PlayStation won’t turn on
First, ensure that the power cord is properly connected both at the back of the device and at the wall socket. If the problem persists, try powering the PlayStation from another power outlet. If the device still does not turn on, you may have a faulty power cord or may need to replace the Power Supply.
PlayStation suddenly resets itself during play
This may be the result of a faulty power cord or a loose power socket. (The power socket is the connection at the back of the device that receives the power cord). Repairing the power socket is possible, but may require soldering. Since other components can be damaged during soldering, we recommend replacing the entire Power Supply.
No image on TV
Make sure the video cables are connected properly to your television and ensure that the correct video input and channel are selected on your TV. If the TV still shows no image, the Logic Board may be the problem and should be replaced.
Game does not load, skips, or freezes
Dirty or damaged game disc
Try playing a different game. If a different game plays normally, the first disc is likely dirty, scratched, or has label damage. If the disc is dirty, clean it with a soft lint-free cloth and try the game again. If there are scratches, they can likely repaired with a CD scratch repair kit. (CD scratch repair kits are sold by most electronic stores and are relatively inexpensive). If there is damage on the label side of the disc, it cannot be repaired.
Dirty lens
Dust may have accumulated on the lens, making it difficult for proper reading of the game disc. If the lens needs to be cleaned, use a cotton swab and a proper lens cleaning solution that can be found in any electronic store.
Broken spindle hub
The spindle hub is used to hold the game disc firmly to the spindle assembly. If the spindle hub breaks, the game disc will slip as it spins and the laser will not be able to properly read the game disc. The spindle hub can be replaced, but exchanging the entire Optical Drive will be a much easier fix.
Faulty optical drive
Game loading errors, skipping, and freezing often result from a faulty optical drive. Some symptoms include:
- No spinning or abnormal spinning of the game disc
- Loud tracking noises
- Failure of the laser to move along its track
If your device encounters any of these problems, you should replace the Optical Drive
Controller not responding or is not found
What type of controller are you using?
There are three different controllers Sony has created for the PlayStation. The first did not have the dual analog feature (the two joysticks). It was not until the second controller was released that the dual analog feature was incorporated. The third controller is the dual shock controller that provides a force feedback (vibrates to stimulate game play).
Many times a controller that is not read or is non-responsive is a result of playing a game that is not compatible with the dual analog or the dual shock controller. So before blaming the controller port, verify that the game being played supports the controller you are using.
Also, controllers that are sold by outside companies (not Sony made) may encounter problems because many of them incorporate new features and multiple functions.
Faulty controller port
If the proper controller is being used and it is still not responsive or if the message "controller not found" is given, then the problem is most likely a faulty Controller Port and replacing it will be necessary.
Memory card not read
Try using the memory card in another console. If the other console is also not able to read the memory card, then the memory card is most likely the problem. If the other console does read the memory card, then the Controller Port is the problem and will need to be replaced.
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I have a Playstation one mini and it powers on and the game comes up but the picture on the screen almost looks as if it's on the wrong channel but it's not. Can't find any information on youtube or anywhere about this to see if it can be fixed. does anyone know how to fix a ps1 mini with a garbled picture screen.
Mike Williams - crwdns2934203:0crwdne2934203:0
Sometimes a tv doesnt support the low resolution of the ps1 so its best to get a cheap upscaler but first you should try another tv first
mohamadfire2 -
I have a PlayStation on and when I start it up, a grey screen with two boxes come up. One of them is clearly some kind o settings for my memory card and the other is some sort of music maker, early GarageBand thing. I can't get out of it and it comes up whether there is a disk in there or not or if there is a memory card in there or not. What do I do?
Liam Wright - crwdns2934203:0crwdne2934203:0
By music maker, I assume you're talking about the "box" that says "CD Player", correct? For future reference, that's just, as the name says, used for listening to CDs, should you feel like listening to one on your PlayStation. But, I digress, the screen as a whole pops up when the console's lid is open, when the console thinks a disc isn't placed in it, or when it detects a CD. Are you sure the lid is closed completely? My Playstation's lid stays popped up a bit, even when it clicks closed; I have to put something like a book on top of it to weigh it down so that it's fully shut. Perhaps your discs are a bit dirty and/or scratched instead and they can't be properly read? Otherwise, like it already says on this page, maybe your spindle hub is damaged, or it could be something wrong with the console's laser; either issue can cause a PlayStation to be unable to read the disc correctly, resulting in that screen showing up whenever you use the system.
