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RichieRichJP · 09-12-2004, 01:38 PM

I was wondering if anyone has installed any consoles in their car? I have a chipped PS2 which I had paid $400 for (a year ago) and always thought about doing this. My main concern was I heard that most people end up frying their PS2 because of voltage problems. I'd like to know if anyone knows of this problem or something similar before I do end up installing it.

jeremy89 · 09-12-2004, 01:53 PM

WAIT WAIT WIAT you paid 400 bucks for a ps2

jeremy89 · 09-12-2004, 01:54 PM

Yo dude i would try this if u dont wanna fry your ps2 if you can look around and find a cheap one i have 2 ps2's and im gonna use my old one ( it used to not read discs)......... yo look for someone with a ps2 that has Disk Read Errors or CannoT read Disk look for people with those problems and i can give you a website on how to fix it

Lo_Wang · 09-12-2004, 03:35 PM

whut 400 holy shit,

RichieRichJP · 09-12-2004, 03:45 PM

Oh my bad, my Ps2 is modded to where it plays all DVD's, all region games

jeremy89 · 09-12-2004, 03:51 PM

o okay gotcha

The Wolf · 09-12-2004, 09:06 PM

If you want to hook up a PS2 in your car, I'd get a power inverter from Radio Shack or someplace similar.

RichieRichJP · 09-13-2004, 02:28 AM

Yes, someone told me that. But apparently they still had problems. I dont know how much of a risk I would be running doing all this, thats why I want to know if anyone has done this

***2wickedtoyz*** · 09-13-2004, 07:17 AM

make sure it's not a cheap power inverter. 700watts is a good start.

WortownSolara · 09-13-2004, 09:05 AM

honestly Ps2's dont last very long in a vehicle. The hard drive just cant take any serious bouncing around. I cant tell you how many we have put in customers cars to find out 3-4 months later they are dead. I find that XBOX's tend to last ALOT longer. And modding them is easier

RichieRichJP · 09-13-2004, 10:47 AM

Thanks for the info WortownSolara. Thats kind of what I wanted to know!

Ruffrydasean · 09-13-2004, 10:56 AM

Possibly because the Xbox can't bounce around because it weighs as much as the car

Tommy · 09-13-2004, 11:53 AM

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Originally posted by WortownSolara
honestly Ps2's dont last very long in a vehicle. The hard drive just cant take any serious bouncing around. I cant tell you how many we have put in customers cars to find out 3-4 months later they are dead. I find that XBOX's tend to last ALOT longer. And modding them is easier

PS2's dont have harddrives, Xbox's do...

there is a ps2 harddrive, but its to beable to play a MMORPG game...ONLINE. i dont think your car has a cable modem.

RichieRichJP · 09-13-2004, 12:29 PM

You can download store them on your hard drive, I dont know how cuz i dont have a HDD

jeremy89 · 09-14-2004, 07:44 AM

I have the HDD it was about 100 bucks with FF10 it has 40 GB its nice it makes the ps2 ALOT HEAVier to me using a xbox would be cool but I GOT 2 ps2s

so i can just use one of them