I'm rather experienced in the mod business, but this was my first ps2 install that went wrong. My problem is, After I boot up the ps2, I can't eject... The blue light is in fact on, and it does blink after touching, but the tray never ejects. I'm needing help on the diagnosis of the cause. Here's some things I've looked at to figure this out:
I took out the entire chip, all except for the "romeo mod" or the "laser save mod" that is required on v9 / v10 boards... It boots up, but still no eject function.
After taking out the entire chip, I took a look at the ribbon cable. The actual pins do look a little damaged, will attach a pic - do you guys think its as simple as that, I just need to replace the ribbon cable?
My other idea is it has something possibly to do with the LA6508 chip that you do the romeo mod on... When I lifted pin 17, the pin actually popped off, so I had to shave off some of the chips actual casing to expose the "nub" of the pin in order to get a clean solder connection. I don't have a multimeter, but to my knowledge, the LA chip only controls the actual laser, not the eject tray, am I right?
Ultimately, what do you guys think? Should I just replace the entire motherboard, or just replace that eject cable and see what happens from there, or both? Deep thanks all, before I go off spending some major cash on replacement parts!
Hi there. Is it the 17th pin? If i am not mistaken the malfunction of your tray depends on ic LA6598. 1st check: PS7 or PS8 (i do not remember exactly), then PS11. If you do not have a multimeter, make a device of a battery, a lamp and several wires to see if there is circuit of current (ps7 ps8 ps11).
