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Re: A PS1 surprise
Posted: 27 Feb 2026 15:22
by mrbombermillzy
exxos wrote: 27 Feb 2026 14:48
rubber_jonnie wrote: 27 Feb 2026 13:36
Appreciate the links, but I have 2 PS3's and 3 PS4's and I don't want to start collecting....
1 week later.. "I just got these 5 PS2's cheap.." :P
Yeah, you can never rule that out. :lol:
Dont forget (or 'are you aware') not all fat PS3s are the same.
IIRC, there are ones with the 2 backward emulation related ICs, and ones with one of them (and the other is SW emulated).
I cant remember all the relevant model no's at this point.
I swapped the latter in a deal with
@PhilC a while ago as faulty. (Not sure if he ever tried getting it to work again, or it was too much effort to bother with?)
Re: A PS1 surprise
Posted: 27 Feb 2026 15:26
by alexh
I know. Pretty much guaranteed to have an emotion chip if they were 60gb (CECHCxx)
All those that I listed are (on closer inspection) not the ones you want.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/147163620210
Re: A PS1 surprise
Posted: 27 Feb 2026 15:32
by PhilC
mrbombermillzy wrote: 27 Feb 2026 15:22
exxos wrote: 27 Feb 2026 14:48
1 week later.. "I just got these 5 PS2's cheap.." :P
Yeah, you can never rule that out. :lol:
Dont forget (or 'are you aware') not all fat PS3s are the same.
IIRC, there are ones with the 2 backward emulation related ICs, and ones with one of them (and the other is SW emulated).
I cant remember all the relevant model no's at this point.
I swapped the latter in a deal with @PhilC a while ago as faulty. (Not sure if he ever tried getting it to work again, or it was too much effort to bother with?)
I've removed the Tokin caps from it for replacement but never got round to it. I suspect its deader than a Dodo though but we shall see.
Re: A PS1 surprise
Posted: 27 Feb 2026 15:34
by rubber_jonnie
exxos wrote: 27 Feb 2026 14:48
rubber_jonnie wrote: 27 Feb 2026 13:36
Appreciate the links, but I have 2 PS3's and 3 PS4's and I don't want to start collecting....
1 week later.. "I just got these 5 PS2's cheap.." :P
Must buy more Playstations...
:dizzy:
Re: A PS1 surprise
Posted: 27 Feb 2026 15:36
by PhilC
Nope, nothing to edit here :)
Re: A PS1 surprise
Posted: 27 Feb 2026 15:38
by exxos
mrbombermillzy wrote: 27 Feb 2026 15:22
Dont forget (or 'are you aware') not all fat PS3s are the same.
IIRC, there are ones with the 2 backward emulation related ICs, and ones with one of them (and the other is SW emulated).
Did not know that.. But never owned a PlayStation.. I think the only time I possibly worked on was about 25+ years ago and the 5V regulator packed in..
Girlfriends dad sometimes gets a PlayStation 1 or 2 , has it a month, then gets rid of it .. the 2 months later gets another again :lol: :roll:
Re: A PS1 surprise
Posted: 27 Feb 2026 15:39
by rubber_jonnie
alexh wrote: 27 Feb 2026 15:26
I know. Pretty much guaranteed to have an emotion chip if they were 60gb (CECHCxx)
All those that I listed are (on closer inspection) not the ones you want.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/147163620210
Nice but no buy it now...
Wait until the bids come in.
Re: A PS1 surprise
Posted: 27 Feb 2026 15:44
by rubber_jonnie
PhilC wrote: 27 Feb 2026 15:32
I've removed the Tokin caps from it for replacement but never got round to it. I suspect its deader than a Dodo though but we shall see.
The Tokins are an interesting fix, my current PS3 had a YLOD and I could make it boot by warming the Tokins up. I replaced them with a kit that used I think 6 or 8 tantalums per Tokin, it's run flawlessly since then and you can always get Tantalyser boards which is a little easier.
Those Tokins don't like heat though and come off in bits.
Re: A PS1 surprise
Posted: 27 Feb 2026 16:10
by mrbombermillzy
exxos wrote: 27 Feb 2026 15:38
Girlfriends dad sometimes gets a PlayStation 1 or 2 , has it a month, then gets rid of it .. the 2 months later gets another again :lol: :roll:
I was very lucky in that I went to a car boot sale a few years back and noticed a cheap PS1 for sale laid on the floor with a wallet of CDRs. ;)
Ive got the above mentioned chipped PS1 and 2 and to be honest, prefer them to the newer (PS3>/XBox360>) consoles. My poor boys have to wait literally 10 minutes on XBOne for their motorcross game to load, poor sods.
IMHO, thats ridiculous for a game, so to combat this, Ive just bought a Saroo cart for my Sega Saturn, so I can 'swap out' the consoles and hope no one notices! :lol:
Re: A PS1 surprise
Posted: 27 Feb 2026 16:27
by rubber_jonnie
mrbombermillzy wrote: 27 Feb 2026 16:10
exxos wrote: 27 Feb 2026 15:38
Girlfriends dad sometimes gets a PlayStation 1 or 2 , has it a month, then gets rid of it .. the 2 months later gets another again :lol: :roll:
I was very lucky in that I went to a car boot sale a few years back and noticed a cheap PS1 for sale laid on the floor with a wallet of CDRs. ;)
Ive got the above mentioned chipped PS1 and 2 and to be honest, prefer them to the newer (PS3>/XBox360>) consoles. My poor boys have to wait literally 10 minutes on XBOne for their motorcross game to load, poor sods.
IMHO, thats ridiculous for a game, so to combat this, Ive just bought a Saroo cart for my Sega Saturn, so I can 'swap out' the consoles and hope no one notices! :lol:
I have a Fenrir ODE in my Saturn plus a RAM/Memory/Pseudo Saturn Kai so it'll play anything you throw at it. Saroo came later for me and I was already set up.
Why does it take so long for that game to load, seems a bit mad.