Have you tried cleaning the flex cable and connector with contact cleaner? I remember experiencing unreliable drive performance with my PS1s until I cleaned the flex cable contacts and connector but I haven't experienced this one before. Thanks for the info, I will clean the flex cable from the las...

Hey, I'd really appreciate it if you guys could help me out with an issue I'm having... I recently bought an NTSC PS1 console from eBay (SCPH-5501). After switching the American power supply out for a 240v European one, I briefly tested it and all seemed OK with the one game I tested it with. A few ...

Does the banding issue only affect the earlier 1001/1002 models which use PU7/PU8 boards? I'm thinking of picking up a 5501 (which is a PU-18 I think?). I just wanna make sure I'm making the right choice.

I'd be interested to know this too. As far as I know you need a dual oscillator to replicate the different clock signals for PAL & NTSC