My ps2 broke...

Thaa17 · 01-31-2008, 01:55 PM

Hey i am haveing a litle problem here...
I put some of my old Snes games (super nintendo) along with a emulator down on a cd to my ps2 and where useing swap magic boot cd to boot up the emulator...
well my ps2 is a slim model and there was this litle bit of plastic (that i got with swap magic) that should push down the cd tray button inside the ps2... well it broke so i had to come up with another idea. i found a piece of metal (DOH!!!) and put it in to press and hold down the button and it worked at first

... but a couple of days later when i wanted to do my "trick" i acedently missed the button and the metal went down and hit something next to the button... a litle spark set of and the ps2 went down to standby state... now when i plug the ps2 to power the led lights red as normal but when i try to turn on the ps2 the led turns green for like 0,5-1 sec and the turns red again... anyone have any idea what it might be? perhaps someone have some blueprints of the ps2??

or perhaps should i take my ps2 and put it in the trashcan??

**Jack.Sparrow** · 01-31-2008, 03:46 PM

Hi, Welcome to TSF

You say it sparked? That's not good at all. Sparks usually mean you've shorted something, which in turn means to fix it you'd have to replace the whole circuit.

All may not be lost however, if you can, take it down to your local electric show to have them take a look at it and see if they can fix it, if not, well then it's more then likely that all is lost. Sorry.

Thaa17 · 01-31-2008, 04:13 PM

heh well in that case its prob cheapest just to buy a new one

was just wondering if it just could be a chip or perhaps a fuse if there is any on the ps2 (havent found any)

PS. do not mod your ps2 if you dont know what u do

lol

**Jack.Sparrow** · 01-31-2008, 04:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ThaAss

PS. do not mod your ps2 if you dont know what u do

lol

Couldn't have put it better myself.

There are possibilities that it could just be something small, but it probably would be easier (and maybe cheaper and quicker) to get a new one.

01-31-2008, 01:55 PM	#1 (permalink)
Thaa17 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Denmark Posts: 3 OS: XP pro	My ps2 broke... Hey i am haveing a litle problem here... I put some of my old Snes games (super nintendo) along with a emulator down on a cd to my ps2 and where useing swap magic boot cd to boot up the emulator... well my ps2 is a slim model and there was this litle bit of plastic (that i got with swap magic) that should push down the cd tray button inside the ps2... well it broke so i had to come up with another idea. i found a piece of metal (DOH!!!) and put it in to press and hold down the button and it worked at first ... but a couple of days later when i wanted to do my "trick" i acedently missed the button and the metal went down and hit something next to the button... a litle spark set of and the ps2 went down to standby state... now when i plug the ps2 to power the led lights red as normal but when i try to turn on the ps2 the led turns green for like 0,5-1 sec and the turns red again... anyone have any idea what it might be? perhaps someone have some blueprints of the ps2?? or perhaps should i take my ps2 and put it in the trashcan??

01-31-2008, 03:46 PM	#2 (permalink)
Jack.Sparrow Resident Pirate Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Qld, Aus Posts: 17,867 OS: XP SP3/Vista SP1 My System Blog Entries: 6	Re: My ps2 broke... Hi, Welcome to TSF You say it sparked? That's not good at all. Sparks usually mean you've shorted something, which in turn means to fix it you'd have to replace the whole circuit. All may not be lost however, if you can, take it down to your local electric show to have them take a look at it and see if they can fix it, if not, well then it's more then likely that all is lost. Sorry. __________________ //PC Wizard//Speedfan//Can you run it?//Posting Screenshots//Posting System Specs//Donations//

01-31-2008, 04:13 PM	#3 (permalink)
Thaa17 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Denmark Posts: 3 OS: XP pro	Re: My ps2 broke... heh well in that case its prob cheapest just to buy a new one was just wondering if it just could be a chip or perhaps a fuse if there is any on the ps2 (havent found any) PS. do not mod your ps2 if you dont know what u do lol