Alright, I'm sure all of us techies have been wanting to say this but I'll be the one to step in...

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Now, this could be because I used the CD swap too often to play backups, but i'm still unsure as to what's causing the problem.
Ding ding ding! That's what you get for using that ridiculous "swap trick."

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P.S.: I have another model 1 Saturn coming in the mail, so do you have any tips to make it last longer than my current one?
Um, don't stop the disc spinning with your hand in the middle of a boot read sequence, remove the disc, and then toss in a backup - Saturn's tend to really not like that.