Recent content by porkpiehat

.. and it's all fixed. The ribbon cable had come loose, which caused the power issue. Turns out this PS2 won't boot without the modchip. Just a black screen, that's all. I reconnected the mod chip and it booted again. My guess is they cut some traces and rerouted these through the modchip. The...

Great, now the 50k won't power on anymore. I disconnected the modchip, cleaned the circuit boards with canned air, cleaned and dried the casing and reassembled it. It looks great again. But there is no power indicator when I plug it in. There's 230V on the main input and there is a 12V supply to...

Thanks for the fast replies. I'm happy to see there is still an active PS2-modding community! Sorry for the delay in my last reply, it had to be approved first as a new member. I downloaded the Newbie Package for Modchip. But before I assemble the PS2 again (it anyway needs a good clean first)...

Well well, what do you know?! With that button combination it does start directly into OPL v1.0. Is this expected behaviour? I took it apart and you are right, there is a modchip installed! It's a blue circuit board with Actel Proasic Plus APA075-P chip. No brand logo or name on it. By the...

Hi all, I have a fat PS2, model 50004, two fresh FMCB memory cards and a FHDB drive. They all boot in the FMCB main menu, but when I start any program like ULaunchElf or OPL from the menu, the screen goes black and the PS2 shows no signs of life. Even FreeMCBoot Configurator cannot load. Only...