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>>1808354
Ok I've dealt with many laser dead PS1's and I've stumbled with these variants:

1 - The disc spins but the ps1 won't even try for more than 1 second and then stop spinning then it will go to the menu screen. This usually means the lens it's dead beyond calibration.

2 - The disc spins and the lens move side to side a couple of times, then it would give up, stop spinning and go to the menu screen. In these cases you can probable calibrate the lens and get it working again.

3 - The disc won't even spin at all, this happened in two occasions, the first time was because the ribbon of the lens wasn't well connected, and the second time was because the ribbon was straight broken in two parts. Needless to say, you need a whole new lens for these situations.

Also you can check if the button inside the tray isn't broken and not pushing the real button on the inside of the ps1, I mean, it could happen.

Looks like you're gonna have to open it anon.