Is this a real dtl-h1000?

As the title says, I want to know if this debug I got is real.

 

That one does look a bit fishy but the other SONY chip next to it looks pretty legit to me.

Looks legit to me FWIW.

 

It wont boot US games and it wont run any of my burned games maybe ill swap in a new laser and see if that's the problem.

 

It is real but for some reason it only reads Japanese games would a bios replacement fix that?

 

Yes but what is the point in mangling a perfectly good piece of hardware just to run American games?

Sell it and get a SCPH-1001.

But if you absolutely must I'd imagine there is a modchip solution out there too.

 

Alright lol but I already have 4 1001s.

 

Is this the one you got?

Japan IMPORT Sony PS PlayStation DTL-H1000 Console System IN HAND IN US​

*RARE* Japanese Video Game System.
Condition: "Preowned-what you see in the picture is what you'll be getting"
Description:You are bidding on
(1)Preowned NTSC-J Sony PlayStation System with Debugging Station Case.
Released by Sony Computer Entertainment(SCE). Item comes with System, Controller, AV cables and power cords. All items has been tested and it is in working order. The reason why I am saying this is a PlayStation system with Debugging Station case is that the system only recognizes Japanese games ONLY. This system is the Japanese version and only Japanese games will work.[SIZE=+0][SIZE=+0][SIZE=+0][SIZE=+0][SIZE=+0]​

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yes and it is legit

 

If its legit, it would play imports.

 

It may be possible that the region encoding for the SCEA/SCEE regions was not finalized when these machines came out. Consequently, the drive would not recognize anything but japanese (SCEI-region) originals. If this was the case, no change of BIOS ROM would help; you would need a modchip injecting the SCEI signal, or exchange the drive controller (that is, provided there is a version that works with this mainboard and BIOS).

This is just a wild guess, though. I'm more into PS2 than PS1, but I know a comparable situation from early japanese PS2 TOOLs (which detect only pressed NTSC/J games, but no american or european originals).

 

Somehow I missed the japan part and only saw US.

That is certainly possible, but would suck. Mine plays everything but is from the US originally.

 

I was going to buy that one myself but i got a pal one. I had a jap green one with the same problem , would only play jap games but i put a laser from a psone in it and now plays imports and burned games . Happy out.

 

Best solution i to buy the H120x. Than you can be sure playing anything.
And yes first H1000 do only play NTSC/JP or JP backups.
Well its not the original debug controller.
I dont belive that anyone put a retail board into a debug...

 

(1)Preowned NTSC-J Sony PlayStation System with Debugging Station Case.


Preowned (means it's a used unit)

NTSC-J Sony PlayStation System(implies it's a RETAIL motherboard)

with Debugging Station Case.(Implies that only the case is of a debugging station)....

I think that it's exactly what it was sold as. Sadly it was a bad purchase.... :-(


Edit: The CPU on that motherboard look like it was re-badged.

I bet with you it was an CXD8530AQ (the BUGGY PS1 CPU with CERAMIC package. It has problems on the MJPEG video hardware and a few other bugs) poorly re-badged as CXD8530BQ.

 

But you missed this: "The reason why I am saying this is a PlayStation system with Debugging Station case is that the system only recognizes Japanese games ONLY."

That is his explanation for listing it as such.

 

The description does say "The reason why I am saying this is a PlayStation system with Debugging Station case is that the system only recognizes Japanese games ONLY."

So, assuming if the above is true (early jap models only played jap) the seller made an incorrect assumption and the OP got a legit system.

All hinges around that really.

edit:

beaten to it.

 

Billcosbymon, you think you can take a picture of the other side of the motherboard ? We can tell if it's a debugging station if you take a picture of the mechanics controller chip. (the big square chip on the B side of the motherboard

 

Sure, I'll take a picture of it.

 

Is this it?

 

If you have plenty 1001 models why bother mangling this one?

As often as I do play the "because I can/it is fun" card I'm also a great believer in historical preservation when possible.