Memory Cards (sorta) bricking PS1s.
Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2024 4:46 am
Okay, so here's the issue.
It all started when I accidentally shut off Crash 3 when it was saving. Big mistake, now the PS1 won't load the game when I boot it back up. I turn it off, remove the memory card, reboot, and the game loads just fine. I re-insert the memory card, and there's my save file. It's lacking the progress I has attempted to save when I interrupted the process, but it's there. I figure, crisis averted.
Nope. Does the same thing the next time I boot it up. I decide to delete the save file and start fresh. When I boot up the game with no save data, it works just fine. I create a new save file, play, and quit. Problem comes back the very next time I come back to the game.
It started as just Crash 3. I decided "Screw it, I'll just get a new memory card." So that's what I do. I go out and get a new memory card, delete the Crash 3 save, copy over every other save, create a fresh Crash 3 save on the new memory card, and the next time I go to play it, again, the same issue pops up. What's more, now it's spreading to my other games as well, and Crash 3? Well, now the console won't boot it regardless of whether or not the memory card is in the console. I figure maybe it's the Disc drive and everything else is just coincidence, so I got a new PS1, and the SAME PROBLEM IS OCCURING. With or without the memory card inserted, it's like it's corrupting the consoles themselves. My guess is that reading from this memory card is triggering security lockdown for some reason that stays in effect even after the memory card is removed? It's totally wierd, I can't find anything on this specific thing online, and I'm upset because I've essentially bricked two PS1s, wasted money on one of those PS1s and a new memory card, and I don't understand why nobody else seems to have encountered this? Matt, I saw your video on how you revived a lost PS2 save file. That's why I'm here. I need a hero, buddy. (Or if anybody who comments can figure out what's going in. Seriously, I'm stumped, and this issue is proving go be a major barrier to me getting into the PS1)
It all started when I accidentally shut off Crash 3 when it was saving. Big mistake, now the PS1 won't load the game when I boot it back up. I turn it off, remove the memory card, reboot, and the game loads just fine. I re-insert the memory card, and there's my save file. It's lacking the progress I has attempted to save when I interrupted the process, but it's there. I figure, crisis averted.
Nope. Does the same thing the next time I boot it up. I decide to delete the save file and start fresh. When I boot up the game with no save data, it works just fine. I create a new save file, play, and quit. Problem comes back the very next time I come back to the game.
It started as just Crash 3. I decided "Screw it, I'll just get a new memory card." So that's what I do. I go out and get a new memory card, delete the Crash 3 save, copy over every other save, create a fresh Crash 3 save on the new memory card, and the next time I go to play it, again, the same issue pops up. What's more, now it's spreading to my other games as well, and Crash 3? Well, now the console won't boot it regardless of whether or not the memory card is in the console. I figure maybe it's the Disc drive and everything else is just coincidence, so I got a new PS1, and the SAME PROBLEM IS OCCURING. With or without the memory card inserted, it's like it's corrupting the consoles themselves. My guess is that reading from this memory card is triggering security lockdown for some reason that stays in effect even after the memory card is removed? It's totally wierd, I can't find anything on this specific thing online, and I'm upset because I've essentially bricked two PS1s, wasted money on one of those PS1s and a new memory card, and I don't understand why nobody else seems to have encountered this? Matt, I saw your video on how you revived a lost PS2 save file. That's why I'm here. I need a hero, buddy. (Or if anybody who comments can figure out what's going in. Seriously, I'm stumped, and this issue is proving go be a major barrier to me getting into the PS1)