Renovation play station

Transcript

00:00The first thing I want to do is tear down this console so that we can install some mods in it.

00:03Once I had the main shell off, I started removing all the stuff we're going to be replacing.

00:07The disk drive was my first casualty.

00:09Next was this loud dying fan.

00:12And then the last thing was the original power supply.

00:21Using ice purple alcohol, I cleaned off the remnants of the original thermal pads

00:25and then scrubbed away 23 years of dirt and grime.

00:28I also took this opportunity to replace this long since dead clock battery.

00:32Then I cut some replacement thermal pads that are made out of a much more efficient material.

00:39Continuing right along with our theme of cooling upgrades,

00:42I grabbed this 60mm Noctua fan to replace the original.

00:51By chopping off the original barrel plug connector and then replacing it with this trigger board,

00:55we can power the PS2 with a USB-C cable.

00:59This is basically an HDMI mod.

01:01It takes the image signal coming off the PS2 and makes it available for output via HDMI,

01:06which is really handy if you want to connect the PS2 to a more modern display.

01:25The midframe from the PS2 has a whole bunch of mounting tabs for the original case,

01:46so by zipping those off with an angle grinder,

01:48I was able to save space and make room for some of the new cable runs.

01:56So even though all of these parts would have fit back inside the original case,

02:09I wanted to give the PS2 a facelift for 2023.

02:13So over the course of the next few days, I meticulously measured mounting points,

02:17components, and ports to create a 3D model of a brand new case for it.

02:55I am not a fan of corded controllers, so I went and picked up this wireless adapter from 8BitDo.

03:06And the fun thing about this is that it allows you to run first-party Sony controllers with your PS2.

03:13And yeah, I know what you're thinking.

03:14Sony never made a wireless controller for the PS2, but they did for the PS3, PS4, and PS5.

03:20So this allows you to use one of these with the PS2.