I found a used broken PS One at my local rental/used games dealer. I paid five bucks for it. It has a broken CD rom. Since my motherboard was fried, I just did the old exchange-o and got myself another working PS One.
Then I felt like the bomb squad cutting wires as I attempted for the second time to add a mod chip. I don't know if my IDE wires weren't carrying enough juice or if the solder connections weren't complete, but the Mod Chip didn't work and I have abandoned the project for the moment. I'll just stick with the swap disc that can't play games like Dino Crisis, Strider 2, and THPS 3 (not to mention being funky with multi-disc games). Oh, well. I still love the PS One/LCD combo. I even run my Super NES through the LCD and it looks and sounds great. My TV has been moved permanently to the basement.
Cheers,
KenToad