wierd problem

[digetek]

Hi lads hope someone can shine some light on this problem, I have a ps2 v7 with a messiah chip installed , been working fine for the last three months but now it decides to turn itself of when it feels like it but turns back on no problem , does any one have any ideas what could be wrong:rolleyes: :confused:

[charlie_ps2]

Can we please have full unambigious details of what is happenign. Full description of symptoms. From your not it isn't clear what turns off and on and without a full description of symptoms no diagnosis is possible.

[digetek]

as i,ve said the ps2 turn off when it feels like it. what more can i say

[Headly]

OK how about this.

1. Does it turn completely off (like no power) or go back to standby?

2. Have you noticed any pattern in the amount of time you have it on until it turns off?

3. Does it tend to happen more with CD than DVD or vise versa?

4. Has this been happening the entire three months that it has been chipped or is it a recent developement?

[charlie_ps2]

... and is it, say, 20 mins then switches off or 3 mins?

Is the fan running?

Is the heat conducting pad present on the BA58 chip?

Is the heat conduct pad setup present on the metal cage above the EE chip?

Is the metal cage fully screwed down and the plastic cover on top of that?

If the PS2 is overheating, usually the red light will blink when it switches off.

[digetek]

checked fan and heat conducting pads and everything is okay but i think charlie is right about it overheating as the red light does flash when it turns off. anything else i can check
thanks
........ gary