DOH! New PS2 crapping out
 

Ok, so I purchased a white PS2 (racing pack) when i was in Thailand cuz it looked really cool. It was modded to accept all region DVDs and to play "non-factory" games. The unit played fine for like a day and then all of a sudden it appeared to have lost power and the reset light turns on. So now it runs for like 5 minutes and then powers off with the reset light flashing. I know this could be a number of problems but maybe somewhere has some insight for me or maybe a local shop that someone can recommend. I am located in Southern California in the LA/Torrance area. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Do you know if your fan turns on?



Tyler!

You know that's the first thing i thought about... an over heating problem. My computer used to do that all the time. This is my first playstation so I am not too familiar with it, i do not hear or feel a fan. Is the fan on the left hand side were the vents are?

Your fan is in the back of the ps2. Youll see a round vent in the back next to the power insert. Try powering your ps2 on with the round vent facing you. If you cannot see/hear the fan spinning then maybe thats your problem.



Tyler!

the fan is located next to the rocket switch:)

tyler go on aim! i got my duo back

i had the same problem with mine the fan did not work and 5 mins it went off with reset light flashing i bet eather the fan came unpluged which is a simple task to fix or like my which the connector ripped off the board and was a B***H to fix cause u got to solder the lil itty bitty wires on to the board lets just hope thats not what happend to urs.

Thanks everybody for your help, it is indeed my fan.

Your welcome.




Tyler!

See? I _told_ you that if you just asked these guys they'd know what the problem was!

- Gurm

Yup

tyler i like your sig made me laugh hehe!