Not yet.Additional bottom item number: 3-966-398-7įor this model the CD-ROM drive is re-located on the right side of the CD bay, with the lens carriage being reinforced and the power simplified, fixing the FMV skipping issues of prior models. One battle made me open/close the PS1 disk drawer to proceed. Still some loading issues: maybe half of the battles were slow to load (5 seconds with the music running in the background). It performed better than the weeks before the system crapped out initially. If you're turning 25% of a rotation in either direction, your PS won't read shit.ĮDIT: Played about an hour of FFVII. In the end, it's probably 1.25 mm turned clockwise toward the W.the adjustments are incredibly micro. The laser assembly arrived in an almost perfect X formation with the horizontal edge of the screw placed perfectly SW. I probably adjusted, loaded a game, and clocked load times for.6-8 hours altogether. In my experience, with my model and a new laser assembly off of eBay (see OP), it needed to be at an extremely exact angle. SOTN load screen save times from 47 seconds down to about 7.
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Driving the laser at too high an intensity would damage it which is why you need to be cautious in finding the spot where it starts reading discs reliably again.Īlright, I got it fixed. Any screwdriver should work, but only adjust the potentiometer with the console switched off and only move it a tiny fraction of a turn at a time (a small change can make a huge difference) to see if it improves or worsens the drive's performance. You'd absolutely need to remove it with a soldering iron, just ripping it off is likely to bring the traces with it! I'm not familiar with replacing that particular module so I'm not sure where to look, if such a blob would be present in the first place, but it's something to check.ĭo I need a special tool or just anything to turn it? What am I actually doing and what is the difference in effect between tightening and loosening?Īs far as I'm aware it controls the laser's intensity, and it works like a volume control rather than a screw. If it is there, do I just rip it off or do I need to heat it up with a soldering iron to remove? I bought a second console (as it was cheaper than buying the laser assembly on its own) and it turns out the fault was somewhere else with the motherboard on the first console, not its laser assembly, as its "faulty" laser assembly worked flawlessly with the replacement console. I will add that my PSone was exhibiting the usual signs of a failing laser assembly and careful tweaking of the potentiometer got it to work a bit better until one day it stopped reading discs at all. Can the console read audio CDs? That may provide better feedback for your adjustments than trying to read a data disc (i.e.
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Only move the potentiometer very small amounts at a time. You may in that case need to adjust the potentiometer on the ribbon cable until the drive starts reading discs. That said, if it's sold like new (rather than brand new) then it may already have had the solder blob removed. Laser assemblies often have an antistatic solder blob that needs to be removed during installation ( examples on this page) - I'm not familiar with that particular unit but have you checked to see if there's a blob of solder shorting two tracks together that needs to be removed first? You may need to contact your seller for confirmation.