Fan connector broken

**mewgirl** · 07-22-2010,04:47 PM

Trying to clean the PS2 since the hardware designer engineers were apparently retarded and provided no way to easily access the laser eye, I think the connector to the fan was broken when I unhooked it (even though this is required to get any further... ); what do I do about that? Will it hurt electronics to glue one part to another? If so wheat do I need to make sure lines up? The "legs" on the connector to the metal = that are closer together in the front, I assume?; are there any other parts that also need to be connected or were the other two metal parts (on the PS2 board) just to hold it in place?

**shadovraven** · 07-23-2010,06:05 AM

Perhaps I misunderstood your information, which part of the fan connector is broken? The one that's placed on the motherboard or the plug-in?

**urmele** · 07-23-2010,07:08 AM

You probably ripped out the connector from the mainboard.

Best thing to do in that case is to solder some wires to the mainboard
(+ and - connection of the fan) and solder a small connector to the end of the wires.
Same to the fan.
enclosed is a small pic, so you can see what i mean.

**mewgirl** · 07-23-2010,03:15 PM

There is no + and - (at least nothing marked as such), and that picture doesn't look anything like the connector, it is a little tiny plastic thing with two metal prongs on the end, and it connects to a place that has four metal things (as I said, I am not sure if they are all connectors or if the two that are further apart are just to hold the plastic piece on), in a pattern of two parallel and then two more parallel closer together and in front of the back two parallel ones. So I am not sure what either of you are talking about. I believe it is broken because it will not stick when put on there and because the parts I think may be just holders are actually completely flat. The entire thing is only a millimeter or two bog so I'm not sure how one would say "the plastic is broken" or "the metal is broken." And as I said it looks nothing like the pic in the second post so I am not sure what the second post is talking about either.

**urmele** · 07-23-2010,04:12 PM

Originally Posted by mewgirl

There is no + and - (at least nothing marked as such), and that picture doesn't look anything like the connector, it is a little tiny plastic thing with two metal prongs on the end, and it connects to a place that has four metal things (as I said, I am not sure if they are all connectors or if the two that are further apart are just to hold the plastic piece on), in a pattern of two parallel and then two more parallel closer together and in front of the back two parallel ones. So I am not sure what either of you are talking about. I believe it is broken because it will not stick when put on there and because the parts I think may be just holders are actually completely flat. The entire thing is only a millimeter or two bog so I'm not sure how one would say "the plastic is broken" or "the metal is broken." And as I said it looks nothing like the pic in the second post so I am not sure what the second post is talking about either.

Sorry for the short explanation, but my break at work was over and so i had to speed it up.

Actually i still think you just pulled off the fan-connector from the mainboard.
Please correct me if i am wrong.

What you said about + and - is right, there is no sign, but that's nothing you should be worried about.
The two big pads at the right and left from the connector are just as you said only to hold it tight on the board, they are not connected to anything.
Just use the two in the midle (one is + and one is - and it doesn't matter).

Solder 2 wires to them or if you also damaged the pads, just follow the circuit lines to the next connection (maybe another pad or a capacitor or resistor, whatever..).

Connect the two wires to one of the parts from my picture (of course you also can use what ever you like or get at Radio Shack).

Then cut off the connector from your fan and solder the other part from the connector in my picture to it (and don't forget to isolate the stuff with some isolation tape).

After that you can plug it together and turn on the PS2 (actually i guess if you connect it wrong, the fan won't spin at all, but maybe he blows inside).
If he blows inside the PS2 or didn't spin, just switch the connector 180 degrees and it will work.
You can't kill anything by doin so (but don't use the big right and left connections from the original plug on the mainboard, they might be connected to Ground).

If the pads on your mainboard are still ok, you surely could try to solder the main connector again to them, but i doubt that you will be able to do so
without some good equipment (and skill).

**shadovraven** · 07-23-2010,04:36 PM

And as I said it looks nothing like the pic in the second post so I am not sure what the second post is talking about either.

You could make a picture of your broken fan connector and "a place that has four metal things" It'd make everything clear.

**dlsmd** · 07-23-2010,05:37 PM

Originally Posted by shadovraven

You could make a picture of your broken fan connector and "a place that has four metal things" It'd make everything clear.

that picture is what you should replace the factory one with
because its almost impossible to find the same connector for a direct replacement

**l_oliveira** · 07-26-2010,11:02 AM

Just for information sake, the gray wire is + and black is -...

On the board the - side measures 0 ohm with the exposed copper track at the border of the board so you will need an ohm meter to figure out the board side of the polarity.

Good luck with the repair.

Oh and no the engineers are not retarded as one can remove the optical pickup without need to dismantle the whole console. Removing the top cover, the dvd drive cover and opening the disc tray is enough to expose the screws that hold the pickup.

Perhaps you didn't see the screw that holds the metal pipe the laser pickup travels in ?

You see... These consoles were made with ease of repair in mind, but they were never intended to be serviced by the users ...

**SP193** · 07-26-2010,12:26 PM

Errm - just a question that does regard this console's repairs:

What you said about + and - is right, there is no sign, but that's nothing you should be worried about.
The two big pads at the right and left from the connector are just as you said only to hold it tight on the board, they are not connected to anything.
Just use the two in the midle (one is + and one is - and it doesn't matter).

If the polarity is reversed, won't the fan spin in reverse?

Won't the console's cooling system be compromised in that way?

**shadovraven** · 07-26-2010,03:16 PM

Originally Posted by SP193;491783
If the polarity is [i

reversed[/i], won't the fan spin in reverse?

Won't the console's cooling system be compromised in that way?

No it won't, if you'll change fan polarity it'll stop spinning around.

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