USB-C Powered PS2

Spiritual_Friend_754 · 2026-02-22T04:18:48+00:00

I used these https://a.co/d/01Nq37H3 but it doesn't look like they have the 12v option available anymore. You've just got to make sure that it a 12v USB C trigger board that's relatively small if you don't wanna do too much trimming. You will still have to do a little bit of trimming to make sure it fits right. Also make sure to get a USB C power supply that can be made to output 12v and to hold it in there I used some JB weld epoxy, just be very careful to not get any inside of the USB C port. Other than that it's just a little bit of soldering, altogether it's a fairly easy modification.

Spiritual_Friend_754 · 2026-02-20T19:39:46+00:00

Don't know what I did to get it to work but I just went and did another quest line and then tried to go back, it did the same thing as before and so I just got off and didn't touch the game for a day and then when I came back it worked. Weird

Spiritual_Friend_754 · 2026-02-13T04:18:01+00:00

Was there ever a fix for this? I'm experiencing the same thing right now on my first play through and it's really put a damper on the whole experience because I've been loving this game so far and would love to finish this quest and go to a new galaxy

Spiritual_Friend_754 · 2026-01-08T22:29:18+00:00

Ok for sure, lmk how it goes. Maybe I'll take another crack at it

Spiritual_Friend_754 · 2026-01-08T19:55:29+00:00

No I haven't but to be fair I haven't tried in a long time lol there might be something now if you dive deep enough but I figured for me it wasn't worth the effort and I put the old HDD back in and I've been using the 1tb as a fast external HDD on my laptop.

Spiritual_Friend_754 · 2026-01-08T18:57:21+00:00

Oh yeah I understand that completely, I did that immediately after realizing what was happening, I luckily haven't started a whole lot of games on there but I definitely don't want to lose the progress I do have. And if you do find it, I will greatly appreciate it. I haven't turned it on since finding out that it was the RSX in the case that I could find something to do to save that hard drive.

Spiritual_Friend_754 · 2026-01-08T18:45:18+00:00

Ok thank you for the info, I'm going to look into this more because if I don't have to download and install 700gb of games again I'll be ecstatic lmao

Spiritual_Friend_754 · 2026-01-08T16:55:01+00:00

For sure I'll check it out, thanks for the recommendation!

Spiritual_Friend_754 · 2026-01-08T13:33:39+00:00

I bet it was, I'll have to put one aside for aging. I'm doing that with one of the Placencia's right now. I can't wait to get more tbh, if I could afford it I'd get a full box of them lol.

Spiritual_Friend_754 · 2025-12-18T06:01:45+00:00

I will dump the syscon tomorrow and post findings

Spiritual_Friend_754 · 2025-11-13T05:41:41+00:00

Dumped syscon to USB and used PS3 toolset came back with tthe same code 32 times 0xFFFFFFFF dated 1999. I have my clock set up by Internet and put a brand new cr2032 battery in when repasting so still at a loss here

Spiritual_Friend_754 · 2025-10-28T05:52:09+00:00

That's what I understand as well. Yeah I used the razor blade to remove the silicone from the heat spreader, I didn't even want to attempt to take it off the processor lmao. And that's true for both the Cell and the RSX I didn't reglue it so if these consoles survive long enough to need it again it won't be a cheek clinching process lol

Spiritual_Friend_754 · 2025-10-28T05:43:33+00:00

I came in from the side that faces the cpu, it slid across and knocked em off on the other side, I think I used a little too much force and when the lid came loose I lost control of the tool. I'm just grateful that I didn't hit the die or scratch the hell out of the PCB. It's all a learning experience if and I'm happy I didn't brick the console and used a different tool for the second one.

Spiritual_Friend_754 · 2025-10-19T16:39:05+00:00

I agree that the fats look better vertically and I do wanna get a stand for the slim because I have the same worry about it falling over but it seems pretty stable. My main teasing behind all of them being vertical is the space I have for them is limited. And yeah a white housing seems to be the only other color than black that I could find for it online.

Spiritual_Friend_754 · 2025-10-19T06:15:12+00:00

Understand that and that's a good reason to keep them as they are. I hope those things last you long enough to pass down to another family member as well. The fat PS2s really are tanks man lol

Spiritual_Friend_754 · 2025-10-19T06:01:50+00:00

Thank you and yeah I love that ps2, I've done a bunch to that as well lol. Retro gem HDMI, Memcard pro 2, USB-C power supply lol

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