One of the best disassembly (and most importantly, reassembly) tutorials I've ever seen. These PS2s can be pretty daunting at first, but I never felt lost. 👌

This saved my PS2 and my sanity... was following another video which was fine until reassembly. I assume they got bored with the process as there was hardly any voice over, the jump cuts skipped over steps (particularly reinserting ribbons and screws). I literally could not understand what they were doing, despite having just took mine to pieces. Tried a couple of others and hit the same problem, or that they owned some obscure variant model that bears no resemblance to mine. Just the fact you took the time to point out things like which screws are brass, and explicitly said what you were doing as you did it ("flip the console over", "now put the shield back") made a huge difference - the latter point means I could actually look at my PS2 instead of having to keep my eyes glued to the screen and keep pausing. As I've got older I've started to appreciate the saying "If you're going to do something, do it properly" - this is how tear down videos should be done. I've now got my original console up and running after cleaning everything, including the laser lens. It looks brand new and having as much fun playing on it as when I first bought it back in 2001. You're a legend, cheers!

You're a godsend. I just cleaned up a PS2 I'm about to sell on ebay, and I don't think I could have done it without you. Thanks!

Other than that ribbon bit at the very end having your hands in front of the camera (I had to keep clicking back to the beginning of that step a solid six times), this was a spectacular guide. I'm only complaining because this took me a wHILE-- I'm not necessarily great with these things, so this took me a few hours. Admittedly *that* is because I had to dust out just...CLUMPS of dust matter, air it, scratch the fan so it went from brown back to black...all that fun stuff. TL;DR, my back says ow, but my heart says thank you. It's time to see if I didn't fail miserably...see if my games work on it again. Fingers crossed! Thank you soooooooooooooo so much.

Dunno if you’re still on here but really appreciate the vid. Had to do some repairs on mine and really needed to tear it down for a good clean

Thanks a lot bro, I just replaced the battery on my PS2 FAT series 50000, I followed your video completely. Reconnecting the disc drive was a pain because I didn't take it apart. But in the end everything turned out fine.

Thank you for this vid ik how to take any ps console apart I just forgot where to put the long screws this is the only vid that explains it in depth I take all my console apart to deep clean cause to much dust makes any console sound like a fighter jet lol

Gotta give a like. Needed this to find where that leftover screw was supposed to go, lol. Thanks!

Thanks for this, I did one years ago but forgot the process. Very detailed and thorough. It can’t have been cheap for Sony to make these being so complex to assemble. And the placement of that battery underneath everything…joys.

I got truck at the part where you put the power button in but watching this saved the ps2 😅

Manage to snap the ribbon cable from the motherboard to the start and eject buttons while doing maintenance to the disc tray and laser. Was able to disassemble the ps2 further and replace the cable with the help of your video. Thank you!

Took one of the ps2 I randomly found in my garage to fix a ps4… it worked 😮😂😅

Excellent tutorial bro ! Super easy. Today I replaced the battery of my SCHP 39001 fat model and slim ! Nov 25th. 2023. Thanks again !

be warned those cheap ribbon cables Sony uses breaks just use a flex cable problem solved

I just want to replace the internal clock battery but this is a nightmare and i’m not new at disassembling consoles

What a pain to just change a CMOS battery lol Thanks for the video !

Thanks man, I managed to replace the battery in mine thanks to your video. It's not hard, just a lot of disassembly for something so simple as swapping a coin cell. To be fair though - 15 years in between changes is a long time ;)

Very nice job with the tutorial. I was able to disassemble and reassemble my PS2 with no issues. Very clear and easy to follow.

Thank you so much, I learned how disassembled my ps2 with your method! I broke some pieces of plastic but it's ok, my ps2 works! PD: It was my first time doing this, and spend around 7 hours haha, muchas gracias saludos desde Mexico!

Thank you so much. Was able to easily disassemble and reassemble my old ps2 thanks to your video.

Need to replace the CMOS battery on my FAT PS2. This video will be a nice guide to help me reassemble it I after get down to the motherboard to replace the battery. Thanks!!

5:03 Took me 3 different teardown videos to find where this screw went, thanks bro

Appreciate the vid! A ribbon end snapped on mine and your vid helped me diagnose it. Ordered the new ribbon with your link 👍

thank you so much for this guide!! i was thankfully able to salvage my older brother's ps2, as I'm getting him a copy of guitar hero for his birthday !!! (we're suckers for nostalgia lol) thank you again !!!

Recently my fat PS2 console had about 3 problems, the CMOS battery died, the disc tray was opening slower and the inside of my console was very dusty inside. I took apart my PS2 console and it took me about 5 days to disassemble it all the way just so I could replace that annoying CMOS battery with a new one, I also dusted the circuit board with a soft worker paint brush, Q tip and the fan and then when I put it back together, my disc tray got stuck and wouldn't open and then I had to take it apart the second time when I fixed it I forgot to connect the laser reader ribbon cable so I had to take it apart the third time and then when I finally put it back together, my disc tray worked, the spinning orb animation and clock and date worked and it read my PS1 game. That was a very intense repair job I've ever done and my first one I ever took apart because it's getting harder to find PS2 consoles. I hope the Sony Playstation company will decide to reissue the PS2 slim consoles so we can play the older PS1 and PS2 and DVD and CD discs and even bring back PS1 and PS2 disc games which I hope happens soon.

