Where to buy replacement lasers?

[Ceph]

Luckily both my Duo and my Duo-R are still working fine. However, since they are now 14 years old, the lasers are bound to wear out eventually. In case they do, I'd like to know where to get replacement lasers / CD-Rom mounts.

Could a better (stronger) type of laser be used instead of the weak original one (for instance one that can read CDRWs)? How difficult would it be to to exchange? Anyone here got some tech knowledge?

[PCEngineHell]

None can be bought,except maybe in the stockpile D-Lite is prob sitting on from stripped down duos.

[DragonmasterDan]

Luckily both my Duo and my Duo-R are still working fine. However, since they are now 14 years old, the lasers are bound to wear out eventually. In case they do, I'd like to know where to get replacement lasers / CD-Rom mounts.

Could a better (stronger) type of laser be used instead of the weak original one (for instance one that can read CDRWs)? How difficult would it be to to exchange? Anyone here got some tech knowledge?

The retrogames guy claimed to use "new parts" and that his Duo repair improved CDR compatibility. So maybe they do exist, finding them now is another matter.

[Ceph]

http://www.geocities.com/turbogaming/

That's the one you mean, right? Well, shipping a Duo from Europe to the US and back by registered mail would cost at least 80$. Add 60$ for the repair and you might as well buy a working one on ebay. Wonder where he gets (new) spare parts?

I've searched all over the net and I couldn't find any information at all concerning replacement lasers for PCE. I am not an engineer, but shouldn't it be possible to exchange the laser diode itself once it dies?

Who's got any detailed info on the Duo/Duo-R/Duo-RX's CD-Rom unit? All I could find is that it's a "Single-speed CD-ROM drive, managed by a NEC microcontroller and using the SCSI-I interface"

Hopefully someone will come up with a solution, for WE ALL will need one eventually.

[DragonmasterDan]

Hopefully someone will come up with a solution, for WE ALL will need one eventually.

I agree, I'd love to find out where that guy got those replacement drives.