This one works! at least for gamecube disks.
PHILIPS DVD+RW SDVD8441 PA48 IDE (i think the last 4 digit are the firmware version, i just copy all from imageburn info tap)
It is installed on a old gateway laptop of a freind.
This drive DOESN'T work:
PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-118L ATA Device (1.02)
The link is broken, can we please get an update on it?
(03-13-2011, 06:12 AM)randomxfirerecording Wrote: [ -> ]The link is broken, can we please get an update on it?
There's a working link on page 9.
I just purchased an HL-DT-STDVD-ROM GDR8164B0B10 drive on eBay and connected it to my computer with an IDE-to-USB interface. I confirmed that it can read ordinary DVDs, but it cannot dump any Wii or Gamecube games using Rawdump 2.0 or 2.1. Even more than that, Rawdump will never run more than once without requiring a reboot. Attempting to run it again will do nothing, though it will still show up in Task Manager. I have Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit.
Update: It seems that Rawdump will run more than once per bootup. The problem appears to be that simply inserting a Wii disc into the drive will lock out all access to the drive and prevent Rawdump from appearing until the drive is disconnected. There appears to be no way to stop this from happening.
Friidump cannot read the discs either. Most of the time, it can't even initialize the DVD drive. If it can, it always fails to retrieve disc seeds.
(04-07-2011, 02:05 PM)RickSummon Wrote: [ -> ]I just purchased an HL-DT-STDVD-ROM GDR8164B0B10 drive on eBay and connected it to my computer with an IDE-to-USB interface. I confirmed that it can read ordinary DVDs, but it cannot dump any Wii or Gamecube games using Rawdump 2.0 or 2.1. Even more than that, Rawdump will never run more than once without requiring a reboot. Attempting to run it again will do nothing, though it will still show up in Task Manager. I have Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit.
Update: It seems that Rawdump will run more than once per bootup. The problem appears to be that simply inserting a Wii disc into the drive will lock out all access to the drive and prevent Rawdump from appearing until the drive is disconnected. There appears to be no way to stop this from happening.
Friidump cannot read the discs either. Most of the time, it can't even initialize the DVD drive. If it can, it always fails to retrieve disc seeds.
I have that exact drive for a few years now. Rawdump worked perfectly forever on XP and Vista when I used those OSes. Recently dusted off the gdr8164 for some fresh dumps to use with dolphin, and lo and behold, My Win7 Ult x64 pc won't dump any 'backup' games with Rawdump or Friidump either. Constantly fails. I thought it could be the drive finally crapping out, but it works if I use ImgBurn to read some 'backup' games to iso format though. May try some real games next, and if not, then try XP mode [just in case its a Rawdump on win7 x64 issue.] May need to get a new drive off ebay, again.
PC ONLY?
i only have MAC
(04-15-2011, 04:03 PM)FrenzyBanana Wrote: [ -> ]PC ONLY?
i only have MAC
You can use your Wii if you have one. If you don't, go buy one, I think you're rich enough since you have "only" a Mac
(sorry, this was free flaming)
HL-DT-ST-DVDRAM GH60N Does not work.
HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4167B also failed to read WII discs