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Thread ID: 62407	2005-10-06 12:28:00	Burnt out PS2	bizzack (7739)	Press F1

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394029	2005-10-06 12:28:00	my japanese friend plugged his PS2 in without a transformer by accident, and it kinda blew... does anybody know what exactly would've blown? is it likely that just the PSU was damaged or that the board itself maybe? I hope we can fix it! thanks!	bizzack (7739)
394030	2005-10-06 20:21:00	The PSU will have gone, but until it is replaced there is no way of knowing how much else is damaged. The damage may be limited entirely to the power supply (even in extremely lucky cases only to a fuse, if one exists) but its also possible that its taken out many other vital organs. Only by replacement of the failed components can the full extent of the damage be determined, you need to weigh up the service cost against replacement cost of the entire PS2	godfather (25)
394031	2005-10-07 10:45:00	yeah, thats what i figured godfather, thanks for the input	bizzack (7739)
394032	2005-10-07 21:47:00	id say bin it or look on trademe for a PS2 for parts, maybe able to swap over a few parts	Prescott (11)
394033	2005-10-08 01:27:00	It's probably not catastrophically destroyed . Switchmode power supplies are fairly good at protecting the equipment . It could well be just an internal fuse blown, or a cooked main rectifier . The problem is that trade service people are going to charge plenty to just discover what's wrong . If you don't know what you are doing, and haven't got some test equipment, I don't recommend you to have a go . Even Japanese 100-110 volt mains can bite you . ;)	Graham L (2)
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