On my PS2 thin the red standby light is on and I push the button to turn it on, the light turns green like usual, but only for a second and then the light completely shuts off as if it was unpluged, after about two seconds of that the red standby light comes back on. Is it the power cord?

This is one of three things. Unfortunately, it's difficult to determine which, unless you start replacing parts.

1. Bad switch. The switch doesn't usually go bad by itself, has the PS2 been dropped? Bumped? Anyone push the switch too hard? It's held in by solder on all 4 corners. If the solder becomes dislodged, the switch can fail.

2. Bad cable. This is rare unless someone opened the PS2 and removed/installed the cable a few times and frayed the internal wires.

3. Bad motherboard. Sometimes a power problem can develop, or the motherboard can short out. It's pretty rare, but I have seen it happen.

4. Bad AC adapter. Recent power surge? It's possible that the AC adapter is delivering enough voltage to power the standby light, but not enough to power the actual system on. You can easily check this by plugged your PS2 up on someone else's AC adapter or taking your AC adapter to someone else's PS2.

You can find parts at the following page:

http://store.richspsxparts.com/ve12s.html

try this:

1) turn off the PS2
2) unplug the PS2 and wait a couple minutes before plugging back in.
3) turn on PS2

hope this helps :D

try holding the button wen its at standby for about 3 seconds..it should stay green after that..mine did that for a while too but then i held it for a while n it workd

Is this for a ps2 or ps3?

Faulty button, fuse. Try a new power cable, if that doesnt work then it will need a new on/off switch.

Hi

Your PS2 is probably experiencing a short circuit on the motherboard or the Emotion Engine is burned up. Sometimes the fan goes dead and the PS2 overheats and shuts down showing the red light. You can open the PS2 and clean up the motherboard and maybe it will recover.

check to make sure your power cable is securely in, and check for any damage in the cable

usually, there is a problem with a ribbon cable of power/reset switch. Try using a replacement ribbon of the same type.

It's either a faulty power-pack (the boxy thing that is between the unit and the wall) or it's in the unit itself. If you know someone else who has one see if you can borrow their power-pack and try your unit on it. If the problem persists with the other AC unit then it is on the motherboard and will be likely unrepairable.

Check C258 video assy.