i put a cd in and press the power button, but it does not run the game, and goes to a screen which says to insert a cd, so it is not reading cds, what is the problem

There are several possibilities. You could try giving the lens a bit of a cleaning using a q-tip and a very small bit of isopropyl rubbing alcohol. If it isn't the lens you may want to try cleaning the disc with a soft cloth, going from the center out to the edge without following the grooves. If after both of these the system still doesn't want to work the drive itself may be done and will have to replace the system altogether..

Hi, I got the same problem. However my PSOne reads audio CD's so that might not be the problem. I somehow can't get out of the CardReader/Audio setup and startup in the Game mode. I also don't see the Black PS screen that normally follows after the white/yellow diamond startup screen.

Other ideas of how to solve this?

- Dutchin8r -

Hi Lyndon M. So I reduced the fact that the laser might be not working propperly since it does play the audio CD's. Next I reduced the fact that the game disk is scratched because I tried all the disks I had from that time and also bought a complete new game (hahaha............. costs: € 2,00) that all didn't work. Are they all that bad? Anyway, next idea to deduct possibilities is that my PC reads the disks without any problems and I made a diskcopy on a brand new CD-ROM. Again the PSone does start up with the well known request for a memory card or adiou CD. Vaguely I think to remember that therer was somekind of keycombination of sequence that you need to press when starting up the PSone. I really think that might be anohter solution to this "Not reading Game Disks" problem. I really can't stand the fact that this beautiful piece of machine doesn't want to work. Any other options to try, anyone?