Help. . . v12 Power LED died?

**fubarduck** · 09-09-2005,12:01 PM

So, after a trillion times of opening/closing my PS2 case, it looks like the Power/Status LED died. Well, not completely--It still turns green when I turn it on, but when it's off, it's just a very, very faint orange-ish color. You can barely tell it's in standby.

Being a perfectionist, I'd like to replace/do whatever I have to do to get it back to normal. Could anyone tell me what kind of LED I need to buy to replace the stock one? Installation ought to be pretty self-explanatory after that, I would imagine.

Thanks in advance~

**yahooadam** · 09-09-2005,08:53 PM

it will be a surface mount LED, so it will prolly be very difficult/impossible to install ....

I dont know what part it is, but if it aint broke dont fix it

**fubarduck** · 09-10-2005,12:57 AM

Originally Posted by yahooadam

it will be a surface mount LED, so it will prolly be very difficult/impossible to install ....

I dont know what part it is, but if it aint broke dont fix it

Gotcha. Maybe I can find just the power/eject button+ribbon cable from a PS2 parts site. Until then, I can live with an orange standby light . . .

**lycao** · 09-10-2005,01:18 AM

What are you talking about impossible nothing's impossible i've seen tons of people who change or replace the power and eject led's it's not to hard i've herd but i've never done it im sure someone on here has though they should know what to do.

**Furgo** · 09-10-2005,07:27 AM

http://www.ps2newz.net/forums/showthread.php?t=31989

check that for a quick and dirty guide on changing the led's..

Myself , Loy and Duey2k have all completed this mod successfully
on a v4 v9 and v12

**davbere** · 09-10-2005,07:42 AM

have you made sure its not the ribbon?

**fubarduck** · 09-10-2005,11:11 AM

It could be, but as I don't have another ribbon there is no way for me to check. The ribbon is a little bent up from the amount of times I've had to unplug/plug it back in, but it's securely plugged in and it still turns the PS2 on/off just fine.

**fubarduck** · 09-11-2005,12:13 AM

Well, I made a strange discovery about my LED today.

The LED infact works perfectly. Whenever I open the lid on my V12 to insert a game, the Standby light is red and the Power light is bright green.

However, when I close the lid, the standby light turns orange and the power light is light green. Basically, it isn't just a problem in standby--the LED just fades whenever I close the disc tray. I discovered this after opening my V12's disc tray for the first time in several days!

I tried removing/loosening the screws on the HD Connect IDE clips to see if that was shorting something, but there was no problem there. My only guess still is that it's a malfunction of the ribbon cable, but I have no idea now!

Anyway, I'm in no hurry to fix it anymore, it's just weird. I guess if I ever come across a V12 power/eject ribbon I'll just try that.

**yahooadam** · 09-13-2005,04:43 AM

Originally Posted by lycao

What are you talking about impossible nothing's impossible i've seen tons of people who change or replace the power and eject led's it's not to hard i've herd but i've never done it im sure someone on here has though they should know what to do.

well their gonna be about the size of a SMD capacitor or such, and its tough to ever solder those, cos ure so likely to burn the stupid things out

Well thats just my experience

**Ruddicz** · 09-15-2005,03:46 PM

surface mount components are expensive and very tiny. Best to stay away from it unless you REALLY need that standby light.

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