Recent content by gogogadgetman77

The optical drives are a convoluted issue that pretty much everyone gets wrong. In this day and age you have to learn how to diagnose the issue and can't just simply go hey this wont read games can I just do a thing and fix it, as there are too many problems with these now to do so. HOWEVER, for...

A PS2 with no audio/video can literally be a thousand things. I made a video not long ago about going through the basics first, so make sure you do that first as there are fixes you can make on the A/V port that literally solve half these issues. You can find that video here: Moving past that...

So for starters I'm not sure what this SW-92SA is? Is that a part number on the eject motor? On the PS2, lubricant is more of a helper for the long term it doesn't do anything for the tray when it is already struggling. The belt isn't an exact science, you can just buy a pack of those black...

This is a good indicator you have a failed component on the motherboard that controls the disc drive. There are some common ICs that fail on the slim, usually you just don't read the discs but in some cases you can see this happen, will also happen on the fat too. If you know how to work on...

Yeah that is definitely the issue then, there is really no point getting those aftermarket lasers they are absolutely awful. If you do, you have to plan on buying at least 5 of them because its totally possible only 1 or 2 of them will actually be any good. Your best bet is buying an OEM drive...

Well I'm assuming if they literally replaced the laser lens then what you're dealing with is one of those cheap after market reverse engineered lasers as it isn't like Sony just sold lasers or something and people could just get them, that didn't exist. And these third party lasers are AWFUL, it...

It really depends if you have a fully loaded console here then you stand to lose save files and modding etc. For me it is always worth it to reflow if the need is there But if the console itself doesn't have a reason to be saved then no

I would still lean towards the IHS removal being your issue here I mean the whole risk of doing that is the damage you can do to the CPU, and your error read out also points to exactly that. When you say idle temps were at 85C and nothing else helps what do you mean by nothing else, what all...

The flashing red light is a clear indicator of an overheat. The console got too hot, the console shut itself off to prevent damage. Unfortunately unlike the PC world an overheat can essentially just be considered a YLOD because they are caused by the same thing. Don't get me wrong a thermal...

I would honestly just paint it man, I really doubt any of those third party makers would run a run of shells in a certain color just for you, and you are right those shells are really bad quality and not really worth it most of the time. Using a Krylon Fusion paint and a good clear coat and you...