[quote name='oper00']I hope this question fits here. I just replaced my old ps2 with a slim one and set it up and tested it out and everything. The new buttons and disc tray were a little weird to get used to, but I liked the slimmed version alot.
So then after I get done testing things out, I reach for the off switch in the back as I normally would when I realized "WTF, where's the off switch??" Then I had to pull out the manual and found out that there is
no off switch, you can only put it in standby mode. The manual says you can put it on standby mode, but to unplug it if not used for a long time.
Is a long time like a few days or a weeks?
Then one more thing. I was playing with my PS2 and after a couple hours, I noticed it got really hot fast. Er.. would this be considered normal? If that's the case, then my sleepless nights of RPG-ing will turn my PS2 into a molten slag. Because I realized that there's no cooling fan inside the console.
Anyone know if I'm worrying too much?[/quote]
I was kind of annoyed by this too, but they said it's normal and not to worry. I used to unplug and even COVER my old fat PS2s and every one had problems. So now, I leave the 50001 I swapped my slim PStwo for in standby mode(unless there's going to be a t-storm, then I at least shut it down via the power switch). Someone DID disassemble a slim and I think they SHOWED a small fan situated on the bottom most part of the system, but I never felt any warm air being pushed out of the system. That's why I swapped for a fat PS2, because I didn't like the warmness.
In Japan the silver slim had multiple problems with compatability with BOTH PS1 and PS2 games and in the US I've read reports of silver slims bricking within a month of being bought. So, I guess the DREs are the least of peoples worries anymore with the now slim PStwo. Hell, even my one buddy whose family has a silver slim has had problems with it not wanting to read ANY discs because the spindle won't spin them the first or second time starting it up. Just another problem to add to Sony's JunkBox 2.
Oh and Cheapy, would you consider adding the following link to YouTube for people wanting to clean their DRE PS2's laser. It's a video which SHOWS the steps being done and doesn't tell people to adjust the height of their laser as a FIRST step(which can lead to disc scratching if done improperly). I think it's well done and if I had a video cam, I could've probably made the same type of vid, since I've done this umpteen times myself.
Here's the link, I think it shows how to do it QUITE well:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jhof6WtePyM