u/PlantBeginning3060

So I dug my PSX outta of storage recently and I think the laser went bad. I took it apart and cleaned/greased the gears and rails. Still no luck. I know the laser is at least lifting and it plays music CD’s. My back ups work just fine on my modded PS3 so I don’t think it’s that. Does anyone have any recommendations to buy a replacement?

It’s a KSM-440AEM for a 9001 model. I seen a few places but id rather go somewhere recommended. Tempted to just buy another system, I think a 7501 is the same as the 9001, just with the serial port intact. Seen a few working ones for like $50

Title says it all. I see so many different things on OPL codes, like converting etc. I cant seem to find a straight answer. All the codes I find are for Widescreen support, which is cool but the original ratio dosnt bother me. I looking for real AR/GameShark codes lol

So I recently started messing around with soft modding my fat ps2. Got it all set up, even got an __.POPS partition going (still havnt figured out multidisc ps1 games) and I wanna add cover art. The problem is OPLManager starts hitting me with errors whenever I try to load/refresh game cache. Im connecting directly to my PC’s motherboard through a sata cable (had problems with using a SATA -> USB adapter)

I load my PS2 games with HDLBatch installer, PS1 I use a separate program.

Is there any alternatives anyone could recommend? Im using the latest build of OPL, not the anniversary.

I took a picture of the errors I get when mounting the HDD but it came out looking like ass.