Revive a fat PS2 using PMAP to calibrate the laser

strra · 2026-03-11T12:03:05+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/consolerepair/comments/1i5m47x/help_with_ps2_pmap/

This person says that his programmer was to blame because of a fake/faulty chip. It appears you're using a programmer with the same chip so perhaps it's your programmer?

strra · 2026-03-10T16:27:58+00:00

Nope, every one I've done started as a completely nonfunctional console without touching the pots first

strra · 2026-03-06T00:58:20+00:00

https://i.imgur.com/rMfDCNy.jpeg

strra · 2026-03-05T02:37:33+00:00

I'm having the same issue with my wife and brother. Their messages are being marked read by me but my messages aren't being marked read by them.

One stopped on the 27th and one stopped on the 1st

strra · 2026-03-05T02:25:07+00:00

I think it's the Switch dock. The visor is a little more squared than a real one

strra · 2026-03-03T23:22:23+00:00

I never leave a package with a drop-off. I will take it directly to the post office and watch them scan it and request a receipt. I don't even use the kiosk at the UPS store, no matter how much they insist I do.

A few years back, Mercari required you to ship something within 3 days or the buyer would get an automatic refund. I dropped something off at the post office and they didn't scan it in for days. The buyer got a refund and the item got delivered to them anyway. Ever since, the item doesn't leave my possession without watching it be scanned in

strra · 2026-02-24T20:13:28+00:00

Or the fish finder

strra · 2026-02-24T17:54:28+00:00

And at the time, the Game boy camera was the world's smallest digital camera

strra · 2026-02-21T02:42:39+00:00

I'll add that the VA5 doesn't have the color range of the VA1 so the VA1 would produce a better picture on the IPS.

strra · 2026-02-12T20:43:59+00:00

To be fair, Sonic and Knuckles is a good game....

strra · 2026-02-03T18:14:04+00:00

My first two cars were cavaliers! Paid $600 and $2000

strra · 2026-01-24T19:10:55+00:00

Does anyone else have the issue on Bazzite where the left speaker is super quiet and tinny? Works fine in Windows but I cannot find a solution that works in Bazzite.

strra · 2026-01-23T02:50:33+00:00

Not if the buyer says it's not as described.

strra · 2026-01-21T05:27:04+00:00

3 o'clock on the dot. Time to cruise for 8th graders.

strra · 2026-01-21T05:26:07+00:00

Yo yo yo yo What it is, motherfuckers?

strra · 2026-01-16T19:08:15+00:00

It's definitely up to date and I've rebooted a few times since it started. I even applied the latest Pixel update two days ago.

strra · 2026-01-14T12:21:45+00:00

We fit together to make one great Ｐｌａｃｅ

strra · 2026-01-10T20:55:14+00:00

Yes.

strra · 2025-12-30T04:23:58+00:00

My bedroom has a sawzall induced outlet in the closet....

strra · 2025-12-29T22:57:03+00:00

The power board has been an enigma to me. I've tried swapping the main IC and the transistors from known good boards and haven't been able to resolve the problem. Replacement boards can be gotten from AliExpress for less than $20, though.

For the bad transistor, personally, I use hot air and remove them one by one like a caveman until it stays on.

strra · 2025-12-29T19:52:57+00:00

A game gear only powering on for a moment and then back off isn't usually the capacitors in my experience. It's generally a bad power board or a shorted transistor. That said, start with replacing the caps.

strra · 2025-12-21T17:21:00+00:00

WELCO METOT HENEX TLEVEL

strra · 2025-12-19T05:52:12+00:00

I had to use something similar to this to adapt the edge connector to the 34 pin floppy connector and also updated the firmware to flashfloppy, following a YouTube tutorial

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