Playstation Mod

Daegon · Jan 4, 2003

I own a playstation (the origional kind) made may 2000 and i have this unstoppable urge to mod it... i have plans to cut out some of the metal casimg around the main board and add chipset coolers (passive like on mobo's) and cool the 3 main heat producers... any other ideas, or where can i find these heatsinks

incorporeal · Jan 4, 2003

they used to have replacement shells for the origonal PSX that were transparent blue, red and green etc....
you should try to track down one of those they were sweet

yanks111 · Jan 4, 2003

I would say to paint it some sweet color, maybe Chrome or a shiny black or red

and then paint some flames to match it

Also you could consider putting in a window so that you could see the disc spinning.

And don't forget to change the LED's, especialy that ugly green color led.

KfistoRok · Jan 4, 2003

Rip it out of its shell and pop it in your T-bird box.

Did you ever see the gamer box on the screen savors? They had a ton of consoles inside a pc case.

Not the same as having a PC and PS1 in one, but I just thought about it.

two_dope2000 · Jan 5, 2003

yeah, that was a ****ty mod. im thinking about cutting the big black X out of the top of my xbox and replacing with some lexan and two green cc's. but then i looked inside and all you can see is the top of the HDD and DVD, this calls for some drastic measures.

KfistoRok · Jan 5, 2003

Drastic is right.

lazerin · Jan 5, 2003

You can buy heatsinks from electronics stores. These sinks are designed to be used on electrical components etc and vary in size from pretty small to fairly large.

spoken81 · Jan 7, 2003

Why not just do the baseball bat mod, or car tire mod, and get yourself a playstation 2 or better yet XBOX, Whick kills playstation 2.

SpyderMatrix · Jan 7, 2003

spoken81 said:
Why not just do the baseball bat mod, or car tire mod, and get yourself a playstation 2 or better yet XBOX, Whick kills playstation 2.

im sorry i have to disagree PS2 Whomps XBox as it may be faster but the games suck compared to the well established game line up of the PS2 so u do the math

UnWishedLegacy · Jan 7, 2003

you could always BUY

a PS2, gut the old one and try to a better job than THIS guy did.

Then you could get hold of a PlayStation emulator and C'est Voila- a PC&PSx in the original casing

Turando · Jan 8, 2003

i have a ps2 case here, probably in for a mod sooner or later

Cheers, Turando

UnWishedLegacy · Jan 8, 2003

if you decide you don't want to- sling it over my way, the postage wont be much for overland UK and then I can practice on the old chassis before messing with my beloved PS2 then.

Only kidding- you go for it.

What do you have planned for it- just a mini-ITX mod or something a bit more special?

Turando · Jan 8, 2003

well. i have allready water cooled a ps2, i guess sub zero could be done. maybe re modeling a clear plexi case. lots of things can be done, just gotta get round to doing em

Cheers, Turando

UnWishedLegacy · Jan 8, 2003

I think I remember you saying something like that- (or someone anyway), I thought you were gonna post some pics on it?
Good luck on your Mods- :beer:

T.Toy

Daegon · Jan 8, 2003

my plans for it are actually pretty lackluster. I want to replace the power LED with a blue one, and put a window in the top, once i get around to measuring the top cd flippy upy dealie. And pop some fans on the sides, cut out parts of the metal protecting cover, and place heatisnks on the hot chips... not too interesting, but if i can find the spare time i can paint it.

UnWishedLegacy · Jan 8, 2003

Doesnt sound that lame- the LED is a simple enough job- just put a hot soldering iron on the current terminals, lose the old green LED and replace with blue- solder over the top.

The lid- all you need to do is drawround a CD or whatever shape you want it (round would be better- stay about 1cm from the edge of the lid), dremmel the hole- place a THIN sheet of plexi inside, maybe edge with some trim (but leave clearence for spinning CD's).

As for the fans & removing the metal plates- I havnt got any idea how to do it, but you would need some damn small & thin fans.

Daegon · Jan 8, 2003

actually the fans shouldn't be any problem at all
the i'd cut out 40mm squares in the fins on the sides that allow for air flow through the case and replace them with 4 40mm fans, there's more then enough clearance on the inside to mount them, i'd probably use superglue to hold them in though, mounting would be a bit*h. Its not a lot of air but its enough to move the air around so the heatsinks can breathe.
i'll rip it apart and post pics for you so you can see it in the process.

crazy thought: is there any way to 'overclock' the psx? does it run on a clocked mhz system? i know nothing about how gaming systems work, but i'm sure somebody does. Pics are on the way... gotta eat.

Daegon · Jan 18, 2003

UPDATE!!!
i took the psx apart and took pictures with my quickcam... pardon the horrible quality, but you get the idea...
PSX opened
CD reader and power supply
case with all removed but circut board
so you can see the insides (sorta) now. In the last pic the three largest chips are the main heat producers. Haven't actually modded yet, but i did remove the metal guard that is (not pictured) under the main board.
more pics will come, once i mod and find a good camera.

Wolfe · Jan 19, 2003

Hey, I ACTUALLY did something to my Play Station. I just put a window in the top, but this was before i really learned about the whole modding scene. It works great, and looks a hell of a lot better than it did before

By the way, before you gut the lid, pry the little play station icon out of the lid. it is really a 3-D sticker, and not molded into the lid. Use it in your mod!

Fushyuguru · Jan 19, 2003

T.Toy said:
you could always BUY a PS2, gut the old one and try to a better job than THIS guy did.

Oh God thats just painfull.

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