Victim of v9 death problem? matrix mxl2

[Lobster]

I installed a mxl2 on PAL v9. The screen is all black. I press the switch on back -> Green and blue lights are on, FAN IS NOT SPINNING. I press reset -> Fan starts to spin, a signal is sent to TV but screen remains black, the ejectc button works only after pressing reset. The tray ejects, blue light never stops flashing, and the tray doesn't go in. Holding RESET the tray goes in and console turns off.
PLEASE ANYONE, tell me if these are symptoms of v9 mod bug that's plaguing everyone, or is it a bad install or whatever. This because the diagram shows 2 different places to solder points B, G, I. I dont have thin enough wire to solder the vias, and KYNAR wrecks consoles so I just soldered on top of board. Does the BUG have anything to do with matrix mxl2? Thanks

[bigdek]

KYNAR wrecks consoles.

What do you mean by this m8

[psx-tech]

the install not the chip.. that kill the ps2.. ( i dont' think it's dead yet.. ) remove chips.. clean up solder and shorts...

there is no "v9 death problem" ....... hvee not ran into one yet.. and i have done tons of V9 and V10 now..

[EnTiTy]

i agree sounds just like a bad install in reference to the kynar i believe he means kynar can have a tendancy if you dont know how to use it of ripping off points :P
EnTiTy

[villasg]

Yes.
Take a meter and chek for bridges in BIOS and CD/DVD points.
Examine carefull all the mobo for solashes .
NO DEAD YET

[uns97]

Yes, this is not the usual M2 and Matrix dead. That has other symphtoms, there's no black screen, but browser without disk reading. Black screen usually means short on the bios or on the DVD controller. When you solder to the VIA's on V9, be sure not to have a cold solder point on the VIA, otherwise black screen can happen easily. Resolder the VIA's first, make sure those solder points are REALLY clean and good, re-heat the points, add some flux+solder and there you go, I am sure the board will work again... I - as many others - recommend to solder to VIA's when you're good at soldering, thought playing with the controller directly also can cause serious problems, when you bridge the legs. Most people don't take it really serious, and sometimes when powering the console, there's the end, lucky ones can save their PS2, while others can't. Unfortunatelly the ones who met the real DEAD V9 syndrome, know that there's not that much doing with it, except changing the motherboard. As far as none can give really deep and reliable informations about the cause of the V9 eeprom problem, and its salvage t'here's no hope for us. But in this situation, as yours, there's no such a problem I think.

regards, Stephen

[Lobster]

Originally posted by bigdek
KYNAR wrecks consoles.

What do you mean by this m8

What I mean by this is that I used kynar before on PSX and PSOne, and all was fine. With ps2, I wired everything except GND and +Vcc with kynar and smelled smoke and heard something crackle (burning), and must have been the lens because the dvd that was in was all foggy. This is no coincidence, It happened on several occasions. Very possible due to high resistance with the wire itself.
Back to my 1st post, I soldered points I G B to a chip on top of the board. Do you also have to shunt the vias on the backside? The diagrams I have show 2 different points for the soldering. Or do I just choose one set? Also, does point Y have to be the same thickness as +Vcc and GND?

[uns97]

You have to choose via's OR the controller. Just one of these of course. Anyway, the Y isn't that important, it's not have to be as thick as VCC. Smell ? Phew, I have yet to see a wire that has too high resistance on PS2 and cause a problem like yours. I bet you have soldered to a wrong component, or to a wrong position on the controller (or there is a bridge). Unfortunatelly this does not sound that good, that PS2 has to be examined very carefully, before bigger problems happen.

regards, Stephen