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#1 2007-07-20 1:08 am
- MrJ in OZ
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Playstation (PS2) problems (volts and watts).
All right, I just got back from holiday. I went to Japan and USA.
I actually bought a used PS2 in the US cause it was really cheap and I brought it back here to Australia. I already know I will have to use US region games and that’s fine but the problem now is that The PS@ wont turn on here. I know its in perfect working order, but the voltage or wattage difference doesn’t allow it to power on.
In Australia, we use about 240Volts, where in the US it is about 120Volts. I also see that the PS@ uses 60Htz and 79watts.
What do I do? I already bought a conversion Travel step-down transformer to try and fix the problem.
One more thing, I stupidly plugged the PS2 in here at 240 volts just to see if it world work when I got back home from holiday. Perhaps I fried something.
Can anyone help? 
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#2 2007-07-20 1:24 am
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Re: Playstation (PS2) problems (volts and watts).
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#3 2007-07-20 1:56 am
- MrJ in OZ
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Re: Playstation (PS2) problems (volts and watts).
I do no. I think this is more of an issue to cater for regional infrastucture technologies. I used it in japan with no problems, but I think either I fried the fuse or something or i need the appropriote voltage, wattage and hertz.
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#4 2007-07-20 2:15 am
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Re: Playstation (PS2) problems (volts and watts).
MrJ in OZ wrote:
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One more thing, I stupidly plugged the PS2 in here at 240 volts just to see if it world work when I got back home from holiday. Perhaps I fried something.
If you're lucky it's just a fuse, circuit breaker or the like. I'm not familiar with the PS3's innards so can't offer much more. You should look around and see what you can find on those lines, tho; it might be user-replaceable or easily reset if the unit isn't damaged.
Is Oz on 50Hz AC? That's something a simple tranformer won't alter from 60, tho a more elaborate adapter could.
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#5 2007-07-20 4:21 pm
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Re: Playstation (PS2) problems (volts and watts).
You might send for a new Brick (power supply) that can feed the proper DC voltage and current to the PS2 given the Voltage and Hertz of Oz. You Might also have a reputable fix it type person give it a once over, just in case the brick did something funky and fed the full AC voltage to the actual Play station ( a Bad Thing)
(edited for word choice)
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#6 2007-07-22 1:56 am
- MrJ in OZ
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Re: Playstation (PS2) problems (volts and watts).
Man, this has just become one big hassle.
first off, the voltage and amps are different
the games and DVDs are regional,
the Television systems are different which would only show up as black and white.
and the choice of games in Australia and America are limited, where as Japan has a gazillion more. 
MAn this sux. Looks like im just going to have to suck it up and buy an Australian PS2. I guess Ill need a MOD chip put in it cause I may be moving to Japan, Canada or America in the next 2 years. WTF! 
Will I be able to put the MOD chip in myself or will I need a professional to do it?
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#7 2007-07-22 5:36 pm
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Re: Playstation (PS2) problems (volts and watts).
MrJ in OZ wrote:
Man, this has just become one big hassle.
first off, the voltage and amps are different
the games and DVDs are regional,
the Television systems are different which would only show up as black and white.
and the choice of games in Australia and America are limited, where as Japan has a gazillion more.
MAn this sux. Looks like im just going to have to suck it up and buy an Australian PS2. I guess Ill need a MOD chip put in it cause I may be moving to Japan, Canada or America in the next 2 years. WTF!
Will I be able to put the MOD chip in myself or will I need a professional to do it?
Uh, I thought that Japan used the same format as America.
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#8 2007-07-23 3:17 am
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Re: Playstation (PS2) problems (volts and watts).
No. That's why there's an NTSC-J standard.
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