Does anyone know about playstation one?

[mzhthrbrwn]

I recently bought my little bot a PSONE at a gamecrazy store and it was used. They come with a garuntee and all of that, and when I got it home and plugged it in it worked, but only on the older used games I had bought. I bought a brand new game to go with it to and it wouldn't work, I was told that there was a after marjet chip installed so that you could copy games from like, rented ones and that way you wouldn't have to buy them, and there was a device or something that was implanted in the newer games that detected the chip and would cause them to not play. I was wondering if there was a way around it, like a patch or something that someone knew about? I know this was alot of babbling, but I am having a hard tiem explaining what the problem is. Please, if you know of something and if you understand what it is I am getting at, could you help me?

 

[mzhthrbrwn]

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[Narse]

I only know of one way to do that, take out the mod chip and get one of the one's that would fit outside the PS that you could take off and on, if you can still find them

 

[bigalt]

I find it odd that a store would sell a unit that had a mod-chip installed, if that is indeed what was installed, but I suppose it's possible. I am pretty familiar with the PSX, I've never fooled around with the PSOne though.

What is the new game? Describe exactly what happens when you try to boot the game up, in terms of what screens come up and what the motor sounds like.

I don't believe that any original games will detect the mod chip and not function, I could be wrong on that. Some games have a copy protection so that if you just make a direct copy it will detect THAT, and will not function despite the fact that you have a mod chip (do you see the difference?). In any case, do you know for sure if there's a chip and what kind it is? If you're curious, you can just open it up, if there is a mod chip installed it is usually pretty apparent.

Anyway try to describe better what's happening and perhaps I or someone else can help shed some light. You can also look for forums related to 'mod chips'.

 

[Kaervak]

If the game's modchip protected, a big red circle with a line through it will come up with something about calling a 1-800 number. I've been through this many times before with my PSX before I sold it. And no, it wasn't because of copies, I had a lot of import games.

 

[Jzero]

<< I find it odd that a store would sell a unit that had a mod-chip installed, if that is indeed what was installed, but I suppose it's possible. >>

You better believe it's possible. They don't exactly test these units thoroughly (at least not the one's I've bought). I think they're pretty much figuring the warranty is good enough. I bought a used Dreamcast that would randomly "lock." The lens would stick in the outermost position and it wouldn't load a game. I had to push the lens back to the center to get it to work, but it seemed to take more fiddling each time it happened, and it seemed to happen more frequently as time passed.
Fearing the Nintendo Voodoo Dance, I decided to return the DC since it was within 90 day warranty period.
They gave me another one, no questions asked.
That one wouldn't even start up. No way they did even the slightest testing on it.
Took that one back and the next one would start, but none of the controllers would respond in any of the ports.
Took that one back.
Finally got a working one.

My point is that there is a good possibility someone traded in a modded deck and the shop never tested it, or maybe they tested iwth an older game that works.

 

[mzhthrbrwn]

This one wasn't tested because when I went in, I asked him if they had a used one and he said no, but like five minutes later someone brought one in and they just bagged it up and sold it to me.
I do get an error that has a huge red circle with a slash through it with an 800 number and when I calle dall the number told me was what the reason was as to why I was getting the error, and that was because of the chip.

 

[Kaervak]

Well, since it's established that there's a chip in it, you can do one of two things. Either remove it, or patch all your games. First one is easy, second one is just a pain. Not all the games has defeated mod patches. Removing it isn't hard at all. Open it up and clip the wires for the chip if your not good at soldering. Make sure to tape them afterword's.

 

[mzhthrbrwn]

Tape the cut wires afterwards? How will I know what it looks like? Does it stand out? About the other way.....the more pain in the A** way. Is there something to download or what? Thanks for the help!

 

[ATLien247]

After you've opened the thing up, you'll definitely be able to recognize the mod chip. It'll be the only chip that isn't integrated with the system board. And, depending on the quality of the install, it could have a myriad of wires soldered to different points on the system board. You can either (A) just cut the wires, then tape them off to make sure they can't short anything, or (B) desolder.

 

[ShallowHal]

Cutting the wires is the easiest. If you're not good at soldering, you could ruin the box. MAKE SURE the wires don't touch anything and that they are completely taped. It's a lot easier than it sounds.

 

[LeStEr]

Which game?