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[monster356]

I don't know if this is the right section, but....

how do i put LEDs in my ps2?

are these good enough for it:
http://www.modchipman.com/5mm-led-red-5000mcd-p-593.html?osCsid=efc85b4cdb956feec8cbb7564b74d5da

I really don't know the first thing about putting leds in a ps2.

[offonoffoffonoff]

do you not know about putting leds in a playstation two, or you don't know about leds in general?

Since you want to mess around with the power supplies, its necessary for you to know about electricity in general (volatge, current, etc.) and leds in particular. If you don't know how to use a volt/ohm meter, you should probably try some other projects that don't involve endangering a ps2 first.

If you are confident in your knowledge and skills then its simple. The power supply is the circuit next to the power transformer. Find a dc voltage (probably a pretty low one). Figure out how much voltage the led drops (build a test circuit is best, but its on the data sheet) and the use ohm's law to find a good current limiting resistor. draw as little current as possible because neither you nor i know what the current ratings of the sections you want to mess with are.

If you want to use a control signal to power the led (like a disk read light or something), you'll have to estimate where the signal might be (if you want a cd read light, that signal probably comes off the cd player somewhere), and then look up the IC's in the area that seem like good candidates to be generating/buffering the signal you want. Data sheets for many IC's are readily available on the internet, google whatever numbers, companies, etc you read on the little things. Find the pinouts to isolate the pin you want, and check to see how much current that pin can source (on the data sheet).

verfiy everything with a volt meter and start with a limiting resistor thats too high, cause thats way better than too low. If almost all of this isn't immediately intuitive, read more books, work some led/ohm's law problems, practice soldering and mess with some old toys you don't care about first. and when working with something thats plugged in, its a good idea to keep one hand in your back pocket and wear rubber soled shoes so that you don't become the circuit yourself.

thats my advise. I like giving information, but really, you could burn out your ps2. and, although the powersupply is the easiest thing to fix, its still expensive to get someone to fix it, and you can't be sure the power supply is what you will brake

[monster356]

i have 2 ps2s(one i got for free, cuz the owner thought it was broken, it only needed a good cleaning) so i am willing to break one.

okay, seeing how I don't know voltage, current, ect. too well, i'll mess with some other things i have first, before attemping to mess with my ps2


Thanks,
Monster356