inside my PlayStation. Ideally there will just be an SD card slot under the lid.
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