GDrom drive replacement not working

[antonioad14(TWON)]

So I had a GDrom drive that kept on failing on me mid load and would usually throw up error 25, so I decided to get a Dreamcast replacement laser since I heard those actually work since their both GDrom drives. Unfortunately upon switch the upper assembly I immediately get hit with error 24. The disc will spin for a bit at startup then quickly stop shortly after. Upon switching it back to the original one it worked straight away and started installing but unfortunately threw up error 25 at around 38%.

 

[antonioad14(TWON)]

Can't find much information online about this, but is this true? Don't wanna take it as fact since it's Ai, but it's the only lead I have.

 

[nem]

Why not just boot from CF? Never had any issues with that.

 

[antonioad14(TWON)]

Why not just boot from CF? Never had any issues with that.

Currently having issues updating the firmware. I think my network board is broken.

 

[antonioad14(TWON)]

Managed to get the game to boot on my flakey laser and thankfully replaced the Dimm battery so atleast the game boots right away now.