Stupid PS2 Powersupply

nikebee · 4 Jun 2006 at 20:07

thought i'd take my PS2 appart to give it a good clean out (i do this maybe twice a year as it gets pretty dusty in there... poor blighter)...

i also wanted to see what connection the fan on the back used (wanted to possibly get a quiter fan...)... it uses 2pins...

pulled it apart... cleaned it out... put it back together, switched it on... red/green lights didn't come on so i couldn't turn it on...

i take it back apart touch the powersupply... AAAARGGH...
nice little jolt there...

any ideas on how big of a shock i just got... was enough to get a pretty big tingling sensation in my right arm for a few minutes.

anyone else had any blunders like this before?

TriedandTested · 4 Jun 2006 at 21:00

Jeezus, no. I'd never bother messing about like that...i doubt it'll ever get THAT dusty to cause it to stop working.

Although it sounds like you've done a pretty good job or sorting that! :eek:

The PS2 is near silent..why would you bother messing like that? Crazy!

I think you should rename the thread 'stupid nikebee'

nikebee · 4 Jun 2006 at 21:07

ps2 silent? :eek:

no where near it at all...
you're having a laugh surely?

benjo plz. · 4 Jun 2006 at 21:09

nikebee said:
ps2 silent?

no where near it at all...
you're having a laugh surely?

Maybe he means the slim type? or his fans broke

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I once got a huge shock off a extenal cd-r enclosure. It was the old type with an internal psu and a three pin socket. It hurt

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nikebee · 4 Jun 2006 at 21:12

Phnom_Penh said:
Maybe he means the slim type? or his fans broke .

I once got a huge shock off a extenal cd-r enclosure. It was the old type with an internal psu and a three pin socket. It hurt .

never had one of an external drive before... and yeah, mine isn't a slimline.. its an original PS2... V4 model... so pretty old

Logsi · 4 Jun 2006 at 21:21

Ive got a a PS2 on the day of release and its extremely quiet.

benjo plz. · 4 Jun 2006 at 21:24

5bjoshua said:
Ive got a a PS2 on the day of release and its extremely quiet.

The fans probably died if its that old

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Logsi · 4 Jun 2006 at 21:31

Phnom_Penh said:
The fans probably died if its that old .

Hasnt been used in a couple o years though

jklc · 4 Jun 2006 at 21:37

Ouch, PSU shocks sound nasty. Luckily the closest I've ever come was with a broken camera. I took it apart but forgot about the battery. Zap! Tingly fingers

My 10000 series PS2 isn't silent but its hardly loud, unlike the 360 with a game playing inside!

nikebee · 4 Jun 2006 at 21:40

well just put it back together... and thought i'd blown it completely...
then i realised i hadn't plugged in part of the SoundStations TV connector

all seems to work fine now, fan is much quieter... must have been the dust.

DVD-drive is still loud when it seeks... does that annoying *HISS* thing last for a split second but is repeated until whatever it is doing is loaded.