Hey,
I'm new to these forums but I'm pretty sure that if there's anybody who can help me with this problem I will find them here.
So, I have this PStwo lying around since about one year, which I've bought really cheap being broken at a flea market. The broken solder joint on the power plug was easily fixed but back then I did not have the time to work on it any further and maybe portabilize it which I've already had in mind. A few weeks ago I decided to give it a new chance and noticed the standby and power LEDs were not working. As the ribbon cable to the reset board was looking pretty messed up I thought a new one would probably fix this and I bought one together with some other awesome stuff from divineo.es. With the new cable installed it turned out to actually be a loose contact on the plug of the motherboard which was causing the problem and brought me to make a big mistake. I jiggled the ribbon cable with metal tweezers while - shame on me - the PStwo being powered on. I must have shorted the contacts at the end of the ribbon cable with my tweezers because the PS blacked-out instantly and now does not turn on any more. It still draws the standby current of about 20-30 mA but no other signs of live at all.
Does anyone have an idea which component I might have fried or what else I could try to resurrect that thing?
Thanks Peter
PStwo v12 dead after shorting reset board ribbon?
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- Rohan The Wind Waker
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Re: PStwo v12 dead after shorting reset board ribbon?
My guess is that you fried the mobo because when you we jigling it, you turned it on and of really fast ( sorta like a ac curent and ps2 dont like ac )
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Re: PStwo v12 dead after shorting reset board ribbon?
Sounds plausible
And I really wanted to try the v12 IDE Mod
And I really wanted to try the v12 IDE Mod
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PStwo v12 dead after shorting reset board ribbon?
My advice, don't listen to Rohan. He's only 11
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Re: PStwo v12 dead after shorting reset board ribbon?
Heeeey That samething happend to me.( but i used plasic tweezers ) Plus I know more about electronics than the average 14 year old. ( But you guys here are more smarter than me ) but still that is what happend.
PS: how do you know I'm 11 ?
PS: how do you know I'm 11 ?
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PStwo v12 dead after shorting reset board ribbon?
No, cinnamon buns. Stay on topic guys. And Rohan, you said it in another thread
Re: PStwo v12 dead after shorting reset board ribbon?
Pretty impressive understanding of how electronics work for an 11-year-old tho. It would be interesting to know what frequencies I've generated with my jiggling. If they've actually killed the PStwo, or if it was just a simple short, we'll never know. But if nobody has any ideas what I could try, I guess I have to give up on it.
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Re: PStwo v12 dead after shorting reset board ribbon?
My PS2 9002 board did this.
A fuse has blown or something like that, and I can not figure out what one! Then again, last time I looked I was still new to electronics. So I will take another look some time when I have spare time
What sucks is, the ribbon cable pins snap off. There so weak! If I open my PS2 one more time, the drive will not work without replacing all the ribbon cables...
A fuse has blown or something like that, and I can not figure out what one! Then again, last time I looked I was still new to electronics. So I will take another look some time when I have spare time
What sucks is, the ribbon cable pins snap off. There so weak! If I open my PS2 one more time, the drive will not work without replacing all the ribbon cables...