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My PS1 laser assembly took 6 weeks to fix because I bought the wrong screwdrivers
Picked up a broken PS1 from a garage sale for $10 and thought I'd have it running in an afternoon. Turned out the laser needed replacing AND the tracking ribbon was torn, and I spent 3 weeks ordering the wrong parts from ebay. Then another 3 weeks figuring out I needed a specific security bit (the 6.3mm triangle one) to even open the disc drive. Has anyone else burned way too much time on those stupid security screws?
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rose_young23d ago
The 6.3mm triangle bit got me too, I had to order a whole security bit set just for that one screw. It's funny how one tiny cheap part can stop a whole project dead in its tracks for weeks. Makes you wonder how many other things in life are like that, where we get stuck over something so small we didn't know we needed.
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bethcarr23d ago
Wait, you seriously didn't have a security bit set already?
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