I wanted to try out Dune for the first time and it just didn’t power on. I am not ok. I took a look inside and cleaned it, but there’s no obvious loose connections. Today is a sad day for me
Respect for the soldier fallen after so long in combat 🫡
Also if you still want to play the game and wouldn’t mind doing so on another device, iirc the PS2 can run natively PS1 games, any of the PS3 models can for sure (it’s different from the PS2 compatibility from the PS3), you can convert the game to run on the PSP and/or Vita, and there are emulators that have their own solutions to not need BIOS files.
I’ll have to check about the backwards compatibility, I’m sure a newer device would be easier to buy. I did have a PS2 once but I must have sold it… Maybe it went towards a Wii?
Rereading, one part of what I said wasn’t clear: Emulators themselves you should be able to find for PC and phones. And if on PC, you should be able to play directly from the disc drive.
Maybe dead capacitors? If you don’t have a multimeter and soldering iron, this is a good excuse to get/learn those things!
I do have both of those things but I don’t feel I have the expertise. Maybe I’ll give it a go in a few days.
It makes a high-pitched whine when plugged in, I also wondered if that could be a capacitor making the noise. Or maybe the coil right near the incoming power supply, I could imagine that making such a notice as well
Was this your original childhood PS1?
Yep, we bought it second-hand probably more than 20 years ago. It had a good run
You can get it repaired. There are lots of places online that can do it, and there are probably some repair shops near you that can too. It might be some small part that’s causing the whole issue, so it’s worth checking out.
Emulate is in your future. Any modern computer, even the office computers anywhere can play PS1 games.
I ran an emulator on my laptop a few years ago but it’s just not the same. Thanks for the suggestion though! I do play some Pokémon Blue, Crystal and Emerald on an emulator from time to time
Sounds like a great time to get into handheld emulation devices. PS1 will run on just about anything.
Nah, it’s not the same. There’s something more visceral and real about playing with the original hardware and controller, for me anyway
Nah, it’s totes the same.
Use a playstation controller on your emulator.
Check fuses. It may just have a blown fuse in the power supply or on the motherboard. It also may just be an issue with the power button.
That said, I haven’t had a PS1 in years. Modern emulators like DuckStation can even play real discs but give you all sorts of benefits like upscaling, correction for polygon/texture warping, modern video outputs, etc. I regularly play my PS1 games, but I do so via an emulator on my Steam Deck.
I prefer the real thing to an emulator, for PlayStation at least. I did try an emulator years ago but it’s not as good.
Power supply fuse is good, but I didn’t disassemble far enough to see the motherboard. Hopefully it will be as easy as replacing that fuse! Thanks for the tip
I’m knocking on wood for my Xbox One. 15 years and still going, gaming on it almost everyday besides for a few months every few years when I forget I like to play video games. Not to rub salt into the wound
I was actually thinking about buying an Xbox One for Halo Wars 2. Surely it’s not 15 years old yet?? I still think of it as the new Xbox since I own a 360…
OK I rounded the number up its actually 12 years old. But soon… If I’m lucky
Sorry for your loss.
New mobos are like 20 bucks on ebay. Can you test the power module?
I’ve got a multimeter but no experience with PS1 PCBs. When I’ve got some more time to dedicate to it, I’ll have a more thorough look I hope
I guess you’ll need to play on something that plays PS1 games with video ports from this millennium.
I’ll have you know that PS1 outputs to a TV aerial! Even new TVs have that connection still!
At least in the UK modern tellies don’t support analogue TV signals!
