NORbyter

Went to play my PS2 after it sitting for 7+ years and games no longer work, but it worked last time I used it.

It plays DVDs, and CDs, but no DVD games. Games confirmed working/readable in a different PS2.

I've replaced all the electrolytic capacitors on the motherboard and power supply. The only crummy looking ones were the pair next to the USB sockets.

RTC battery is still happy, and time only drifted ~15 minutes over the 7 years.

Eye diagram on the oscilloscope looks good for DVDs, and a tad clippy for CDs. I haven't adjust the potentiometer yet since it reads DVDs and CDs perfectly fine.

This leads me to believe there is some weird lockout happening that I am unfamiliar with

So traditionally I've used 5gal buckets and they've always been fine for growing peppers.

This year I noticed 3 out of 4 plants yellowing after about a month in the buckets. The plant that didn't yellow gets more shade.

I'm not sure if it's a heat issue for the roots or the roots being too wet. Nutrients shouldn't be the issue as I've used the same regime as always.

Are grow bags the way to go? I feel like they'd dry out so quickly.

Yeah, there isn't 2-day shipping anymore and it doesn't look like it's going to change anytime soon. All my orders have taken 7-9 days recently. It's a staffing issue at the warehouses and such which are local to us. If you do a little research, there's multiple reasons why they have issues, and it won't be fixed anytime soon.

If you are about to renew Prime for another year, consider stopping it and do a monthly basis. If you renew your year you will not get a refund. I learned the hard way. Just passing this along to help others who are soon to renew their 1 year contract. Cheers.