Chaise -
I have a Playstation and When I start it up with out a disc in it there is a blue arrow pointing to the memory card but when I put the memory card in the slots provided , the blue arrow goes away and is unresponsive . Do you know what I can do?
corrinehoover - crwdns2934203:0crwdne2934203:0
I have a PlayStation one (ps one mini) and it says it requires 7.5v. And when the console is connected to the tv it works fine but when i use 5 inch LCD screen is attached it starts up and once the game play is about to begin the system restarts. Now I tried using the ps2 slim power cord and it worked fine I'm just worried it will cause the system it self to overheat. Any thoughts anyone?
James Davila - crwdns2934203:0crwdne2934203:0
Maybe the power brick for the ps1 is damaged try replacing it
mohamadfire2 -
I have a regular ps1 that is connected to my tv using the analogue aerial lead. it is connected just fine, the picture is fine, and i followed every step perfectly on a youtube tutorial. but one day when i was playing, the audio just cut out! it never came back, and i also have a mega drive that has the same issue when i plug it into the aerial slot. why does it have no audio? all my other consoles work just fine. it might be something to do with the aerial slot, but im not sure. anyone with me here?
Tristan Short - crwdns2934203:0crwdne2934203:0
I am trying to play a game on my Playstation One and when the game asks for a memory card and I put one in it says “No Data on Memory Card” and won’t let me play the game. The memory card is empty so that is not the issue.
Jacob Gray - crwdns2934203:0crwdne2934203:0
Anyone have a 7.5 power cord they dont need and want to give it away
Nicholas - crwdns2934203:0crwdne2934203:0
When I put a game into my ps1 it starts to load and then out if nowhere it changes saying “software terminated, console may have been modified” I just bought this system, can someone help please
B Mailloux - crwdns2934203:0crwdne2934203:0
You had bought a console that has been modified here then and it can be fixed at all the only option is to buy a new one from East Starland games or DKOLDIES or JJ games or Lukie games then.
Candy Johnson -
I just bought a ps1 and I try to load a game. After I do that a screen saying “software terminated, console may have been modified" does anybody know how to fix this.
B Mailloux - crwdns2934203:0crwdne2934203:0
It could be a modified console then that you had purchased here.
Candy Johnson -
When i turn on my playstation i my screen flickers for one nano second and then nothing shows
Nooot - crwdns2934203:0crwdne2934203:0
I got a ps1 mini today plugged it up and when I turn it on I have to fiddle with the power adapter on the back to get it to turn on. Why is that?
ste0hen - crwdns2934203:0crwdne2934203:0
I have a PlayStation 1, and for some reason whenever you play any game, the bottom of the screen gets very distorted. It distorts in the shape of triangles, it doesn’t impair gameplay but it’s annoying to deal with if youre trying to play. I’m not sure if it’s an internal problem or if it’s the cables. I haven’t found anything else online about this issue, so if anyone knows about it, any help would be appreciated.
Jordan Tipton - crwdns2934203:0crwdne2934203:0
I have a Japanese OG PlayStation (very early model) and it as issues playing game disc, CDs work fine but games only work when system is upside down, i do not really want to keep i that way, any ideas?
Lagercat - crwdns2934203:0crwdne2934203:0
When I was a child I moved the lens that reads the disk by myself after that I couldnt play any game is there a solution?
Κώστας Σταυρακάκης - crwdns2934203:0crwdne2934203:0
My game is gex inter the gecko and its not working all my other games work but not gex and i got the ps1 version and it loads tge game and then stops in the main screen the PlayStation logo
claude junior - crwdns2934203:0crwdne2934203:0
I have a PlayStation 1 mini and I'm trying to play legend of dragoon disc 2. I've had it professionally cleaned and repaired several times but I still can't advance past a certain part. It freezes and won't let me continue. This is the only game it does it with. What can / do I do?
Dakota Bobruk - crwdns2934203:0crwdne2934203:0
I have a ps1 and it make a SHHHHHHHHHHH noise when any audio is played ive tried swaping cabels and 2 tv’s and wont work. please help so i can listen to its audio
Zach - crwdns2934203:0crwdne2934203:0
My Ps1 turns on and the disk spins, but no picture not the boot up nor the “main menu” so to speak. its the scph 9001
AbG9619 - crwdns2934203:0crwdne2934203:0
playstation resets after lid is closed,, it will boot with lid open then when closed resets?