This is exactly what I needed! I had some terrible graphical issues and couldn't run any games. Thanks to you I opened the PS2 up and cleaned it inside (it really needed that) and now it works perfectly fine (and loud). Much love ❤

This explains the PS2 needs an ALL Digital makeover without all the fuss and hassle showing why the All Digital PlayStation console rules forever.

Why tf did someone dislike this?? This is the most detailed process I’ve seen 😤

Reminder to myself: I'm at 16:47 in the video.

Thanks for the guide. Helped me quite a lot while replacing the battery.

You quite literally saved my ass. Thanks for the highly detailed video.

Great guide! Was able to disassemble, clean and replace the battery in my PS2 with this video. Most videos do not cover the reasembly so that was very helpful. Some notable later model changes: There are variations in the disc drive (more difficult to remove the tray), orientation of the power supply is flipped and the power/eject ribbon cable is attached to the motherboard instead of the top shell. Easy to workaround though. Thanks!

Worked for me so thank you so much. Yesterday i got a fattie for 5€ and it came full of dust, with your video i took it apart and cleaned it to the very last bolt thanks!

for anyone like me who was confused when he didn't reattach the laser cable around 19:00, he reattaches it at 22:54 so just keep watching :p

Great Tutorial, Helped me with replacing the cmos battery

I just attempted this but the power/eject ribbon cable didn't have the blue tab on it so when I removed it so I couldn't get it back in to reassemble it lol. Not sure if the tab flew off somewhere or if certain models just didn't have it? All the other cables had it so I'm not sure. It's a SCPH-30001 R model.

I cried like ten times when i reassembly IT 😮

Omg that is a great guide. I'm still nervous about doing my ps2.

A trick you can doo too stop the disc tray from vibrating and shaking when it comes out is to flip the console upside down open the tray on the underside of the disc tray you’ll see plastic teeth you wanna grease that area just little bit of grease of the teeth and work the disc tray in and out it will silent the noise it makes when you eject it and it won’t vibrate and shake anymore

Thanks for the video man, very clear. Funny shit is that mine 39001 only was opened back when my dad bought it and send it to a shop for modding it with a Matrix chip and now, opening this dusty fucker after all this years, I see there's something like 4 or 5 screws missing. But whatever, cheers!

Thank you so much. I couldn't get mine back together until I watched your video. It still won't read my discs but I didn't touch the lenses. So that's probably my fault. Thanks again.

Awesome video, super great every little detail 🤘😎

Really good guide! Was good to see this so in depth and saved me when I was reassembling it. Managed to snag a PS2 with memory card, original remote and controller for $20 AUD but it was covered in ciggy soot.

Worth a sub m8 ,very good video now I know how to attach that pesky cable to the laser.

concise and complete walkthrough! thanks!

thx, now I cleaned my new old PS2 :)

Thanks bro for this 🙏

Great video. could they have put that cmos battery in any worse of a place 😂

Thank you, bro ! Amazing tutorial 💪🏿

Thank u this was real helpfull

Thanks for this easy tutorial...like your video

Wonder if thermal paste would be good on the heatsink and chips?

Nice tutorial! Thanks!!! Greetings from Germany.

Mine wasn't like this at all. My middle piece is plastic and thus didn't have the plastic tray for the power supply, also my ribbon cable placement was different.

Thank you!!! Helped me a Lot!!!

Very good my friend, well explained clear and easy to follow video. Liked and subscribed

lol i love that im someone that mods these things, and still needs a tutorial for putting the damned thing back together. the ribbon cables are a hell of a problem lol. one bit of feedback, please if you do videos now, make sure to record the screwing in too lol. PS2 and other consoles have different size screws that go into specific holes, film that for the tutorial lol

Thank you so much bro. Finally got my battery replaced

Still can’t get this ribbon cable on here right

Great video. Thanks brother!

I can’t get the ripping cable out, I dunno where you flick it up to get it out 😩

thank you so much

How can I replug in the orange cable for the disc drive beacuse I accidentally unpluged it😢

Great video I broke my ps2 though I should have stopped going when you recommended. When I put it back together I was getting a green light when turning the power switch on instead of red took it apart again and I thought it was the ribbon cable that broke cause the blue thing fell of but just tried replacing it and it’s still n to powering on at all.

Location of screws, amount of cables, etc are gonna vary based on year model of PS2. Mine is older than this one and there are some things that are significantly different. Also I’m experiencing a nightmare trying to plug the ribbon cable back onto the disc laser. Somehow I bent the end of the cable and it doesn’t wanna go back in at all. Guess this ps2 is going in the trash

Thank you you for doing this video;)

i accidentally ripped off the fan connector while cleaning it, tried to solder it back onto the motheboard but i just messed it up even more.. now im using the fan with usb but it looks kinda ass ngl. Wanted to solder it to the board or find a better solution can someone help?

