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Chipping my original Playstation.

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  • 19-11-2012 8:33pm
    #1
    Gamer Bhoy 89
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    I used to have my PS1 chipped years ago and I picked up an original model nice and cheap the other week. And I was just wondering what methods I can use to chip it without risking breaking the thing?

    I heard of using a method that involved keeping the button on the inside of the disk tray down and swapping but I actually have no idea. I was only like, 10 or 11 when I had it chipped, I'm 23 now and I'm brainless.

    Anyone got any hints?
    Thanks in advance :)


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    TouchingVirus
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    If it's a very old PS1 (one of the very first) then the swap trick will work. By using a spring to hold down the "tray open" trigger at the back-right where the tray hinge is you can open the console tray without the console knowing. Then boot with a PAL original, open the tray, swap to an NTSC/NTSC-J original and continue on. This was fixed pretty early in the PS1 life cycle though.

    If your console has an expansion/parallel slot at the back you can pick up a second hand 'game enhancer' from Amazon Marketplace/ebay. One of my first ever forays into "modchips" right there, and it was nothing more than an action reply or whatever.

    Failing those two options you've really only got a stealth modchip soldering job to make it work


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    Gamer Bhoy 89
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    Yeah it has the slot at the back. Surely I can still get those cards handy enough? I used to have one ("Password Card")

    I might go ahead and get one.

    EDIT: I didn't see that u mentioned Ebay and Amazon I'm such a dope haha. Thanks :)


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    TouchingVirus
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    You're welcome, best of luck. Sort of wish I had a PS1 now; damn nostalgia!


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    Myrddin
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    I've done a bunch of these for the lads over in the arcade & retro forum. Are you any way decent with a soldering iron? The phat type PS1 is quite easy to do. The slimmer PSone's are a bit more finnicky.

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    TouchingVirus
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    EnterNow wrote: »
    I've done a bunch of these for the lads over in the arcade & retro forum. Are you any way decent with a soldering iron? The phat type PS1 is quite easy to do.

    Tell that to 12 year old me who bricked his first playstation trying to install a modchip :p


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