OakFieldAlienz444
Senior Member
As someone who currently owns a ps1 and had a few, this isn't a thing, if you just leave it on it'll load whatever disc is in it or just go into power save to not burn out the core, if you load the video and go to the comments a users posts this
My explanation of why fearful harmony occurs:
1. On every PS1 game disc, is a embedded set of code that is used as the disc's region ID. When the PS1 checks the disc's region ID, it will also check the PS1's BIOS if the disc's region ID matches the BIOS's region ID.
2. If the disc's region ID matches the BIOS's region ID, it will then load up the game.
3. Since this PS1 is modded, the modchip will trick the PS1's Brain (CPU) that "HEY! This disc matches our region ID!" and will force the PS1 to load up the disc (obviously not matching the BIOS's region ID, but it's tricked into thinking it is).
4. Since PS1 games have different region ID's, The code needed to load the games up will be too.
5. Before it attempts to load up the game, It will notice the foreign disc in the disc drive, and claim that it found the game loader data, and make the "Disc checked and OK" (swoosh) sound.
6. Once the PS1 is convinced to load up the foreign disc, it will try to find the code that loads up the game. Ultimately, it wouldn't, because the data that the BIOS can recognize is nonexistent, and it will get stuck trying to find such data.
7. It will start going under heavy load trying it's best to find the loader data. after a little bit, it would play the fearful harmony sound, and show the PS1 logo. Since the PS1 is going under heavy load, it would glitch the BIOS, showing this screen. Instead of loading up properly, the rest of fearful harmony will play, slowed down while the PS1 still determined to find the game's loader data.
8. The PS1 is now ultimately doomed to searching for the loader data, and it will also continue playing the rest of fearful harmony. It will try and try and try to find it, but it will try to find that data for all of eternity, unless aborted by the user, by turning the system off, or unplugging it.
This is confirmed by the video creator as the issue, nothing spooky or paranormal about it.
@lululombard
2 years ago
Sorry I just saw this comment 2 years later, but this is spot on, this is exactly what happens
I know i have said this in prior posts, but ya got to do a little research before claiming things are absolute. Old tech was wonky sometimes.
I owned a Psone. I remember many times entering a warp room after the startup screen.
I visited the Great Wall of China and the medieval times. There were two headed giants.