.... or the feeling that the restaurant has just served the cat up in the curry. I saw an Indian Restaurant in Jaffa a few years ago - didn't see a single cat on the street. Are cats Kosher? Dal asked me to ask you this.

Anyway, open the PS2 and satisfy yourself. It's dead simple but ity's something like this based on my PS2:

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Turn PS2 upside down with the back away from you and the power to your right rear. Remove the rubber covers from th screw holes named below.

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Undo the middle rear and right hand rear screws
Undo the four screws on the lip below the underside

3/
Turn the PS2 right way up so that it faces you horizontally as if for play. Carefully lift the cover up from the left and hinging to the right (where the disk is). You'll see the ribbon cable that DAL mentioned but it won't be in any danger if you do everything slowly.

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The power supply is at the rear to the left. Sniff around there or look for melted glue. Look anywhere else that could get hot (it won't be the DVD drive so I shan't excplain which screws to take out there).

5/
Satisfy yourself, wash your hands, put the thing back together again.