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⟐ Commented February 09, 2024 at 20:39 MST

There are very few of these better units and valued by audiophiles.

They do have their share of problems as many less expensive players have.

I powered the motor using an old 9v battery and it spun.

I of course disconnected the motor wires from the rest of the unit and used small wires to momentarily apply the 9v battery power to the motor. It spun but will not spin when all connections are made and the unit is on and the cover switch is depressed. The reader lens moves up and down and from side to side when the power is activated but the motor does not spin.

I got 3.6 volts reading at the motor leads when connected to the rest of the unit. I think it should be higher.

What controls the motor? The main logic board or the power supply? Is there a schematic available?

I found a site that offered 6 different schematics for various PS 1 power supply boards.

I found one that matched my PS 1 and found all readings to be correct.

WOW!!!

I found the motor connector that sits on the main circuit board was the problem.

I moved the connector, a small 4 wire connector, and it came off the board. It was only held on by 4 very small solder connections.

I glued the connector as close to its original position and let the gorilla glue sit over night.

The next day I very carefully re-soldered the 4 connections by using a very small tip on my soldering tip.

Then I reassembled the whole unit enough to play a disk and function the controls. After about a half hour and some very fine adjustments I got it running.

I am only using it for playing CD's in an audiophile enviroment. It sounds great and was worth the $9 I spent. I originally was going to use the PS 1 as a parts backup for my main PS 1 CD player but now I am using it to play CD's.

The experience I got in getting the PS 1 to work was fun and the reward is a good sounding CD player equivalent to a very expensive audiophile grade CD player that would cost several thousand $'s.

⟐ Commented February 02, 2023 at 4:47 MST

i got a memorycard from playntrade and my ps1 wont read it

why?

⟐ Answered December 28, 2013 at 14:26 MST

I got a original playstation from a yardsale for 3$ but i got more stuff too with it. i got 3$ in games(1$ each) and 2$ in controllers for it(1$ each)

After using it one day i noticed the sony computer entertainment logo is not fully lined up with other letter tops right and the powersupply gets warm

Whats wrong?

heres more info

AC 120V 60HZ 17W

manufactured MSK YONHENZA JAPAN

December 1997

i forgot to mention the person i bought it from said it wasnt uses for years and i only bought the system itsself

if i can fix it is it worth it?

⟐ Edited May 21, 2010 at 19:03 MST

.. is there any way to reattach this? Any response is helpful. Thanks.

⟐ Commented November 09, 2018 at 11:15 MST

I just bought a SCPH 1001 NTSC playstation 1 today for only collection purposes. I wonder does it work on 220V like PS3s ?

Thanks,

Tolga

⟐ Answered January 23, 2022 at 16:07 MST

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⟐ Commented August 27, 2025 at 13:58 MST

Do you guys think it might be just the AV cable?

⟐ Commented February 14, 2024 at 23:39 MST

The console itself it spotless, no rust at all. I've tried removing the controller port ribbon cable and examining components but everything seems fine.

Note: The original controller it included has a broken cable where someone had twisted each wire together and covered them with electrical tape. I haven't messed it with it yet, but it doesn't work on a PS1 I have. I include this info in case it may have caused the problem.

Could a bad controller have blown the port? How would I troubleshoot this? Any point I can test with my fluke meter that would help to troubleshoot the issue?

⟐ Commented May 19, 2019 at 17:04 MST

All that happens is a it makes a very high pitched whistling noise that comes from the console itself rather than the speakers.

Any help on this?

⟐ Answered May 19, 2019 at 0:37 MST

For my problem, I broke the spindle before so I have to replace a new spindle.

I just bought the spindle online and the spindle did not show for which model since I think all of it are same so I bought 3 from different seller. All of them are same after I received.

Now my problem is when I replaced it the spindle is tight and could not spin. Each of the spindle are same, it is tight when it put to the console.

What I watch from Youtube, after they replace the spindle then the spindle could easily be spin. Not like mine, after I put into it, it is tight and could not spin. I don,t understand..

So whats the problem actually?

⟐ Answered May 13, 2019 at 18:59 MST

Where do I start? I'm repairing this for fun so time is of no issue. Is there even a schematic floating around for these?

⟐ Answered May 13, 2019 at 18:24 MST

Basically the disk drive doesn't spin at all, doesn't matter what I do, I don't get any reaction.

I've tried to clean the lens, replace the disk drive (with a working one tested on another console) but no luck… I've also tried to install an xstation thinking that it would solve the problem, which obviously didn't change anything (the xstation in now installed on another device which is working just fine).

Doesn anyone have any idea on what could it be wrong? I've searched everywhere on Google and iFixit, but it doesn't seem that anyone had this problem before…

Thank you.

⟐ Edited by author April 24, 2019 at 15:59 MST

Can anyone help me?

⟐ Commented May 02, 2025 at 15:10 MST

I have a PlayStation (model 5501) that’s been in storage for years and it’s broken in a strange way. Power turns on, memory cards load, sound and visual are all good but it won’t actually load the games. I heard if you hold the console on its side and it doesn’t read the disc, that it may be a problem with the laser and sure enough, it wouldn’t load on its side. I looked at a couple of videos on Youtube to try and get some help, when I found a video where they placed their finger on a spot where the disc sits and the disc would spin for a bit. (Here’s the video since I’m bad at explaining and couldn’t find an actual word for it, timestamp 0:40 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJjcVWT1... )

I decided to do the same and when pressed down hard enough, sure enough the disc would spin and the laser would read it! I checked the shell and there is a part of it that already would press it down, but for some reason its not enough? Any advice would be appreciated as I have no clue what to do and am wondering if it’s worth getting checked out at a repair store. Thanks in advance for the help!

Here’s the inside of the console:

⟐ Commented June 18, 2020 at 13:29 MST

now when i turn it on, two of resistors on the PSU gets extremely hot. For example if the system work for more than 5 minutes, it will burn the resistors. Also sound of the system plays very noisy from the TV.

i just replace them with two newer resistors but the problem is still exist.

can anyone please give me a solution to fix this?

Thanks.

⟐ Answered January 29, 2026 at 21:18 MST