Playstation 2 Woes: Cooling fan isn't working

So I was over a friend's house, and while friend A was playing, friend B tripped over the out-stretched controller cord, and the PS2 comes falling down about 4 feet to the ground. The DVD drive got jammed, and I had to open the console up to get it unjammed. Put it back together, and it ejects fine and everything. I put the game in, and it works perfectly.

But something seems a little off. The PS2 is too quiet. I turn it around, and the fan isn't functioning. I took it apart again this morning to see if I missed a connection, but no luck.

Does anyone with a knowledge of the PS2 have any idea if the fan is what's not working, or is there some circuitry that may have been fried, causing the fan to not work?

I'm getting a fan off ebay in hopes that it's only a mechanical failure. If that doesn't work, though, does anyone have any idea what the problem may be?

Not a clue....our PS2 took a similar dive a few years ago, but the fan still worked fine, it was the lens that got messed.

It's not an xbox?

Seems like quite a big problem to me....

I take it this is a much more common problem on an Xbox than a PS2, then?

I meant the fact that you have a PS2 as opposed to an xbox is a problem 😉

Meh, I might eventually get one. Xbox has nothing I want to play, especially since Halo 2 is being ported to PC (Windows Vista only, though)

😛

So, yeah.. back on topic. Anyone know any remedy?

Halo 2 really isn't all that 😬

Temporary solution would be to cool it with an external fan (a 'real' one) and only play it for short periods... or put a sealed bag of ice on it 😄

I was thinking about the external fan as a temporary solution, but I'm not sure if it'd blow into the console enough.

How long would it take for the console to fry and/or shut off without a fan? 😬

I dunno, but as soon as you notice it taking too long to load up, turn it off

Just read on another site that average time before it goes out is about 20 minutes...

Purchased this from ebay, I have a version 7. I'm praying this does the trick.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Playstation-2-COOLING-FAN-POWER-BLOCK-Version-5-8-PS2_W0QQitemZ8257765971QQcategoryZ62054QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting

whose system is it?

I would get another system.

is it comprehensible.....

Mine. And why would I want to get another system for $150 if I can get a new fan for $10? A new system is my last resort.

I know several people, including myself, who went through multiple PS2's.

Most unreliable machine there is and it's not a matter of "I can put a fan on it." Should you have to?

-AC

😂 If this thread was about an xbox, people would be bitching about Microsoft and its faults...

Maybe you knocked it out of place a bit or something...can you check to see where the fan is plugged in? Do you play it standing up or lying down?

It was being played lying down horizontally -- I've unplugged the fan from the motherboard and replugged it several times, tried adjusting the fan' mechanical parts, but nothing. Either the fan itself is busted, or some circuitry was fried, I don't know which 😬

That's just me, I wouldn't want a messed up Playstation 2. I would buy one before I would open it up and go that deep into it.

*Oh, it's not working*

*To the store to buy a new one*

(*Not open it up and all that, I 'd be afraid that I would mess it up even more beyond prepare*)

But if you know what you're doing, more power to you.

is it comprehensible.....

You shouldn't have to do that, though.

You should be able to buy your PS2, take it home and barring some massive freak malfunction or accident, keep it for as long as you desire (realistically).

It shouldn't have to go into repairing your own PS2 or checking to make sure it works when you buy it.

-AC

Hey, our PS2 has gotten the hell beat out of it and barring the incident when it fell five feet to the floor and had to get the lens replaced (which they did for free, including shipping and such), it's never had any problem 😛

You drop a system from that height, something's going to go wrong.

So I got the fan, and nothing. I'm thinking that it might be a fuse. Any other opinions?

I'm on my third PS2.

Everyone I know that has ever had a PS2, has had theirs break, stop working or become tempermental.

Shocking build quality. I'm surprised someone hasn't died, not from an electric shock, but from the huge slap to the face that Sony likes to dish out to most of its customers.