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I know. It just kills me to pay that much money for a basic sata drive

Microsoft rips people off with their hard drives. I know it's possible to grab your own on hard drive and install it on your own. Does this mess with your xbox live at all? I wouldn't think it would, but I just wanna double check before I do the upgrade.

It was a slim. But the seller didn't post the model number. The seller did assure me that it worked great.

just picked a used one up in original box for $31 on ebay....wish me luck.

....and the tears begin to flow. It hasn't cut off since that first time. so maybe it was a fluke? I dunno I'll check the heatsink out. I guess worst case scenario I get a new "used" one.


My wife just started playing kingdom hearts watching the clock.


.....15 minutes....CRAP!

Took it apart last night to check the solder points. Had to pull the fan off (Just got a set of watch screwdrivers so I could do this). And the bottom of the fan was covered in dust. So I blew it off with the air and blew down the entire system and got all the dust off. The wife and I played LOTR ...

I also read somewhere that the powerpack could be the problem. But I checked it on a volt-meter and it was runnng 8.7 Volts. I know its suppose to be 8.5 but I figured 8.7 was probably okay. The other issue could be he power jack I'm gonna check the soldering today.

Are there other reasons it would shut off that way? Like I said it doesn't do it with ps1 games

edit: Played LOTR: the two towers today shut off within a few minutes. Uplugged the av out cable and it's been running solid for about ten minutes now
could the av cable cause the shut down

I did open it up and clean it out, and watched the fan to make sure it actually was spinning. But I still have the problem. What I see is that when I play more graphically intense games it shuts down faster. I can play PS1 games for hours with no problems at all. But if I put let's say mortal Kombat ...

Is there a wiring diagram. I'm gonna pick up a 60mm fan for this project. I don't wanna fry anything.

Hi everyone this is my first post. My PS2 slim seems to be over heating. I was hoping to add a small fan on the side to push the hot air out. Has anyone figured out how to do this without using external power. I realize the fan will have to be mounted outside of the case. That's okay with me. any ...