Worst PS2 Version?

[eugene]

As the title says, (out of curiosity) what do you guys think the "Worst" ps2 version is? for me i'd have to say a V4, my launch console was a V4, i don't know how people came across V1-3 here in the US. The dreaded power ribbon cable breaking on V4s.. argh

[SP193]

I would think that the worst consoles are the SCPH-70000 series of consoles and the SCPH-5x000 series.

The lasers of those consoles seem to wear out really easily, even when the console is not modified.

[l_oliveira]

As the title says, (out of curiosity) what do you guys think the "Worst" ps2 version is? for me i'd have to say a V4, my launch console was a V4, i don't know how people came across V1-3 here in the US. The dreaded power ribbon cable breaking on V4s.. argh

GH-004 and GH-005 use wires instead of the flexible flat cable you mention for the power/eject buttons. Then everything from GH-006 (V3) to GH-022 (V7/V8) use that flat cable.

Honestly that Vx denomination is wrong on several orders of magnitude.

There's TWO PS2 models that were released BEFORE what the pirates call "V1" so that naming scheme was wrong already when it started.

We have GH-001/002 (SCPH-10000) and GH-003 (SCPH-15000/early 18000) then the GH-008 (late SCPH-18000) which was released in between the "V2" and "V3" in Japan.

Also SONY calls them this way:

SCPH-10000,15000, early 18000 - "A-CHASSIS"
SCPH-3000x (V1) "B-CHASSIS"
SCPH-3000x (V2) "B-CHASSIS' " (B-CHASSIS dash)
SCPH-18000 (GH-008) "AB-CHASSIS" (Basically this is like an V2 or V3 with PCMCIA instead of expansion bay)
SCPH-3000x (V3) "C-CHASSIS"
SCPH-3000x (V4) "D-CHASSIS"
SCPH-3x00x/R (V5/V6) "E-CHASSIS"
SCPH-3900x (V7/V8) "F-CHASSIS"/"G-CHASSIS"
SCPH-5000x (V9) "H-CHASSIS"
SCPH-5000x (V10) "I-CHASSIS"
SCPH-7000x (GH-035) "LCG-CHASSIS"

Etc etc.