J P - crwdns2934203:0crwdne2934203:0
I’ve been stuck in safe mode because I have to update the ps4 to 7.02. Every time I try to do it by internet it looks like it’s about to work but it just cuts back to a screen saying that the ps4 can’t start. I have also tried updating through usb which also didn’t work. What can I do?
Jacob Molera - crwdns2934203:0crwdne2934203:0
I have a ps1 SCPH-5552 pal will play cds and games in CD player but not actual games any ideas
Thomas Kindon - crwdns2934203:0crwdne2934203:0
I am playing Final Fantasy 8 for PlayStation 1 and it gets stuck in certain points of the game forbidding me to pass although the rest of the game looks alright, I do need to pass by there to continue with the game, I tried saving the game close to the spot where I had this issue and now when I try to reach that point the change of screen gets stuck!
Please help!
jaredpuyol - crwdns2934203:0crwdne2934203:0
My old PS1 shows odd behavior. It has been working fine for almost two decades now but since a few months ago, the console freezes when I turn it on. After some testing I found out that it only freezes when I close the lid. As soon as I open the lid, it responds to inputs again and gets unfrozen.
Any help?
Carlzock - crwdns2934203:0crwdne2934203:0
I have a ps1 and when I go to play a game it's goes through the opening playstation screen then goes dark and I can hear choppy sound in the back ground but game never plays. I can hear game spinning and I just replaced the entired lens unit so I doubt it's the lens and suggestion
Julian Perez - crwdns2934203:0crwdne2934203:0
My ps1 skips when I turn the power button on . If I open the lid the memory card/ cd player screen comes up. As soon as I close the lid it starts skipping again.
1truephoenix13 - crwdns2934203:0crwdne2934203:0
Hello. I was just turning on my PS1 only I had to reset because the console wasn't reading the disc properly, except for some reason the system not only stopped reading the disc, but the image wouldn't come up either. Is this a problem with the system itself?
Irrelevant Nobody - crwdns2934203:0crwdne2934203:0
My PlayStation 1 console is blanking out at the loading screen where it says Sony of America on it and the green light still stays on then and it will reset its self too very quickly and the discs are not dirty at all and are not scratched either?
colleenfedchun19 - crwdns2934203:0crwdne2934203:0
The power supply unit inside of the console needs to be replaced and also the whole disc drive is bad too and also needs to be replaced as well.
Candy Johnson -
hello, i got a psone and i got a problem, sometimes when i'm playing the console suddenly resets and i don't get why, i've already checked the power cord, the power socket and the fusibles and everything seems alright, can someone help me?
oh and i forgot to mention something very weird, recently i played re3 and on the final battle when the cannon shots the laser my psone suddenly resets and it doesn't matter how many times i try it, it keeps reeseting
Leochp - crwdns2934203:0crwdne2934203:0
PS1 Controller port not working can be fixed by replacing a 15a fuse near the ports.
plantdad - crwdns2934203:0crwdne2934203:0
I have a psone, if i hold down the power button it will work but when i let go it turns off. Is it s faulty button or a faulty switch?
Dean “Cheekyhalfling” Palmer - crwdns2934203:0crwdne2934203:0
I have a scph9001 model and it will not go past the PlayStation logo on booting the console up. I have replaced the whole laser assembly, and still have no luck anyone have any suggestions?
Killa Mods (JTARULES) - crwdns2934203:0crwdne2934203:0
It could be the disc drive and the spindle hub is broken and the lens is also broken here too so the whole disc drive needs to be replaced then here.
Candy Johnson -
My Playstation One (Model SCPH-7501) doesn’t work with official Sony controllers (Dual Shock), but works with third party/knockoff Controllers. However the Sony Controllers work flawlessly on my Playstation One Model SCPH-101.
ES335TDC - crwdns2934203:0crwdne2934203:0
It might be a problem here with the parts inside of the console that allow the controllers to work are broken and need to be resoldered or be replaced then.or there is an issue with the part on the motherboard that lets the controllers to work needs to be replaced.
Candy Johnson -
my playstation 4 controller wont connect to my playstation. it will charge when on. an orange light comes on on the controller when plugged in. i also reset the controller with the small reset hole button on back of controller. I also reset the playstation after turning it on and that doesn't recognize the controller either. what else can i do to get the controller to connect to the playstation.
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