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| Thread ID: 70955 | 2006-07-22 05:02:00 | Japanese playstation power dead | bizzack (7739) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 472734 | 2006-07-22 05:02:00 | Hi all, my stupid flatmate was a japanese guy, and real stupid like, he plugged his Japanese PS1 into the mains power here and of course it blew... thank god the 'tard has moved out now, he left his japanese PS behind though.. so what I'm wondering is could it be worth trying to repair it? Would it just be the power supply that has blown? or could it be the whole board? Anyone got any ideas? Thanks :thumbs: |
bizzack (7739) | ||
| 472735 | 2006-07-22 05:19:00 | The odds are 95% in favour of a power supply only failure. Unfortunately Sod's law says it is 95% certain that the 5% option will apply instead. Get it tested. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 472736 | 2006-07-22 06:38:00 | And probibly the cost of getting it fixed far outways the value of it. Trevor :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 472737 | 2006-07-22 12:37:00 | And probibly the cost of getting it fixed far outways the value of it. Trevor :) It's not that bad Trev, if it is an external plug-pack it is easy to check and cheap to buy a generic replacement. If the fault is internal on the PS2 then it may still be worth repairing. How much does a PS2 cost? I guess it is possible that a Japanese PS2 will be coded in Japanese as well, which may make it a bit odd to play, or is all that game specific? I've never seen a PS2 so I wouldn't know! Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 472738 | 2006-07-23 03:52:00 | Long time ago when I was young (and stupid), mate came around with a "special" plug to try the stereo I picked up in Akihabara, Japan. He swore that it'll work ok. You can guess the rest, but to cut long story short, got it repaired eventually, but cost was nearly as much as to get a new one. |
Nyuuji (5460) | ||
| 472739 | 2006-07-23 04:02:00 | A PS1 only has a token value at best. Hell, I tried to give mine away, Only to be informed by those I offered it to that they already had a PS2. And there I was thinking solo mums were hard done by. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 472740 | 2006-07-23 05:03:00 | It's not that bad Trev, if it is an external plug-pack it is easy to check and cheap to buy a generic replacement. If the fault is internal on the PS2 then it may still be worth repairing. How much does a PS2 cost? I guess it is possible that a Japanese PS2 will be coded in Japanese as well, which may make it a bit odd to play, or is all that game specific? I've never seen a PS2 so I wouldn't know! Cheers Billy 8-{) PS1 Billy Trevor :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 472741 | 2006-07-23 05:14:00 | I wouldn't mind a PS1, if only to play FFX. | pine-o-cleen (2955) | ||
| 472742 | 2006-07-23 05:28:00 | You can purchase a power adaptor with a return policy. When I was young fighting with my cousin with my Nintendo popped the game inside when the power was still on therefore it blew, I had to swap the power adaptor only. But the thing in those days was I think I had a higher voltage than what NZ had so we had to import them from overseas :waughh: |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 472743 | 2006-07-23 06:28:00 | Some consoles are also country specific as to output, NZ uses PAL, Japan uses NTSC. I know a guy that bought a games console into NZ from Japan, but it was not viewable here, as there was no provision to change the format. Cannot remember the type, don't think it was PS1. Some TV sets here have NTSC compatability on AV input though. |
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