im in need of some advice. My friend is selling his playstation (not the PSONE) but it has a problem. The video is temperamental. Sometimes it'll come up...other times it wont.
Is there any easy fix for this problem or is it an issue with the main board? Which in that case I'll stay away from it. Any advice is appreciated and has anybody else ran into this problem and was able to fix it?
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Playstation problems
Started by slayer123, Jun 20 2003 6:15 AM
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Posted Fri Jun 20, 2003 6:15 AM
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Posted Fri Jun 20, 2003 7:41 AM
With a new PSone only costing $50, your friend better be offering you one helluva deal. The new one should have at least a 30 day return on it too.
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Posted Fri Jun 20, 2003 8:11 AM
I think he might be offering me a heck of a deal, but i really need to know if there is a fix for the video problem otherwise the money wouldn't be well spent. 
Any ideas? By the way its an original playstation, not the small white one.
Any ideas? By the way its an original playstation, not the small white one.
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Posted Fri Jun 20, 2003 9:03 PM
slayer123 said:
Any ideas? By the way its an original playstation, not the small white one.
Send me your mailing address privately and I will send you out a new PCB. Be sure to let me know what model number console it its.....important.
Before you ask, it's free. I said don't ask
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jjessop said:
Before you ask, it's free. I said don't ask
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Posted Sat Jun 21, 2003 5:24 AM
jjessop, i owe you a big one!!! I'll find out the model and get back with you on it. I'll send you a PM after i find out. Thanks again.
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Posted Sat Jun 21, 2003 10:16 AM
No problem at all, it's just one less that I have to send to a landfill 
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Posted Sat Jun 21, 2003 10:38 AM
PM Sent!!
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Posted Sat Jun 21, 2003 12:16 PM
This is one of the reasons I don't play my PSX very much, I want to keep mine nice. It works fine now and I want to keep it that way. My cousin's have a system that has the problem you stated. I can usually get it to work by wiggling the cords around, but you have to have something that will hold them in the right position to keep it working, and sometimes it will come in with no sound. I know this doesn't mean much to you now, just sharing.
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Posted Sat Jun 21, 2003 2:36 PM
If they have an old 1001 console with RCA's out they have a cold or cracked solder joint on the composite video (yellow) out. They also may have a cold solder joint at the AC input base on the power supply board.
If it's multi-AV out only, try bending down the metal tab that grounds the shield (inside the connector on top) as that's probably loose. The muti-AV's dont generally suffer from soldering issues.
Jerry
If it's multi-AV out only, try bending down the metal tab that grounds the shield (inside the connector on top) as that's probably loose. The muti-AV's dont generally suffer from soldering issues.
Jerry
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Posted Sat Jun 21, 2003 5:30 PM
I've repaired the Sega Genesis in the past and when those have no power its because the three solder joints on the motherboard are cracked so its a matter of resoldering them and BOOM good to go.
Could be the same thing with the video on the playstation but I won't have to worry about that now. I do appreciate everybody's input. I live to learn and then learn to live.
Could be the same thing with the video on the playstation but I won't have to worry about that now. I do appreciate everybody's input. I live to learn and then learn to live.
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Posted Sat Jun 21, 2003 11:14 PM
I remember a while back mine has tempramental video, then I found out it was the VCR it was plugged into cause its AV out was flakey. Now I've plugged It directly into the TV and it works great!
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Posted Sat Jun 21, 2003 11:39 PM
Thats very interesting. I never knew VCRS could play a role in that. I'll find out more once the Playstation arrives. I think the theory with the cold solder joints might sound more like it cause if you wiggle a wire and the video goes on and off thats usually because of cracks in the solder joints on the motherboard.
Who knows but it'll be interesting come next week when it arrives. I'll let everybody know what i find. It'll be fun!!
Who knows but it'll be interesting come next week when it arrives. I'll let everybody know what i find. It'll be fun!!
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