do i need to reaplce the fuse?

[spanky192]

there was something wrong with my power ribbon cable and it caused my ps2 to turn on and off very rapidly and eventually it just stopped working. I replaced both the power supply and the power ribbon cable but my ps2 still doesnt power on. the red light on the reset button doesnt even turn on. do i need to replace the mainboard fuse? how can i tell what needs to be fixed?

[spagboll]

Thing is mate that there is in fact LOADS of fuses on the PS2 mainboard. They look like little black cubes, about 4x4mm's in size and usually have a marking on them like 30 or 50.

You'll need to meter then with a Ohm meter to see which one ( if any ) is/are blown. To replace them you'll need to de-solder the blown one and solder in a new one of the correct value.

Mike.