Author Topic: led in ps2 memory card (Read 13612 times)

mick · « **on:** August 05, 2007, 05:33:09 AM »

I was sure that in memory I somewhere could put led and began the efforts in order to him I put. It’s also a good idea to use a resistor. I used a 100 ohm resistor and the led still shines very brightly.

gbodiford · « **Reply #1 on:** August 05, 2007, 04:07:23 PM »

nice touch man, good job

Knuckles1596 · « **Reply #2 on:** August 17, 2007, 05:14:45 PM »

PspKicks316 · « **Reply #3 on:** August 17, 2007, 05:47:19 PM »

tut: look at his second pic.+ is the leds on the right side he used.- is the led on the left side he used. done.wire up led and test!
sorry to steal it tho dude -.-

Knuckles1596 · « **Reply #4 on:** August 17, 2007, 09:54:49 PM »

i tried it today, dindt work, (well i dint have a resistor so oh well, but i finished (and started right after the mem card) my ps2 controller LED mod, so im happy nyways

PspKicks316 · « **Reply #5 on:** August 18, 2007, 08:15:25 AM »

if theres no resistor then your led burned out thats why it doesnt work.you need a new led now =p

mick · « **Reply #6 on:** August 21, 2007, 06:25:45 AM »

This is tutorial

kink192 · « **Reply #7 on:** August 22, 2007, 07:45:09 PM »

well wouldnt the led flash first and then die? thats what happened with the one i used without a resistor.are you sure you just didnt have the leads on the wrong pins?

mick · « **Reply #8 on:** August 23, 2007, 04:15:12 AM »

Try soldering where point 4 and 5.

LoyalistRevolt · « **Reply #9 on:** August 26, 2007, 11:55:08 AM »

Why did you need a resistor?

MattZani · « **Reply #10 on:** August 26, 2007, 12:11:56 PM »

does this flash when there is activity? if it does i suppose it could prevent corruption of data.

Enslaved_pickle · « **Reply #11 on:** August 26, 2007, 05:05:57 PM »

I tried this too

the green one has a 1k resistor and the red one doesn't have one at all, I noticed that with the red memory card there is a message that pops up once in a while that says " new memory card detected in slot 2 would you like to load"...etc. I'm guessing that the led is pulling a little to much power without a resistor, its a different voltage than the green one though, I think its around 5v..?
So put one on to save the memory card, even if the led doesn't need it

LoyalistRevolt · « **Reply #12 on:** August 26, 2007, 08:09:03 PM »

So the resistor give it extra power?

Enslaved_pickle · « **Reply #13 on:** August 26, 2007, 09:18:19 PM »

A resistor stops a certain amount of current from passing through them, think of them like a damn for electricity.

You add them to leds because without them there would be to much current flowing though the led and it would burn out.

wiierd · « **Reply #14 on:** September 05, 2007, 05:37:23 PM »

that looks really nice guys good job

ryan0 · « **Reply #15 on:** October 16, 2007, 10:03:06 AM »

u shouldnt put as much solder on the gold pins,what hapens in the excess solder pushes down the pins in the mc slot and then only that mc will work because if u put in a different one the pins don't touch,thats what happened to my m8's ps2 so be careful

edhel · « **Reply #16 on:** October 22, 2007, 08:33:48 AM »

good job man well done

ryan0 · « **Reply #17 on:** October 23, 2007, 02:49:49 PM »

oh yeah wen i do this mod my mc doesnt work as an mc anymore,basically just a fancy ornament,oh well...it looked cool

mick · « **Reply #18 on:** November 04, 2007, 01:06:26 AM »

Thanks guys!!

TheG4mer · « **Reply #19 on:** November 18, 2007, 09:57:14 AM »

nice. but igot a copy of gta san an 90% comlpete, never opening mine

lol

ibrahim · « **Reply #20 on:** November 19, 2007, 02:36:41 PM »

very good idea keep it up

mick · « **Reply #21 on:** December 02, 2007, 02:38:15 AM »

Thanks

Dun_it_right · « **Reply #22 on:** December 23, 2007, 01:57:00 PM »

So has anyone figured out if you can do this and it still saves data?

If so can I get a link?

seikene · « **Reply #23 on:** December 26, 2007, 10:33:58 PM »

No link, but I know it does, I've done this to about 3 memory cards. As long as you do it right, and don't scratch the actual board itself (which I did on one and lost my FF9 and CTR save on ps1) then you're fine. The connection effects the power used with an LED but doesn't mess with your memory. BTW I did it to 2 Ps2 memory cards and 2 Ps1 memory cards of which one of those worked.

Edit- Added me pictures

, hope I didn't bump this since I know it hasn't been talked about in a while, but someone will see it :P

edhel: images resized for more friendly viewing

- also dont worry, you're not necro posting

Chipsoft · « **Reply #24 on:** January 14, 2008, 09:38:54 AM »

I added kinda led that lights perfect on 3 volt,
does it needs a resistor to?

I'm a big noob in modding

Siggen · « **Reply #25 on:** January 14, 2008, 01:39:51 PM »

Quote from: Enslaved_pickle on August 26, 2007, 09:18:19 PM

A resistor stops a certain amount of current from passing through them, think of them like a damn for electricity.

You add them to leds because without them there would be to much current flowing though the led and it would burn out.

the current is always the same in a series circuit. but it does load of some voltage from the led, thus making the resistor share some effect.

i have not read this article, but i guess it should clear up something... LINK

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Author Topic: led in ps2 memory card (Read 13612 times)

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