Azathoth Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 (edited) Today I had a replacement 3DO laser lens arrive that I was hoping to fix my console with. Either the lens was dead out of the box (most likely) or needed the pot tweaked on it to work, which is something I didn't even want to fool with. Frustrated with the whole thing I decided to check on an IDE CD-ROM I had salvaged from a decades old 486. I had completely ignored it before, since everything I had read online said you needed to use a specific model number (CR-563-B), but figured it would be worth a last ditch effort. Turns out this thing is a complete drop in solution. All the connectors match up 1:1, all you have to do is pull the old PCB off your original 3DO drive and mount it on this one. This drive number is CR-572-B. The drive motor, gears, lens, everything is exactly the same as the original 3DO drive. I figured I'd post this model number since I've never seen anyone mention it anywhere. Edited March 18, 2021 by Azathoth 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taijigamer Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 That’s great info. Thanks. I’m surprised no one has explored other creative labs MKE drives besides the CR-563-B. That’s great there’s another alternative source of optical drive replacements. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwanSong Posted September 7 Share Posted September 7 This could be good news, my drive is shot in my system and I prefer not to take apart my other working one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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