It's been a loooong time sing I screwed around with PS1 stuff, so I figured I'd ask. Got a Japanese Net Yaroze that's having issues. Sometimes it just stops spinning games. There's a clicking noise that comes from the drive. Usually like 2 clicks and then it stops spinning the disk. Sometimes FMV is jumpy and audio is jumpy as well. It doesn't always boot the disk, 50% of the time it doesn't even see it. Is this just a bad drive? And if so, can anyone point me in the direction of a place that sells replacements? (I guess I could get one off Yahoo, now that I think about it).
Sounds like the laser unit is on its way out. Try turning the console upside down (after putting the disk in) - was a common temp fix (until it completely died) for PS1's over here. Until you replace it, obviously.
I totally forgot about the upside down thing! Thanks! And I'll be replacing the drive as well. Sony made it so (relatively) easy to replace... it's almost like they knew...
