First, before anyone bothers with the usual "your PAL TV doesn't support NTSC" or vice versa...
This is a regular Australian market SCPH-7502 PAL console, with a modchip, running on a 2003-era PAL TV (LG Flatron RT-21FA31 CRT) and several LCDs, all of which are dual PAL/NTSC and have no issues whatsoever displaying either signal.
It is not a TV or cable issue (I have four PS1 composite cables which work flawlessly with the other three PS1s and two PS2s I have lying around). FWIW, PAL PS2s output NTSC in 60Hz mode, despite the games saying it's "PAL60" - GameCube/Wii on the other hand do output PAL60, as do modded PAL PS1s running NTSC games.
Right, got that over with...
For around 15 or so years I've had a PAL PlayStation 1 in storage which is virtually unusable, as it outputs everything in black and white regardless of whether it's a PAL or NTSC game or even at the PS logo and in the BIOS itself.
Once in a blue moon it might even randomly flick to color after about 2/5/10/30/60 minutes of being left on, other times it will be B&W no matter what I do (namely, jiggling the AV cable in and out hoping that it does something useful). I was thinking maybe it was a cracked solder joint on the board but can't seem to find any issues (yet). Looking at Google's results it's seemingly a common issue, but no-one has any fixes for it either.
This is a regular Australian market SCPH-7502 PAL console, with a modchip, running on a 2003-era PAL TV (LG Flatron RT-21FA31 CRT) and several LCDs, all of which are dual PAL/NTSC and have no issues whatsoever displaying either signal.
It is not a TV or cable issue (I have four PS1 composite cables which work flawlessly with the other three PS1s and two PS2s I have lying around). FWIW, PAL PS2s output NTSC in 60Hz mode, despite the games saying it's "PAL60" - GameCube/Wii on the other hand do output PAL60, as do modded PAL PS1s running NTSC games.
Right, got that over with...
For around 15 or so years I've had a PAL PlayStation 1 in storage which is virtually unusable, as it outputs everything in black and white regardless of whether it's a PAL or NTSC game or even at the PS logo and in the BIOS itself.
Once in a blue moon it might even randomly flick to color after about 2/5/10/30/60 minutes of being left on, other times it will be B&W no matter what I do (namely, jiggling the AV cable in and out hoping that it does something useful). I was thinking maybe it was a cracked solder joint on the board but can't seem to find any issues (yet). Looking at Google's results it's seemingly a common issue, but no-one has any fixes for it either.
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