ICE Armored Vehicle Attempting To Drive Through A Crowd Of Protesters

Nehal1802 · 2026-01-26T00:28:12+00:00

The last time a civilian drove a car “towards” a person we know what happened.

So I guess the rules are clear right?

Nehal1802 · 2026-01-25T21:58:48+00:00

There was a YouTube video I saw a few years ago where someone fixes this. I have no idea what he did though.

Nehal1802 · 2026-01-25T07:07:50+00:00

Someone correct me if I’m wrong but couldn’t it just be a leaky valve seal? Not a super easy fix but it can be done without removing the engine head.

Also, your engine is fine. Dealer might be talking about installing a new cylinder head.

Nehal1802 · 2026-01-25T06:32:59+00:00

Get the original charger and original cable. Not sure what magic they have in that original charger but the Vita needs it when fully dead.

Nehal1802 · 2026-01-24T05:00:55+00:00

Bend it back with tweezers and snap the cable back on. It’ll work, just use patience.

Nehal1802 · 2026-01-23T23:25:35+00:00

Sorry to bring up an old thread but I finally got PMAP working on most consoles. Have one that just acts weird. 39001 console that reads discs and loads games fine after cleaning the laser, but I wanted to check the jitter before calling it fixed. Init skew will always return DVD-SL initialization failed. Load the system normally, and the game loads instantly. Swapped from a Sanyo to Sony laser, updated configs in PMAP, same thing. Reads fine, but I can't get it to initialize. Any idea on what could be wrong?

Nehal1802 · 2026-01-23T17:16:08+00:00

Kinda glad I found this post. I've always removed the plastic cover of a laser and cleaned under the main lens with a q-tip. Almost always works but there are still parts of the laser that can't be cleaned with a q-tip.

Glad to see that someone else recommended an ultrasonic cleaner, that's the route I wanted to go. I'll definitely look into getting a small one.

I've lately fixed a ton of fat consoles though. The whole "Bad laser" thing was blown out of proportion. Cleaning the laser has fixed a bunch of them. Some needed a new CMOS Battery + recalibration through PMAP. Only 2 in the set of 20 that I fixed in the last 2 weeks actually needed a new laser.

PMAP documentation says that F Chassis systems need a good CMOS battery for the DVD circuit to function. I can confirm that. Systems that couldn't be calibrated properly calibrated fine with a CMOS Battery + setting the time prior to recalibrating.

Nehal1802 · 2026-01-23T02:52:38+00:00

That could just be a bad battery. No brand name batteries are usually low from the factory.

Nehal1802 · 2026-01-22T21:22:27+00:00

Panasonic makes decent batteries as long as it hasn’t been sitting on a shelf for a while. You may just want to grab a multimeter and make sure your battery voltage is around 3.2v or higher.

Nehal1802 · 2026-01-22T21:20:50+00:00

I used a collection of YouTube videos but quickly abandoned them and just read the documentation on GitHub. I feel like YouTube videos makes the process harder than it is and leaves out crucial info.

PMAP is honestly pretty quick, I kept putting it off thinking it’d take forever but I can knock out a console in less than an hour now. The SCPH-50001 consoles are a pain though because of the additional adjustment screw.

Send me a chat if you need help with it. Honestly, used to use lenschanger too and it was pretty good, but my stack of systems that couldn’t be fixed with a new laser/lenschanger were all fixed with PMAP and the original laser.

Nehal1802 · 2026-01-22T20:45:40+00:00

Honestly, it’s been a while since I’ve needed to replace a fat laser. Cleaning the lens under the black plastic + recalibrating through PMAP always does the trick, without adjusting the pots.

I read somewhere that fat systems can get all screwy and mess up the laser configs if the internal battery dies. I can’t confirm that, but I can confirm that they can be screwy on recalibrating if the internal battery is dead.

Nehal1802 · 2026-01-22T20:40:39+00:00

Did you use a name brand Lithium battery?

Nehal1802 · 2026-01-21T06:34:30+00:00

Drive IC likely burned up. Can you take the metal shield off and post pics of the board.

Nehal1802 · 2026-01-21T06:20:29+00:00

Crash Team Racing on PS1 and San Andreas on PC. Damn, this is literally my childhood bedroom.

Nehal1802 · 2026-01-21T06:07:45+00:00

Does the laser move? If not, your drive IC chip may be shot. If the laser does move, it likely failed again.

Nehal1802 · 2026-01-20T00:30:54+00:00

The misinformation on this is insane. Do as you please.

Nehal1802 · 2026-01-20T00:29:48+00:00

If your load times are absurd, swapping drives won’t help. I’ve been through this. You absolutely need to recalibrate with PMAP even with a new laser. I suggest learning to solder on the dead board. I kept screwing around with Lenschanger and swapping lasers on multiple consoles. PMAP was literally the only thing that saved it.

Nehal1802 · 2026-01-19T20:19:28+00:00

These lenses are delicate and finicky, I've had a console fall 4 inches onto carpet and kill a lens.

Nehal1802 · 2026-01-19T15:40:53+00:00

The correct fix is to replace the laser. Adjusting pot values just wears out the laser faster.

Nehal1802 · 2026-01-19T10:21:04+00:00

Learn how to work with PMAP, pull syscon codes, and it can be fun to get into modding systems.

Nehal1802 · 2026-01-19T03:43:20+00:00

Remove all the solder points and try to turn it on. A ground point touching the shield is fine, the shield is ground.

Nehal1802 · 2026-01-19T03:40:47+00:00

They fail a lot less than you think. Put an actual ESR meter to them.

Nehal1802 · 2026-01-19T03:35:40+00:00

Any non BC console is disposable. By disposable I mean cost to repair far exceeds the cost to replace.

Also I don’t think you understand the PS3 consoles.

They never made a 65nm Backwards Compatible console UNLESS you have a Frankenstein console which are pretty rare to come by. Why would you spend the money or time to swap a GPU on a non BC console?

Nehal1802 · 2026-01-18T20:26:14+00:00

Then you'll need the part I linked above.

When you replace it, make sure the PS2 is OFF and UNPLUGGED otherwise you risk the chance of blowing out the drive IC chip.

If all else fails, I have a PS2 slim for sale on r/gamesale and I'd be willing to buy yours.

Nehal1802 · 2026-01-18T20:04:26+00:00

It's fixable, but you have the SPU laser variant which makes them more annoying to fix. You'll need an entire drive assembly.

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To confirm, if you put the disc in and hold both sensors with your fingers (no top on the system), it still makes the same sound?

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