Decent DVD-ROM for ripping GC games

04-23-2011, 02:16 PM #1

Hey all. This is my first post, so please be kind to me.

Anyway, I'm simply looking to purchase a decent DVD-ROM/Blu-ray player that can rip GC mini discs.

Do any of you have any recommendations? Thank you.

**admin89** · (This post was last modified: 04-23-2011, 07:09 PM by admin89.)

_The following DVD Drives are not supported to dump Wii or Gamecube Games:
SONY DVD RW DW-G120A, NEC/SONY Optiarc DVD RW AD-7173A, Optiarc DVD RW AD-7200A,TSSTcorp DVD-ROM SH-D163B, TSSTcorpDVD-ROM SH-D163BSB00, TSSTcorp CD/DVDW SH-W162L, TSSTcorp CDDVDW TS-H653B FS01,TSSTcorp DVD-ROM SH-D162C, OFOD SHMBO5U381, Pioneer dvd-rw DR-TD08HB, ATAPI DVD A DH16AASH SA15,ATAPI DVD A DH20A65 7P56, ATAPI DVD A DH20A4P 95P9, LG HL-DT-ST BDDVDRW CH08LS10, TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S223Q,HL-DT-ST DVD-RW GWA-4082N, TSSTcorpCDRWDVD TS-H493BD200, HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GH22LP20.

_Known DVD Drives that are supported:
LG 8161B, LG 8162B, LG 8163B, LG 8164B, LG GH20NS15, Optiarc DVD RW AD-7203A, HL-DT-ST DVD-ROM GDR8161B.

Edit :
http://www.amazon.com/LG-GDR-8164B-DVD-ROM-internal/dp/B000EUJPV6

04-23-2011, 04:16 PM #3

All right. Thank you very much. Very useful information. I will look into it and report back.

I don't suppose there are any known BR drives that work, are there?

Also, how do you go about testing whether a drive works or not? Do you just pop a disc in and see what happens?

04-23-2011, 06:40 PM #4

(04-23-2011, 04:16 PM)HartleySan Wrote: All right. Thank you very much. Very useful information. I will look into it and report back.

I don't suppose there are any known BR drives that work, are there?

Also, how do you go about testing whether a drive works or not? Do you just pop a disc in and see what happens?

Looks like the supported drives listed are old and no longer carried by Newegg. Anyone know of a USB DVD drive that works?

04-24-2011, 04:57 PM #5

That's exactly what I was thinking. I looked at the list, and everything is discontinued. Would be nice to have a separate list. It would help if the main site actually had a page for this information, which was always as up to date as possible.

**ExtremeDude2** · 04-24-2011, 09:14 PM #6

(04-23-2011, 04:16 PM)HartleySan Wrote: All right. Thank you very much. Very useful information. I will look into it and report back.

I don't suppose there are any known BR drives that work, are there?

Also, how do you go about testing whether a drive works or not? Do you just pop a disc in and see what happens?

If you want BR and be able to rip wii/GC games then you will need 2 drives.