SAMSUNG DRIVE REPLACEMENT TUTORIAL

SAMSUNG DRIVE REPLACEMENT TUTORIAL By Kash (Look for me in on EFNET as Kashsteve) Materials you will need: 1) Soldering Iron (15-30 Watt switchable from Radio-shack is what I used) 2) Copper De-soldering Braid (or pump, but braid is my preference) 3) SAMSUNG SD-616T or SD-616F (Check picture to see where you can find out what kind of drive yours is.) 4) Screwdriver 5) SDG-605B Bios for flashing (DO NOT ASK ME WHERE TO FIND THIS) 6) 30 Gauge wire 7) Solder (Rosin-core and Silver-bearing solder is recommended) 8) PIN-HEADER for yellow cable, or OLD THOMSON (thx to evrready_ for hookin me up via U$ MAIL) 9) LOTS OF TAPE and some hot glue. Step 1: Make sure your Samsung drive is a SD-616T or F. As long as its not a SD-616Q You should be in good shape. YES SD-616T Mine reads. After flashing the DVD-ROM with the SDG-605 BIOS in your computer, Pull out the drive using a paper clip and remove the tray face plate then the drive face plate: Now pop off that tray faceplate by holding the dvd-rom upside down and pushing outward and up. Then push in the side plastic clips of the drive and remove the faceplate: K nubs. Easy part is over. Step 3: Remove the metal shielding on the top and bottom: You should get something that looks like this. Step 4: Now you have to remove the front PCB, first unclip the plastic clip on the right then lift the PCB slightly hard on the left, don’t be afraid, you might ...