Metal spindles on playstation one

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I am in the process of testing and disposing of a hundred psones (all 1001)

I see they are worth nothing ($15 if even) so sadly the ones with bad lasers get the chop chop.

I've see metal spindles on some 1001 and plastic on others.

Any idea if this is indicative of a switch from Japan to china production? Board was a pu-8 in the system.

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Some 1001s had the spindle replaced under warranty from Sony IIRC, those early machines had great audio but sucky construction and reliablity, mine lasted 4 years but was very frustrating to use for the last 18 months.

If you're just throwing the bad laser units out, I've got a PSOne laser waiting for a good home.

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So it is possibly a higher quality warranty repair part?

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I don't want to speak for the quality of the part, but I know metal spindle units that suffered DREs inside warranty were fixed with a plastic spindle replacement, in the UK at least (I was living there at the time).

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