Potentially blown Intel MMX chip on PS2 TOOL PCI card - queries

so unclejun, is the PS2 side a daughter board?or a mainboard with PCI slots?

 

As I needed to get this done I had to use a local store rather than PC World or the recycling guys. So, £30! The same thing from Stewart Recycling (eBay) would surely have been cheaper, but you never know.

 

a: I don't have that shielding plate (copper colour)
b: Good to see the emulation card
c: The serial cable could have popped out as there are no screws to hold it in place. Must have really taken a tumble for that to occur though - unless someone physically removed it. Judging from the amount of damage you posted in the other images (PM) I get the impression that Japan Post threw it down a flight of stairs h:

Any damaged to any of the other parts (motherboard etc)?

 

UJ - have you got your work cut out with these then??

Anychance of seeing these pics ofthe casings and the state of the rest of them etc?

i am curious!

 

UJ, did you notice the size of the emulation HDD by any chance?

 

Too much questions here!
Barc0de, don't know yet, I haven't totally unmount it, I want to check that the hardware runs fine before putting it to pieces.
Festerfly, pictures are here http://lorezan.free.fr/ps2/tools/
One works, the other has a problem, I'll let you find out what it is(check the video)
the one that works has its emu hdd not empty, I'll try to run the images later and extract them.

Parris, about the size, it's the same 30GB model as the hdds in my first tool.
I don't think the japan post has anything to do with the damage, take a look at the pictures from the auction http://page2.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/b76379141

 

Blimey,, if you can work the same magic that Parris has then you are on to a winner!

 

You mean cleaning them?
One is beyond that point, you saw the pictures, it makes plenty of spare parts, the other one works, although I haven't tested the dvd drive yet.

 

true but its a shame to break it down fully isnt it.. how about sorting to a working unit and seling it on or is it worth more stripped down?

 

I think it's harder to find spare parts than to find a complete unit, and you saw the outer shell, I can't really sell something as broken as it is without crushing the price...

 

ahh true i guess.. it all depends on how much you paid for it in teh first place..

 

Including the shipping and the french customs looking for whatever they wanted, 300€ each Tool, wich is not a bad price I guess, considering that both Tools have the emu board.

 

Just had a look at the auction image. They did a pretty good job of placing all the parts "together" in a single unit without them falling to the floor. I suspect 2sec after that photograph was taken, that Tool was in pieces all over the place and that is without a push! (Damn it!)

The 4Gb drive in mine must have served some purpose and been thrown into it by the previous owner to attempt getting it running. I did post ages back that it was actually in the HDD cage, but loose. Not screwed it at all. I will rip it out and as you suggest UJ place it in the PSx dev kit as and when I get one.

LOL @ "whatever French customs wanted to do" with them. Canada Post has swallowed up and failed to spit out a PSx debugging station I purchased a while back. I've even paid VAT on it and STILL not received it. Angry eyes are going to go in soon! :evil:

It'll be interesting to see what is actually ON the emulation HDD.

I think you might do a good trade in spare parts UJ if the number of Tool units on this thread are anything to go by. It might not be a complete waste.

 

I tried the dsreset last night at the prompt and nothing happened. Limited time today to really look at it, but hey... just hoping that my DVDrom isn't goosed after all that.

 

it is really good price for now :nod:

 

UJ - Not a bad price at all considering!

 

I handed my unit into a local store that deals with repairs / upgrades. He has tested the IC cable and all connections fine. He is testing the laser with an Oscilloscope for me, but he has told me forget about obtaining ANY KHS 400 A lasers as they are either all useless and dead or pointlessly expensive. He is looking at attempting to flash the hardware in order to use it with the less expensive and easier to obtain KHS 400 C.

Here's hoping.

 

impressive methods of revival there Parris, keep us posted!

 

Is the KHS 400A laser the model found in scph-10000?
What is pointlessly expensive?
I found some online shops with interesting prices, all based in HK...and one in the US.
While scavenging through my mostly unclassified favorites, I found a webshop selling Tools, all 3 models...

 

Hi UJ, according to this guy (who is relatively unfamiliar with the Tool, but more so with the Test etc) the only 400 A lasers he would be able to obtain would be poorly refurbished units or poor ex-Sony stock. He specifically mentioned not being impressed with HK stock.

As he does this sort of nonsense for a living, and his workshop (across two shops) is literally stuffed with spare parts, I'm inclined to take his word for it. There was a tray with 6 Sharp PSP screens, but I looked closer and counted 8 trays! 48 screens apparently lasts him only a matter of a few weeks. So, he knows his suppliers and admitted that most PS2 lasers for the old style unit were not up to much good at the moment. He suggested that a £50 400 A would last 1/2 the time of a £40 400 C. Hence the pointless expense and his attempts to flash the unit to accept C type instead.

As for SCPH-10000, I don't own one and never actually taken one apart, but I would imagine it is as that's the first revision of the PS2 and more than likely accepted the 400 A.

Were there many differences between the 3 different Tool models? Is that the total number of revisions?

Barc0de, it was his suggestion. I mentioned the laser problems and he decided to have a look. As such, I have entrusted my unit (I am not going to give you the satisfaction of saying "my tool") with him for a couple of weeks.

He pronounced the IC cable fit this morning, having tested all connections along it. So, the laser is the culprit and not the IC cable. Unless of course someone else has been in the unit before me and swapped the laser.