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Retro tech? PS2 just came out like last year...

Alright, I'm gonna try using my brain and not look it up on Google. I feel like I've seen someone discuss years ago using the 7700x for a portabilizer project because it used a smaller board and drew less power. I don't remember if it's the model with an integrated PSU tho, so ... 20W?

External PSU for the slims, and while that's probably a ballpark number, it sounds a lot closer to what I'm observing than the power adapter would suggest.

I double checked to be sure, the 9000x line does have the internal PSU. I do wonder if they just overspeced the PSU in the 7700x line for some reason.

The label on my SCPH-77001 is DC 8.5V @ 5.3A = 45W I've never tested it directly however. :)

I know part of that is overhead for accessories (ex: USB) and controllers tho, plus the spin-up of the motor. I'm sure the steady-state of the console is quite a bit lower.

Off the top of my head, the PS2's USB ports are 500mA, and supposedly the controller/memcard board runs 3.5V/2A + 8V/0.7A (rumble). I don't know the disc drive's usage, but 8x 'laptop' DVD-RWs run about 5V/1.5A (PS2's 4x read-only, so likely less). Worst-case that's about 20W at full-bore.

I can confirm that this number is what the power adapter says, but I can also confirm that the console draws far less than that...

The external power supply is extremely efficient, in fact it is used in a lot of other consoles as a multi power adapter. I don't think you can use two PS2s with only one adapter, but it's close. Here's a video that goes in depth about it www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDQ4...