Before the story, here's it's details.
SCPH-50001/N
Built in IR receiver.
Using actual Sony branded video cables.
Simple power cord.
Came with network adapter with no HDD.
Cleaned somewhat.
Ok.. that's out of the way, I got this thing at goodwill.
Didn't think it'd work reading games. It worked perfectly fine, better than my slim.
It read all kinds of discs.
After 5 or so days later, I was saying guitar hero on freemcboot.
I used a USB hard drive because I don't have an available Hard drive for the adapter.
I got to the end of the game and on the last song. It froze up.
Thinking it was my USB hard drive failing, I tried turning it off, then back on.
But I got nothing.
It crashes, before it can even load up the "Sony Computer Entertainment" text.
And when it does load a little, it freezes on the blue screen when you turn it on.
It even freezes on the spinning dots.
Sometimes it works, sometimes it don't.
It's random. I can't play games on it for extended play.
In GTA SA, it fails to load the disc then crashes with it not working.
Its not the DVD, it has no scratches on it AT ALL.
Ive tried everything.
It's been a month now. Still no luck.
I cleaned off the laser, the plastic shell, used Qtips ti clean the ac adapter inside the system, cleaned the fan, and even cleaned the heat sinks(don't care if its not spelled "sinks")
I even fixed all loose ribbon cable connections and cleaned the contacts.
The ac cord jack on the back was cleaned, as well as all the other ports and inputs.
The power cord jack had a lot of black stuff come out. But all of that cleaning didn't fix it.
I called Sony. They said they'll fix it for like $40 US cash.
Goodwill wont take it back because 1, they think I did something to intentionally breal it, and 2, my thing expired.
Please help.
I invested almost over $30 on the console, new controllers. And games.
Its hard for me to make cash. So if I'm SOL, then that would be very unfortunate.
I would use my slim, but it's breaking down, slower reading speeds, and slower USB speeds.
It's also kinda dying.
It also can only read certain games.
Again, please help.
This isnt the beat place to post this. But if not, hopefully it can be moved to the ps1/2 forum.
It hurts my feelings knowing that I will have to pay more for a new console. It's hard enough for me to make cash as it is.
:/
SCPH-50001/N
Built in IR receiver.
Using actual Sony branded video cables.
Simple power cord.
Came with network adapter with no HDD.
Cleaned somewhat.
Ok.. that's out of the way, I got this thing at goodwill.
Didn't think it'd work reading games. It worked perfectly fine, better than my slim.
It read all kinds of discs.
After 5 or so days later, I was saying guitar hero on freemcboot.
I used a USB hard drive because I don't have an available Hard drive for the adapter.
I got to the end of the game and on the last song. It froze up.
Thinking it was my USB hard drive failing, I tried turning it off, then back on.
But I got nothing.
It crashes, before it can even load up the "Sony Computer Entertainment" text.
And when it does load a little, it freezes on the blue screen when you turn it on.
It even freezes on the spinning dots.
Sometimes it works, sometimes it don't.
It's random. I can't play games on it for extended play.
In GTA SA, it fails to load the disc then crashes with it not working.
Its not the DVD, it has no scratches on it AT ALL.
Ive tried everything.
It's been a month now. Still no luck.
I cleaned off the laser, the plastic shell, used Qtips ti clean the ac adapter inside the system, cleaned the fan, and even cleaned the heat sinks(don't care if its not spelled "sinks")
I even fixed all loose ribbon cable connections and cleaned the contacts.
The ac cord jack on the back was cleaned, as well as all the other ports and inputs.
The power cord jack had a lot of black stuff come out. But all of that cleaning didn't fix it.
I called Sony. They said they'll fix it for like $40 US cash.
Goodwill wont take it back because 1, they think I did something to intentionally breal it, and 2, my thing expired.
Please help.
I invested almost over $30 on the console, new controllers. And games.
Its hard for me to make cash. So if I'm SOL, then that would be very unfortunate.
I would use my slim, but it's breaking down, slower reading speeds, and slower USB speeds.
It's also kinda dying.
It also can only read certain games.
Again, please help.
This isnt the beat place to post this. But if not, hopefully it can be moved to the ps1/2 forum.
It hurts my feelings knowing that I will have to pay more for a new console. It's hard enough for me to make cash as it is.
:/
