Unky_Si Posted October 12, 2005 Report Share Posted October 12, 2005 Hi all, my first post, been a lurker/watcher for a while.I have recently (?) gotten into MD in a big way via a friend. I have it in the car , home and also walkman. I love it, BUT as I hate all these MP3 players out there (the ones you can't take home and listen to properly without loads of wires and reduced quality) I have one draw back i want to get over.I have a Net MD player and sonicstage 3.2, fine, yes but i hate wires.....I want to fit an MD drive into a spare bay on my pc. I know sony did an MD data drive but it wouldn't work on music etc...The reason for all this is that Soncistage titles everything and I have little time to do all that, lazy you may say, not with the spirit of it all I know but why waste time?I found the Vaio MD drive on ebay PCGA-MDN1 and it arrived the other day for £7 incl postage!! I have taken it out of it's little case and it seems that I may be able to add it as a periferal via either my sound car or as a hard wired unit to the motherboard. Has anyone else thought of this or am I mad?ThanksMD rules!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishiyoshi Posted October 12, 2005 Report Share Posted October 12, 2005 Welcome to MDCF! Unfortunately, the PCGA-MDN1 NetMD module will not work with any other system; the module is a VAIO NV series exclusive and it has a proprietary connector which is employed only by the VAIO NV notebook series. Since you have dismantled its outer shell you may want to explore (*acquire the service manual of one of the VAIO NV series notebook) the schematics of the module and order the proprietary connector - perhaps you can fix sometime up.Good luck with your project.thread moved to the appropriate section of the forum: NetMD + MDLP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishiyoshi Posted November 5, 2006 Report Share Posted November 5, 2006 Update: kochi, our new member has provided a DIY information to get this VAIO NetMD module to work on any PC system. --> please review the link within this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technomage Industries Posted September 12, 2021 Report Share Posted September 12, 2021 anyone still have a link to said thread ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted September 12, 2021 Report Share Posted September 12, 2021 7 hours ago, Technomage Industries said: anyone still have a link to said thread ? The old MDCF thread in question that Ishiii refers to is the one you already identified: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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