Unsolved Mystery: Can Anyone Fix This Unrepairable PS2?
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- Опубліковано 9 січ 2023
- This PS2 is unable to load games, it always goes to the browser. When FreeHDBoot is used, it gets stuck on a black screen.
Using FreeMCBoot is fine, but under OPL and uLE, it cannot detect anything inside the hard disk.
I confirmed that the network adaptor (NA) and the hard disk is good on another PS2 of mine. Later, I also found that the DVD drive is actually good. Whatever working DVD drive we put into this console, it just never load games.
So something must be wrong with the motherboard. I am not sure how to fix it, but can you?
Similar problems I found on the internet
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I saw this 100ps2 repair video. Starting from 6:37, it looks like the same issue as your PS2. The guy use a heat gun to heat up a chip and it fixed the problem.
ua-cam.com/video/iLPczoUC0fU/v-deo.html
Thanks for the info! It is very useful! I will give it a try later.
Seems like I should also watch more Japanese channels, there are so much hidden gems like this.
I would try that too
The vid is private
@@TK75_ Oh no. It seems they deleted the video :(
Have you checked every leg of the chip to see if any is loose ? I am also thinking the Mechacon chip on the PS2 ( Game disk security IC) could be stopping your games from booting due to a short or damaged chip. Voltage injection is also a good idea to find shorts on the board. Compare the bad Motherboard with the good one using a thermal camera.That's all I can think about for now. Good luck and update us please !
Very nice video, thanks for uploading
Ps2 in 2023 ?
Sometimes gaming is not just about better graphics and newer hardware. Classic game designs and nostalgia matter too.
@@hardwarerepair200 I agree, it's always nice to revisit old hardware and see the clever tricks engineers did
Have you tried changing the laser IC? I had a slim recently that wouldn't read due to a bad Laser IC, replaced it and it fixed it. Not sure about the HDD issues tho
Thanks for the reply! I haven't checked the laser IC yet, will have a look.
I feel like some SMDs are blown, making this PS2 unable to launch any games at all (disc, HDD, or USB)
What is a laser IC? My PS2 slim is doing the same thing at moment.
My uncle has a PS2 Slim with a laser issue as well, my Shadow the Hedgehog disc is perfectly fine but it wouldn't read.
One thing you can try is to address the shorted pins, take out the caps and any other component on their lines one by one and see if the short goes away. If not, try to lift those pins of the chip from the board and measure again. Hopefully you can narrow down the problem, so the rest of the chip can work again, letting you ps2 boot again your games.
Thanks for the suggestions, it is very helpful. I am currently working on another project, will come back and visit this PS2 later again.
Chip swap between workings and non-working console?
Maybe a bad installation of the FMCB? or a ModChip doing some stuff? If it not modded then i should go with the firmware or you can try to solder the pins to make good contact again, that's something it happends with a N64 and re-soldering the processor fix sometimes black screen or no vídeo for some reason, i was gonna say DVD but it seems working just fine, another thing is that try to use both CD/DVD on your PS2 (White disc and Blue Disc) bc i encounter a weird problem where my ps2 only reads CD but not DVD and sometimes it does read DVD or try to load the dvd/cd and goes back to the menú memory card for some reason (i guess its a faulty DVD/CD but i doubt about it
Thanks for your comment. I see a few people also mention about the firmware too. But I can't find that much information about PS2 firmware. Do you have more info about it? Like which chip is for the firmware.
And you are right that this console is not modded. And the FMCB should be fine since it works on other console except this one.
@@hardwarerepair200 sadly i don't have any info about PS2 Fat/Slim Firmwares :(, sorry.. But i hope you can fix it somehow
2 things to try check current lazor for the typical solder bridge on new Lazer eyes 2 spindle doesn't seem to be going fast enough 3 flash new firmware
May I know how to flash a new firmware to a PS2?
my playstation 2 also writes playstation 2 disc on the white screen, i press enter, it sends it to the same screen again, what should i do, i want to boot ps2, there is no other material
Sorry, I still haven't figured it out yet. As other people have mentioned in the comment, there might be some shorts in the MB. I am just too busy to figure it out recently.
check the BA/LA chip, it might be fried, if not, reball or replace the cd/dvd controller
hi could you help me i was trying to region unlock my ps2 and went into launch elf but coulnt get out so i just restarted my ps2 but now when i put any type of free mcboot memory cards into it just stays frozen on the free mcboot screen can you please help me
It seems the installation of freemcboot failed.
Can you boot your PS2 without any memory card. Then go inside the browser. Then insert the memory card and erase the memory card.
After erasing the memory card, can you try reinstalling freemcboot?
im thinking it may be a bad firmware, but i dont work on ps2s too often. Try loading a small iso off of a memory card
Do you mean the chip for storing the firmware has gone bad?
@@hardwarerepair200 maybe. If it’s corrupt, it doesn’t know what to do with the disc or hdd
I have a PS2 that can't read discs and scratches them severely in the process
HDL works on it perfectly though
try voltage injection, sounds like a short somewhere on the board.
Thanks for the suggestion! Upon learning more about voltage injection, I found this video talking about injecting small voltage using a diode mode.
ua-cam.com/video/fh4hpM8JyvM/v-deo.html
I think I will give it a try first. Feel free to comment more about this diode mode since it is my first time using it.
try dissambling the chip and try with a original copy,sometimes chips in these consoles go bad,just removing the 12 volt and ground connection should be enough to disable it
Thanks for your comment. Are you talking about the chip IC605 (CXD3098Q) or IC510 (CXD2955R)?
The disc I put in this video is already the original copy.
Oh noo
Free hard drive boot is kind of finnicky esp with the gamestars.
Swap the chip from the good board and retest. If it solves the issue, at least you will have your answer.
Free mcboot and some kind of storage device with games on it
This happened to me when I installed new laser and it was because of bad calibration
Sadly in my case it is not related to the laser.
That issue is a mechacon failure