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"Snuggly, Tony, whichever of the peanut gallery are around..."

You reckon you lot could start selling replacement parts for the Playstation? The hunt for a new laser unit is difficult to say the least, and yet it's a frequent failing piece of the original PSX model, would be so much easier if you could just click through a few pages on SR and have just ordered a new laser / casing / buttons etc.

If I can't get through to these playstation repair bods by the end of the day, I think I'm going to navigate to call forwarding and queues of the dreaded Sony company number, and see if they have any about (no doubt for extortionate prices).

That's exactly what the problem is Ali. Over the 5yrs I've had it, the laser's carriage was worn and melted down due to heat and repeated use, it causes the laser to end up misaligned. It can temporarily be fixed by adjusting the bias on the laser, which controls how close it's raised towards the surface of the CD, but after further wear you're back at square one.

Any repairs that can be performed at an electrical repair shop would only be makeshift, they could replace the carriage completely, but then the charges they'd give you would pretty much match that of a new laser - hence my opting for the latter. The newer PS One laser units, which are all that's really available anymore, are more hardy than the ones that came with the original system, so I've been trying to get hold of one of those and an extension ribbon cable for it. See my topic below. ;)