Recent content by Strnadik

As a sidenote, you know what pumped me up to do this because "it can't be so hard"? Aliexpress listing for EXACTLY what I wanted to do. No seams, no visible cuts, but seems to be the OG shell! https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006448800309.html

Aww, that just made my day ^^ Thank you for the positive words, and you are absolutely right! At the end of the day I had learned quite alot about the PS2, I scoured the forums for board scans, schematics, various 3.3 and 8v standby locations, I know the SCPH-79000 like my shoes now lol. And...

Thank you @FatBaldDad for previous advice. I have "completed" the UltraSlim, I wasted 2 days doing something I didn't have experience with and now that I'm looking at it, I hate it :/ I wanted to have a true "PS2" UltraSlim, as in, a true original shell, memory card springs, the LED, bells n...

Hah, I might be wired badly or something but, whenever I touch, well, pretty much any pin OR ground with Green LED (7), the console just shuts down. And I cant get the green light to turn on, only the red one. Weird.

Oooh I see! I am happy to see that I wasn't far from the truth by nailing the closest vias! Thank you so so much! My plan is to trim the original shell and keep the original power button, because after the cutoff, the "drive eject" space is still there, so I'd shove a power button plastic there...

Heya! Please please may I know the ideal places for red/green LED pinouts? I am trying to hook up the original power board up to the mobo and the button works but the LED doesnt come on :/

So I've cut the board and wanted to ressurect/keep the original power button PCB. I checked the pinouts and tried to solder it to the closest points but the LED just doesn't come up (the power button works). Now, I dont 100% know if its not fried so maybe its just not worth it, but has anyone...