I got my backups to work! ^_^

Seifer989 · July 26th, 2007

I bought an original Playstation specifically so I could play some backups of my older games, many of which are very old and have worn out over so many years. I've been trying off and on all year to get my PSX backups to boot up, and just couldn't figure it out! I tried many times with the swap trick, and even bought a high TOC game (Project Overkill, Die Hard Trilogy) to ensure some decent compatibility. In the end I got really frustrated. My timing was way off it seemed and only after I started watching youtube videos to see EXACTLY how it was done was I able to start getting the games to load up. I was using Imation CDs and it wasn't until later on I found out they were an infamously bad choice apparently.

Well, the games were booting but FMVs would skip and the wrong CDDA tracks were playing (they were my games so I remember exactly what stuff should sound and look like). Loading times were LONG and sometimes it would just freeze and quit completely. I bought a seperate pack of Maxell discs hearing they were a better brand, but the results were almost exactly the same. I just couldn't figure out what was going on. I then looked up more articles and did a comparison to what CD-R's my computer store carried that were known to work fine on a PSX, and had the choice between Sony or TDK. Naturally I chose to go with Sony (Sony Playstation, Sony CDs. Right?). Well it turns out that the games were performing SLIGHTLY better now, but still very slow loading and lots of skipping. When I booted my back up of Die Hard, it was puttering through the first opening FMV of the Fox Interactive screen. I picked up the whole console and leaned it to the side. Suddenly it started playing just as smoothly as the original game! FMVs and loading times were perfect (though I could swear I remember the originals being a little slower on the loading...-_^).

I started flipping through my booklets of backups and every last one loaded and played perfectly, including the imation discs and it didn't seem to care at all about what speed it was burned at. When you tilt the console sideways, power button side up, it seems to level out the laser in an angle it wants to be at and as long as it's there it apparently is pleased as punch to boot up a game burned at x24-x48.

I just wanted to share this with anyone having trouble. Try this before spending more money on 50 packs of discs like I did. I'm gonna play some FF Tactics.

coolaid · July 27th, 2007

is your console chipped? did you use a mod ship?

project · July 27th, 2007

Probably a bad laser cannon. There was some ps1 in the very beginning that you had the turn it upside down because the laser cannon was mounted in the wrong side. Do you have a psone or the older one with gameshark entrance?
Dont speak bad about imation cds i have used them for 3 years by now and they never a mean never gave me any type of malfunction, even with psx backups. The better choice for psx backups are the blacklabel cds.

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**hushypushy** · July 27th, 2007

What model Playstation do you have? I remember turning my SCPH-7502 on its side often, not for the laser (well, a little bit...different positions put different wear on the laser track, making it last longer), but mainly for cooling reasons

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The Magic Hobo · July 27th, 2007

I used to have my SCPH-7002 at a 50 degree angle, wedged between my telly, and a wall

Aint never gone astray once though, works like new

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coolaid · July 28th, 2007

is there someway i can play backups without a mod chip? it seems he was able to do so without a mod chip (he mentioned the swap trick)?

July 26th, 2007	#1 (permalink)
Seifer989 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: VA Posts: 12	I got my backups to work! ^_^ I bought an original Playstation specifically so I could play some backups of my older games, many of which are very old and have worn out over so many years. I've been trying off and on all year to get my PSX backups to boot up, and just couldn't figure it out! I tried many times with the swap trick, and even bought a high TOC game (Project Overkill, Die Hard Trilogy) to ensure some decent compatibility. In the end I got really frustrated. My timing was way off it seemed and only after I started watching youtube videos to see EXACTLY how it was done was I able to start getting the games to load up. I was using Imation CDs and it wasn't until later on I found out they were an infamously bad choice apparently. Well, the games were booting but FMVs would skip and the wrong CDDA tracks were playing (they were my games so I remember exactly what stuff should sound and look like). Loading times were LONG and sometimes it would just freeze and quit completely. I bought a seperate pack of Maxell discs hearing they were a better brand, but the results were almost exactly the same. I just couldn't figure out what was going on. I then looked up more articles and did a comparison to what CD-R's my computer store carried that were known to work fine on a PSX, and had the choice between Sony or TDK. Naturally I chose to go with Sony (Sony Playstation, Sony CDs. Right?). Well it turns out that the games were performing SLIGHTLY better now, but still very slow loading and lots of skipping. When I booted my back up of Die Hard, it was puttering through the first opening FMV of the Fox Interactive screen. I picked up the whole console and leaned it to the side. Suddenly it started playing just as smoothly as the original game! FMVs and loading times were perfect (though I could swear I remember the originals being a little slower on the loading...-_^). I started flipping through my booklets of backups and every last one loaded and played perfectly, including the imation discs and it didn't seem to care at all about what speed it was burned at. When you tilt the console sideways, power button side up, it seems to level out the laser in an angle it wants to be at and as long as it's there it apparently is pleased as punch to boot up a game burned at x24-x48. I just wanted to share this with anyone having trouble. Try this before spending more money on 50 packs of discs like I did. I'm gonna play some FF Tactics.

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July 27th, 2007	#2 (permalink)
coolaid Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Location: hk Posts: 104	is your console chipped? did you use a mod ship?

July 27th, 2007	#3 (permalink)
project Tapa na pantera Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, Dois Irmãos Posts: 313	Probably a bad laser cannon. There was some ps1 in the very beginning that you had the turn it upside down because the laser cannon was mounted in the wrong side. Do you have a psone or the older one with gameshark entrance? Dont speak bad about imation cds i have used them for 3 years by now and they never a mean never gave me any type of malfunction, even with psx backups. The better choice for psx backups are the blacklabel cds. __________________ Intel Core 2 Duo E6550 @ 2.66Ghz - vcore 1.25v «-» XFX GeForce 8600GT 256MB GDDR3 @ stock «-» Samsung 1x1GB @ DDR2-800 5-5-5 «-» P5N-E SLI «-» Samsung SyncMaster 550 15'' CRT «-» Case 3G «-» Windows XP Pro SP3

July 27th, 2007	#4 (permalink)
hushypushy the only one you've ever SEEN Join Date: May 2003 Location: San Francisco Posts: 21,978	What model Playstation do you have? I remember turning my SCPH-7502 on its side often, not for the laser (well, a little bit...different positions put different wear on the laser track, making it last longer), but mainly for cooling reasons __________________ Dedicated to mediocrity and repetition since 1994.

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The Magic Hobo Just add water Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: A Cardboard Box, Somewhere in the Southwest of England Posts: 880	I used to have my SCPH-7002 at a 50 degree angle, wedged between my telly, and a wall Aint never gone astray once though, works like new __________________ FreeLancer Artists/The Mobile Suit Project @ES Evolution-Advanced Entertainment Software ___________________________________________

July 28th, 2007	#6 (permalink)
coolaid Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Location: hk Posts: 104	is there someway i can play backups without a mod chip? it seems he was able to do so without a mod chip (he mentioned the swap trick)?