My friend gave me his old fat ps2 that had graphics problems, and I used this video as instructions to see if I could take it apart to fix it. Video was very helpful, unfortunately the Motherboard looked like it was bought yesterday and I could not find out why the GPU was malfunctioning. Oh well, it was a nice relaxing Tuesday taking apart a PS2 and putting it back together.

I’m having trouble putting the controller port back on

I am not sure, but I believe that you can remove the metal plate of the motherboard before remove the DVD unit. Then you can easily disconnect all ribbon cables from the DVD, so you dont have to open the DVD in order to reconnect the ribbon cable from laser unit.

Jesus this is a nightmare! I'm losing my mind trying to reassemble my old ps2 but the f#cker just doesn't work anymore (it doesn't help that I have a learning disability so this is extra hard for me) All I wanted was to change the clock battery and now my 22 year old ps2 doesn't work, it worked perfectly before that, only issue was the clock battery. I wish I had never tried to change the stupid clock battery 😭🙄 this would be easier without those annoying ribbons....

Thank you!!

What does the ribbon cable to because I bought my ps2 off eBay years ago and I’m just now finding out it never had a ribbon cable

I need to replace the clock battery ... can already tell it's going to be a pain in the ...

Very useful, thanks

Reassembly a fat ps2 is not a job for beginner

Hey. I need help regarding my PS2. I m facing this problem for the first time. It was working pretty well last month. I will list all problems. If there's any question regarding then please ask. Here's what issues I started facing: 1. There is no display. When I connect the PS2 and turn on the power button from the back. The reset button shows the red light. I then click on it and then the Green and Blue lights turn on. The fan at the back starts working. The disc tray is also working, but there is no display. 2. After clicking on reset multiple times it then starts to display but the start-up music is out of order. The sound gets hanged. The controller is working (i can enter to and go back from browser and system configuration ). If I click on the reset button again then there won't be any display again. Same issue. And if it displays (after resetting many times) and then when I insert any CD. Loading gets hanged, and if the game works out of the blue moon then there is no sound. Would be happy for the reply. Thanks.

How would u reattach the controller ports ribbon cable?.. mine had slipped out one day from the base of the cable and I have no idea how to reattach it

Thanks a lot, I hope you have a great day

When I recently reassembled my PS2 I forgot to put back the platic thing shown at 21:46, do I have to worry about something?

there was 14 revisions of the playstation 2

18:43 Shouldn't you reattach that ribbon back to the disk drive first?

I have SCPH-30001. Small magnet and plastic C/L flap fell out. Do you know where either goes?

Do u think I can replace my 39001 power supply with one of these cheap ones found on eBay? (they claim to fit models 3000x up to 3900x). My console makes a weird buzzling noise everytime I power it on tough

Hello What is the power supply output in amperes ZSSR094ZA how many amps

Does anyone know the name for the cable in the bottom left at 17:35? mine got damaged and I need to order a replacement cable. It plugs into the part with memory card and game controller ports on it.

You have any information on what to do if the ribbon cable comes out from the power button? Tried to put it back and nothing. Just want to try and get an answer before I replace the ribbon

On 23:05 I’m really struggling to get the laser off, how do you do it?

AMAZING!!! SUCCESS!!!

Something is wrong with my PS2... It's a 50004 version but in "System Information" screen it says it's a 50003. 😑 What does it mean? Is it normal? I'm so confused. If someone has the same problem I would like to know what the heck is wrong with it!

What are some tips for cleaning? Just use compressed air or something? I plan on putting the top and bottom pieces under the sink, and maybe use q-tips or something to clean the fan. I have to replace the clock battery in mine (I have an SCPH-50001/N, 3B date code)

Broke my controller port ribbon cable. I was almost closing when the controller port got loose and the weith took the ribbon away. Lost forever.

Great Job Man Great Job Thanks 👍

I replace the power board on mine and the power bottom 12pin flex cable, and still no power is coming on? The model is 50001/N. Any idea what else it could be wrong?

I like to know can you transfer a ps2 slim controller port to ps2 fat controller ports

Still can't open the body😢

i have done it and i bricked my PS2. Not Working anymore.

Every good player needs to know his/her console inside and out - plus doing this procedure makes good dust clean and replacing old components with new ones

Thx buddy

Thank you for the help. A three days ago, i took apart just to clean the fan. Glad i got my old computer working to see this video. Fourth time try to put it together and didn't work. Fifth time from the help. my ps2 is working. I have three screw left, a lil gold one and two lil black ones. i forgot where they go. Other times when i try to put it back together, i see this error reading. and again, but it's back to normal now. Is the error reading me I don't have the censor in place? Will keep on watching this video or others i find. But this the most cause it's the firs one