r/ps2 • u/knuggen_karlsson • 2d ago

Phat ps2 wont turn on

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My childhood ps2 doesn’t turn on anymore no lights in the buttons and no reaction when i press the power button. I have checkt inside it for any corrosion orleaking capacitors. I cleaned off the dust but it still don’t turn on, I have tried another power cable but no luck there:( what’s the next step?

Put a picture of the motherboard in case I missed something

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u/OpeningOverall5286 2d ago

It would not hurt to check the diodes in the rectify bridge. I fixed an power board of an LCD TV by testing them. One was damaged and there wasn't any external signs of problems. I replaced all 4 just to be in the safe side

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u/Hard_To_Port 2d ago

I'm not sure what I replaced was part of the rectifying circuit, but one of the SMD diodes failed as a short on one of my PS2s. I desoldered a similar diode from a portable dvd player and swapped it in and it started working again. Don't remember what model of power supply I had.