PS2 Fault

[spedmetal]

Originally Posted by paultuk

The original chip in the 50003 machines is designed to burn out if a poor quality copy is installed.

I doubt sony engineered this defect, as I know of situations where the LA would fail even on un-modded consoles and only useing originals games. This is more likely just Sonys shotty manufacturing.

The LA clones that you speak of are "O.K" but there days you can get an original LA for not much more money and perform the Romeo mod to it while your replacing it.

This repair is NOT for the average modded/installer regardless of if you use the original LA or the clone.