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I just got this PlayStation one at a pawn shop a couple of days ago, and it worked fine, but I'm waiting for a modchip in the mail. I took it apart to make sure there wasn't one already installed and when I reassembled it the optical drive does not spin at all. The ribbon cable for the optical drive is not damaged and the other cable was not unplugged at all. I believe what happened is in the act of pulling out the ribbon cable the optical drive connection to the board came loose and needs to be resoldered. Easy fix or get a new one?

>> No.4959953

>>4959950
The lid close switch is definitely working, right?

>> No.4959954

>>4959953
Yeah, it sticks sometimes but the lid does close all the way I'm fairly certain.

>> No.4959963

>>4959954
Yeah, but the switch itself?

Have you tried holding it down with the upper casing off, like in your pic?

>> No.4959967
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>>4959953
Thanks anon, that seems to have fixed it. It is missing a couple of screws so when reassembled it probably wasn't as secure as it could've been and the lid close was acting up.

That's a little embarrassing

>> No.4959972

>>4959967
Ah well, the simplest solutions are often the correct ones.

Good luck with your modchip install.

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>>4959950
>I believe what happened is in the act of pulling out the ribbon cable the optical drive connection to the board came loose and needs to be resoldered

What is with you fucking idiots always jumping to the WORST POSSIBLE CONCLUSION

>le replace the capacitors breh!

>> No.4960213

>>4959967
Put a playing card between the shielding and the lid sensor and screw it down tight then just power off before changing games if the case is broken.

>> No.4962361

>>4960203
>not resoldering the cpus twice
do you even retrorepair?

>> No.4963384

Got the modchip installed but then I was testing it because it wasn't reading any Cd roms and I got a screen that flickered and now the av is not working. Is the PlayStation rip? Desoldered the modchip to make sure and it isn't working still.

>> No.4963459

>>4963384
Now I turned it on and got a grey flicker and nothing on the screen. Rip psx

>> No.4963462

>>4963459
How could I tell if the problem is the av cable or the actual av out?

>> No.4963560

>>4959950
you are not and engineer or now shit about electronics, but somehow you think you can open up a device and "fix it"
and no you don't know shit!
how do i know? you fuck up the device, you stupid fuck
enjoy your paperweight you useless fag

>> No.4963618

>>4963384
Are you in the USA? What's your model number, pay shipping and I'll send you a pre-modded motherboard as long as your dumbass will play some fucking games.

>> No.4963641

>>4963618
1001

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>>4963641
And here I was trying to help you.

>> No.4963652

>>4959950
>PSX broke
>PSX
>>>/v/

>> No.4964976

>>4963384
>>4963459
considering the soldering-points of ps1-chips are nowhere near the AV-stuff, wtf have you done?
pics pls

>> No.4965042

throw that shit away. use an rpi or rpi zero

>> No.4965046

>>4964976
Actually I decided to be a nigger and exchange it at the pawn shop for a working one, what I think happened was that I was getting impatient after like 2 hours of testing it and set the motherboard on its side in the casing and it touched the metal shield in a way that shorted the motherboard and broke the av out.

>> No.4965049

>>4965042
I do have a raspi 3

Nice bait tho

>> No.4965157

>>4965046
Hope you got a better one and didn't exchange it for another 100x revision. They're utter trash.

>> No.4965168

>>4965157
Woops

Yeah this one has trouble booting games unless I stand it on its side. I suppose that's karma for me.

>> No.4965172

>>4965168
Maybe, or more likely it's because you didn't properly research the system before settling on a particular hardware revision.

>> No.4965175

>>4965172
I didn't have a choice at that pawn shop, they had 2 other playstations and one of them was powering off when moved and the last one that worked was the one I got.

>> No.4965184

>>4965175
Get a refund and buy a 5xxx or 7xxx one. They're far more reliable and have better image quality. Avoid 9xxx ones if you're intending to use a Gameshark/Action Replay type device as they lack the parallel port.

>> No.4965220

>>4965168
Since you're comfortable opening shit up, pop that thing open, clean and lubricate it. Blast any dust out, clean the lens with alcohol or glass cleaner, and use silicone lubricant on a cotton swap to lubricate the slides of the optical drive. It should take 5 minutes and works like a charm.

>> No.4965309

>>4965184
I think OP left because that’s clearly not a 1001. The OP pic is a 5501-7501 judging by the laser placement and ribbon cable. 1001 has a short ribbon cable, totally different placement and design as they models...

>> No.4965508

>>4965309
Further reading of the thread I posted that I returned it and got a 1001 as an exchange

>> No.4965524
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Pic of the 1001

>> No.4965539

>>4965524
>1001
Never buy this

>> No.4965542

>>4965539
Yeah I'm just going to live with it I think because I did return a broken console to then so I feel a little bad about it.

>> No.4965595

>>4965542
How much did you pay for the first one?

>> No.4965598

>>4965595
>How much did you pay for the first one?
15

>> No.4965603

>>4965542
You can swap in the better quality laser with metal parts from a PsOne (slim) but you'll still be stuck with it being too close to the hot psu, unreliable manual gain control and texture banding.

>> No.4965617

>>4965598
You should have just paid for the second one considering the fact that you broke the first.

>> No.4965625

>>4965617
Well they did give him a broken one in exchange so I'd say balance was restored.

>> No.4965649

>>4965625
karma rekt

>> No.4966067

you are not and engineer or now shit about electronics, but somehow you think you can open up a device and "fix it"
and no you don't know shit!
how do i know? you fuck up the device, you stupid fuck
enjoy your paperweight you useless fag

>> No.4966270

>>4959950
Sweet. 100 million more tards like you and my collection of old $5 sony consoles will be worth enough for a romantic dinner for to at Applebee's.