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I was installing the PNP Solderless Modchip on my v7 PS2 (I bought it at www.modchip.ca), and long story short, I ended up breaking the 5 pin flat ribbon cable (the one next to the one that is connected to the eject/reset switch, it's the cable that controls the CD tray ejecting) and my PS2 doesn't work. I plugged the main reset/eject cable in to the original outlet (not through the chip), and the PS2 would not show the red LED when powered up or do anything when the buttons were pressed (I even took it to a store where I left it for repair where the guy switched the eject/reset buttons to see if the LEDs maybe burnt out, but nothing still happened). I think I might have blown a fuse (no biggie, it can be replaced, right?), but he says I might have gone as far as frying my motherboard (I CAN'T AFFORD THAT PRICE!!!).
This is exactly what happened:
I opened up my PS2 to install the chip. I unplugged the ribbon cables. I managed to push one cable into the modchip (BTW does anybody know where to get good tweezers for stuff like this? I was stuck using my mom's manicuring tweezers, ugh, pain in the @$$ because they kept slipping slowly), but the 2nd one just wouldn't stay in. If I held the cable at a certain position, I could make the eject tray work when I pressed the eject button (and the reset/eject buttons still worked at this point). Then the blue part fell off of the ribbon cable, which made the operation harder. Eventually, the top connector-part fell off, making the cable useless. Then when I held the eject button for 5 seconds (to see if the chip worked because I didn't know yet), and the reset light turned orange light it was supposed to, but then the light just went out and the PS2 didn't work at all. What do you guys think? Do you think I really could have fried the motherboard? What could I do about this (ex. can I somehow get my money back for the chip or buy a v7 motherboard somewhere cheap?) The guy is charging me $35 (base repair charge, never more expensive) for the work and $15 for the cable replacement (because he has to solder a new one), and he will phone me in case he has to replace anything else.
It's Festivus for the rest of us!
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