Post by Bones on Sept 21, 2020 14:50:43 GMT -5
For whatever work you've done, ideas you have and mods you've performed.
I did a mod to a PS2 Slim that was obtained at the local Gamestop, was a unit a customer brought in and they just wanted to get rid of it because it didn't work.
Had a ton of games but nearly all were scratched to hell and back. The store only bought a few of them, the rest were more or less tossed and since the unit itself didn't work they were going to toss it as well.
I did a mod to a PS2 Slim that was obtained at the local Gamestop, was a unit a customer brought in and they just wanted to get rid of it because it didn't work.
Had a ton of games but nearly all were scratched to hell and back. The store only bought a few of them, the rest were more or less tossed and since the unit itself didn't work they were going to toss it as well.
No controllers, power brick or anything else with it either to test the unit but there was obvious damage, namely the laser's ribbon cable was ripped in half.
After the customer left I asked them what they were going to do with it - They said probrably just toss it.
I said I wanted it to tinker with - And so they just gave it to me.
Ordered a replacement ribbon cable and once that arrived I replaced the cable and did some research.
The ribbon cable had to be the culprit for all the scratched disks they had because the adhesive that would hold it down away from the disks had given up letting the bow in the cable rise up and rub against the disks.... And eventually led to the cable itself getting ripped in half.
I secured the cable in place and took extra measures to ensure it doesn't come up again.
I also discovered the unit's CMOS battery was dead as in DEAD - Not a big deal except it's one of the CR 2032 batteries with the little pigtail made to it. Not too easy to find and expensive on top of that, at least twice the price of a standard CR2032 battery.
I also discovered the unit's CMOS battery was dead as in DEAD - Not a big deal except it's one of the CR 2032 batteries with the little pigtail made to it. Not too easy to find and expensive on top of that, at least twice the price of a standard CR2032 battery.
So..... Took advantage of the dead boards I've got here.
Desoldered a battery cell holder from a dead DFI board and made it happen. A few touches of soldering with heatshrink tubing, some sillycon to hold wires in place and making a slight notch in the cover plate for the wiring later it's in place and working.
The mod is permenant yet reversible if that's ever in need of doing.
The mod is permenant yet reversible if that's ever in need of doing.
