found the diagram, all is cool. it's a stealth

Is there visible trace damage on the board? Does the machine work after it warmed up? Is there a chip called CXD2922 on the board? Those CXD2922 (SPU chips) appear to be prone to failure. It could be the CXD2922 on the PS1, but not exactly sure. I don't see any damage on the board, and the machine ...

Hello, when I was opening up one of my spare SCPH-1001s, I happen to stumble upon a chip that was inside from a failed solder attempt. I have no idea what this chip does, but I predict that it's used to play backups and imports. I believe this could be an MM3, but I could be wrong. If anybody can e...

Open the console and whilst it's running, press on all the IC's one at a time whilst it boots up (except the power supply of course, don't touch that at all and stay clear of it!). Sounds like one of the chips isn't soldered well anymore, and I have a feeling it might be the RAM. You could be right...

I happened to have purchased this DTL-H1001 dark blue debug PS1 off Ebay. I love the thing to death, and it was manufactured in August of 1995 (And the doesn't use a power adapter like the other debug units) For the first week the thing started to work perfectly fine and played just about any game I...

Hello, when I was opening up one of my spare SCPH-1001s, I happen to stumble upon a chip that was inside from a failed solder attempt. I have no idea what this chip does, but I predict that it's used to play backups and imports. I believe this could be an MM3, but I could be wrong. If anybody can ea...