I just got a System 256 off YAJ as is. It's Gundam on an HDD with an original memory card. Surprisingly with the HDD banging around in shipping, it boots just fine.
The only issue it seems is the sound volume is extremely low. I swapped it with my 246 to make sure it wasn't my cabinets/amps. I took a quick look at the mobo and there's no obvious signs of leakage, but there are some caps on the audio lines. I'm going to replace those first and see if anything changes.
Anyone else come across either low audio or some other bad cap situation with one of these? I did some searching but didn't find much. I did find some info about recapping PS2s though. Plus it's from that whole rohs shitty cap era, so it's worth a shot.
The only issue it seems is the sound volume is extremely low. I swapped it with my 246 to make sure it wasn't my cabinets/amps. I took a quick look at the mobo and there's no obvious signs of leakage, but there are some caps on the audio lines. I'm going to replace those first and see if anything changes.
Anyone else come across either low audio or some other bad cap situation with one of these? I did some searching but didn't find much. I did find some info about recapping PS2s though. Plus it's from that whole rohs shitty cap era, so it's worth a shot.
