Methods of preserving the life of GD-Rom Drive?

[mxlvxnn]

So my last dreamcast's GD-Rom Drive blew out on me. I got a new dreamcast and its working great! Now I want to make sure I get the most out of the one I have now. I've heard that waiting for the drive to come to a complete stop helps. Anyone else have tips for GD-Rom related stuff?

[grimmythereaper]

ive heard that the japanese drives are better made then the chinese drives

[Raen]

Yamaha drives > Samsung drives

The Yamaha ones are usually present in revision 0 consoles.

[mxlvxnn]

Yamaha drives > Samsung drives

The Yamaha ones are usually present in revision 0 consoles.

yeah I found the samsung drive on ebay. I'll keep an eye on the yamaha ones though.

[kikenovic]

are those interchangeable?

[CD AGES]

are those interchangeable?

Yep!
The only GD drives that are not all compatible with other model drives are the last version of the Samsung Drives found in Revision 2 DC units. They lack a daughterboard on em and attach directly to the MoBo via a ribbon cable -_-