PSX drive with PSone board

tjlenz · Post by **tjlenz** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 6:38 pm

Well heres the deal. I took apart the PSone that I got to make a portable and took everything off the board, problem is I didnt check to see if it actually worked. There lies the first problem my PSone is in pieces. I connected the power back up to see if it at least powers on and it does, thank the video game gods. I also tried hooking up the cd drive to see if that works. Which I dont think does. The games spin up but they never seem to get to a consistent speed. Like it really cant read the disks. But when I hooked up a PSX drive it started working more like normal. Am I going to have some problems down the road for using a PSX drive instead of the PSone drive?

THON · Post by **THON** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 10:13 pm

The drive should probably go at an inconsistant speed depending on what it's reading (PS logo, intro movie, complex level, etc.). Did you test the game on your T.V. before you jumped to conclusions?

schmellyfart · Post by **schmellyfart** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 10:34 pm

tjlenz wrote:I didnt check to see if it actually worked

tjlenz · Post by **tjlenz** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 11:01 pm

After playing around with it for a while i was able to get it hooked up to a TV by reconnecting some things. Both drives worked! The PSone drive must have different technology used, because the game loaded with both drives, the PSX one was at a constant speed while the PSone would change. But the game worked with both. While i guess its just a learning experience, for all.