The software is still a work in progress. I haven't actually messed with it yet, but from I've read, there are constant improvements with compatibility, and most games play fine now.
Maan, that sucks. Well, I'll mail you a working one. Just PM me your address. Turns out I have a bunch. Let me know if you prefer a Phat or slim. I know that feel when your laser dies. It sucks.
Anapan wrote:Maan, that sucks. Well, I'll mail you a working one. Just PM me your address. Turns out I have a bunch. Let me know if you prefer a Phat or slim. I know that feel when your laser dies. It sucks.
I appreciate it, but I don't have the technical know-how. Besides, it'll be a pain to ship from Canada. I'm going to try to think of some other options, including maybe upgrading to a phat.
It definitely sucks, though. This bad boy has been with me for decades. I think I ended up getting it this one in 2005 or 2006?
I meant that I'll give you a used, but fully working Playstation 2 with a good laser assembly. I'll mail it to you for free - shipping on me as well. I have excess Playstation 2 units and want you to have one of mine. I'll make you a Phat with a small hard-drive. I don't think they have value anymore, tho I never looked to buy one - friends and acquaintances just give them to me. Same with original Xbox consoles - I have so little space, and have trouble turning down free working consoles. They stack nicely, but still, they take space, and for various reasons I'm not really into selling things
If you want me to fix that one you have for nostalgia, I'll fix it in time for the next annual charity auction as a donation from you, and you could win it back - I probably have a compatible laser stashed in the back of the parts cupboard. That'd be kinda a swap, and you'd only pay shipping to me and the price other bidders are willing to bid competitively.
Still, I'm perfectly happy to just send you a working one with no other interaction except you receive a PS2 if you PM me your address as stated in the previous post.
This is only because you've been a member for so long, and I'm happy to do the same for any member with that tenure that lacks a working Playstation 2 or Original Xbox, and only because I have too many.
Anapan wrote:If you want me to fix that one you have for nostalgia, I'll fix it in time for the next annual charity auction as a donation from you, and you could win it back - I probably have a compatible laser stashed in the back of the parts cupboard. That'd be kinda a swap, and you'd only pay shipping to me and the price other bidders are willing to bid competitively.
If you have a replacement laser assembly in working condition, if it worked out better for shipping cost, you could ship it to me and I would also be willing to do the work for the charity auction. o.pwuaioc lives much closer to me, so shipping his PS2 slim back and forth would be much cheaper than to Canada and back. I'm not sure if that would actually work out better with shipping cost, PS2 slims are super light, so it's just a thought.
You guys are way too kind, and I'm so very appreciative of all the offers, but I'd definitely take care of the shipping! Let me figure out the best course of action and we'll be in touch shortly!
Haven't watched it yet, but Tito just posted a video about using a large SATA drive inside a Phat PS2 with drag and drop iso support. I have so many excess 4TB drives, it'd be a good idea to adopt them in my PS2 consoles. edit: just watched a bit of it and ordered some of the network adapter sata mod board. We're all set.