Skipping problems
 

hello i have an older playstation its the
1001 model made around 96
not the one that can do the swap trick
but the machine right after that.
i have said before in a few posts that im
backing up my collection now
that i have a modchip however
i found that some times the fmv skips
like such Need For Speed - Porsche Unleashed
only the opening movie dose it and
only about 5 frames out of the 1:20 movie
i've found that if i play the system for around
an hour or more it seems to play better
then if it's been sitting off all night.
at first i thought it to be my burn.
but i tested it on my computer with psmplay
and it played fine. Im not sure what to do
i think maybe it just needs to be lubricated
seeing as it's 5 years old. But i've also heard
other people talk about len's calibrating
or sticking metal under the lens
so it's closer to the cd. and using black cds.
but i thought it didnt matter what color the cd
was i thought it had to do with reflectivness
and wave legnth. and assuming this is true
why would a cd-r and a original be any different
to the lens.
If any one has any idea's it would be most helpful.

well i have the exact same problem with all of my games that ive burnt. they only skip once or twice on the fmvs of every game. the worst was ff8 though, it kept freezing on the fmvs.even if i read and write at 1x Speed it still skiped on the fmvs. i was using cdwin.

now a lot of people will tell you how to solve this problem but i have the best answer. they will tell you to use better media read and write slower and lots of other stuff. instead use my solution, which actually workes!! read at 8x speed with cdrwin then patch etc. but burn at half your max speed with blidwrite. blindwrite is an excellent program which excepts cdrwin cuesheets. it is extremely easy to use. now burn at half your MAX speed, in my case that is 4x speed (it doesnt let me burn at 1 or 2 because it is too slow) burn in sao cooked mode because there is no need to write in raw. now once it is done eject and play!!!! also make sure that u have the latest version of blindwrite and use darker cdrs with old model psx.

hope i helped ya

Never use black cds.
Use only dark blue.
The problem is caused by wear in the slides that the laser runs on.

Or you can play your psx upside down. Works for me. Here's a link to get a replacement laser for the 1001 ####://www.videogamerepair.com