PS1 Emulator with PS3 controller.

Hey guys my PS3 recently broke so I am trying to get a PS1 emulator to work on my computer.

I tried to use ePSXe awhile ago with my Windows 7 64-bit computer... I think I tried sometime around October. I got the PS3 controller to be recognized with DS3Tools, but I never got the actual games to work... I think it might've been because I have to use an external DVD Driver instead of a built in one because my laptop doesn't have an optical drive.

I eventually gave up and now I want to try again. Are there any easy guides for a non-computer savvy guy like myself can follow?

HP DM3z, AMD Athlon Neo Dual-Core @1.6ghz, 4 GBs RAM, 320 GB 7200RPM HD, ATI Radeon 3200HD, Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit