I Bought Two RARE "TEST" PS2's But They're Broken

I Bought Two RARE "TEST" PS2's But They're Broken - Let's Try To Save Them!

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I Bought Two RARE "TEST" PS2's But They're Broken - Let's Try To Save Them! I paid $600 for both of these PlayStation 2 Test consoles. Of course they are broken so I get to try to fix them. Both of them have issues with their disc drives and it's up to me to see if I can get them working and playing games again!
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@Tronicsfix 10 ай бұрын

Xbox One Dev Kit Repair Video: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hJiEnJSlsLXGdas.html

@gargaj 10 ай бұрын

Repeating my comment from there: That's not an Xbox One (Durango) devkit, but an Xbox Series X (Scarlett) one.

@fortnitegamerandmore4694 10 ай бұрын

hey is there a way to fix a mounting bracket for a amd ryzen 5 2600 with a cool master fan and heat sink with latch for a a320mh motherboard if a bracket with the latch breaks off for heat also love your video they help alot

@realdragonrude 10 ай бұрын

That 40gb drive was pretty much made for FF11 online but some other games did allow for data installs i think resident evil outbreak was one of the games so things could load faster and reduce ping online I think a secondary plan was they were really going hard on the idea that your ps2 could also be a linux operating system pc much like how ps3 had otherOS at one point Sonys idea with ps2 really was one living room device that can do everything your computer can do hence why microsoft created the og xbox to save themselves from losing the pc market which at the time was heading into the living room

@310_Latchkey_kid 10 ай бұрын

Don't trip Steve! The motto is "fix it until it's broken" even more!! 😄

@trevland1303 10 ай бұрын

8:39 you know, if you take it that ban off your disc tray you could boil it with hot water and it will shrink back normal size and when you done with that ban, you can put back in the disc tray it will work great okay 👍

@KosmoCrisis 10 ай бұрын

At Sony, we used to have a room called the "Soak Test" room where these TEST PS2s would be used to run soak tests for multiple revs of a title on a different screens over night. This room was always very hot due to 30 or so consoles in there. This is awesome.

@sirflimflam 10 ай бұрын

I'm not sure what campus you were on but I remember that room in the San Diego offices. :)

@KosmoCrisis 10 ай бұрын

@@sirflimflam FC FPQA I was sentence to 5 years of SOCOM.

@sirflimflam 10 ай бұрын

@@KosmoCrisis Boy that's a lot of SOCOM. MotorStorm had me in its clutches for basically years as well between other occasional projects, as the base game and DLC dragged on

@KosmoCrisis 10 ай бұрын

@@sirflimflam SOCOM Confrontation patch 1.50 was the last thing we completed before being laid off in 2009. They need to bring back Motorstorm and SOCOM.

@francesquare8708 10 ай бұрын

@@KosmoCrisissocom is awesome

@Ali-G-2112 10 ай бұрын

I really think it’s worth checking into if there is anything on that hard drive in the second unit. It’s very possible it could have some demos or betas from games that were developed on there and if so would be a great thing to archive for preservation purposes. Love your videos btw

@Slobezero 10 ай бұрын

Yeah there could be some really interesting stuff on those, got a ps3 test kit a few years back with a bunch of demos for press with it. The disks had which magazine it was made for printed on it and everything which is kinda funny.

@Raytruckable 9 ай бұрын

Defo got to check that hard drive!!!

@adriane.8654 10 ай бұрын

The second PS2 is not really fixed: The disc tray doesn't fully opens and closes back after a brief period of time. You'll notice the blue blinking light, it will stop blinking when the disc tray is fully opened or fully closed. Great video, I enjoy watching you repair all kind of stuff. :)

@knightofastora1324 10 ай бұрын

Yeah I notice he had to insert a portion of the disk into the console in order to actually get it fully into the disc tray at the end there. Still works better than before though

@Jr0890 10 ай бұрын

Doesn’t look fixed to me…adding grease to an issue where no grease is needed seems a little like halfway fixed if you didn’t really find the issue why it’s stopping in the first place

@williamv0242 10 ай бұрын

@@Jr0890 adding grease to the sliding plastic bits can help mechanical parts move more smooth and quiet BUT it should indeed not be needed to fix the issues especailly when there is no sign that any lubrication came from the factory

@jacksonmcquade7888 10 ай бұрын

I noticed that too, did he test it with the original one off camera or something because if the white pieces were identical then the original disc tray should have worked.

@wasapdoc 10 ай бұрын

Used to happen to me. It's the piece where you have screws that need to be worked. Can't quite remember but it's a sliding part and there's a certain way to insert it and the tray.

@notmyrealname1526 10 ай бұрын

Those aren't dev kits, they're debug units. Also, it looks like you can replace the bottom of the melted one with the bottom from a retail 30001.

@aethersx2-samsunggalaxys206 10 ай бұрын

I instantly thought the exact same thing

@dustinsteele3069 10 ай бұрын

I assume they have the same outside shell so you're right about that

@Bayr0n 10 ай бұрын

I was about to say the same.

@jxmai7687 10 ай бұрын

@@dustinsteele3069 Those are not even the first and second generation PS2, the on and off bottom was connected with cable and not ribbon with the early model, also did not mount on the top shell, after that the next two model were built with new shell and many design change. 3000(1) means the 3rd generation, (1) for US NTSC region.

@mr.electronx9036 10 ай бұрын

dev kits are BIG

@TelthDeMont 10 ай бұрын

When testing a PS2 you should always test with a PS1 game, a PS2 CD Game (Blue Disk) and a PS2 DVD game (Silver) as it may work for 1 but not the others due to potential laser issue.

@Brekicc 10 ай бұрын

Don't forget he need to connect the 2nd to computer, and copy games for hard drive and try to run them from HDD.

@grahamprescott9426 10 ай бұрын

Made the same comment

@smittywerbenjagarmanjensen3059 10 ай бұрын

My old fat ps2 would always read the dvd games but wouldn’t read dvd movies

@BulletproofKuloodporny 9 ай бұрын

@@Brekiccthe HDDs use a non standard filesystem he has to use PFS browser or something like that

@tomekhbr 10 ай бұрын

Both of them had still working clock battery, you can tell by the blue circles spinning in "main menu" (when cmos battery is dead, there's no clock running and there is only one blue dot on screen, not moving). Pretty amazing, considering the system age and guarantee seal not voided (so most likely these were not opened before). Acutually these old fat ps2 had more often working original batteries then much newer slim models. Great vid as always :)

@Tronicsfix 10 ай бұрын

I was surprised at how good of condition these were in.

@tomekhbr 10 ай бұрын

@@Tronicsfix Yes, great units, someone must have been taking good care, especially that judging by the working clock battery, they were used regulary rather then just sitting for long time. I'm not sure whether it makes sense from technical perspective, but from my observations with used ps2 systems, battery is more likely to discharge when system is not used for long time, and to last long if used on regular basis. Ones with dead battery often are in better contition as they weren't much used. Funny thing- last year I bought one ps2 5k series that looked and worked like brand new, also it was exceptionally clean inside. Clock was not running and date was default 1.01.2000, 0:00 so I was preparing to dissasemble the system and change the battery, but when I set date and time, it turned out that it was fine as it remembers time setting with no issues. System was really good looking for a 20 year consolse, and the observation with the battery got me thinking I might have been really lucky to get one in this condition, almost like it was never actually used. Funny how much you can tell (or guess) just basing on this tiny battery condition.

@slimsketchy1489 10 ай бұрын

Wow didn't know about it. I always wondered why on my PS2 it was stuck.

@AmphiumHQ 10 ай бұрын

@@Tronicsfix yea suprisingly a lot of dev hardware ive seen is usually in way better condition than regular household units 👀

10 ай бұрын

To remove the static dot youve got to replace battery, then go to clock in settings, select and stand on day press square and x and voilá!

@justinlira1841 10 ай бұрын

At 13:10 the fan connector goes on top not underneath the plate. Thats why the tape was there

@xdragonneonx 10 ай бұрын

The grinding noise/slow moving tray is mainly caused by the railing piece under the disc tray not being well lubricated enough. Doesn't have much to do with the gears

@blueyez1980 10 ай бұрын

That transition at 15:12 was very well done. Kudos to the video editor!

@Tronicsfix 10 ай бұрын

He’s great.

@abhitron 10 ай бұрын

If only the PS2 was that easy to open lol

@X320riginal 9 ай бұрын

Yeah

@CDRaff 10 ай бұрын

One thing to remember about the PS2 is that the laser would get misaligned which would cause it to not be able to read some types of discs. It would be prudent to keep both CD and DVD based games to test them with because the error was so widespread. Edit: there was also the voltage issue with the later drives too; where the laser would lose power over time. There are two surface mount pots to adjust the power for each diode.

@CrashFan03 10 ай бұрын

yeah i was gonna say to make sure to test cd games as well as dvds

@ShotokanEditor 10 ай бұрын

actualy in 39k and 50k models you could change the voltage of the driver with a solder and a cable. 20 years later my ps2 still works-

@MrRyanSnyder 10 ай бұрын

Also he literally showed off no aspects of them being devkit ps2s, as in being able to play backups or dev builds. I'm not skeptical of his integrity, but I think he genuinely may have gotten scammed into buying regular PS2's with different shells

@ShotokanEditor 10 ай бұрын

@MrRyanSnyder well tbh i was working as amodder back then doing modchips on the normal version. I never saw the 3 colored connections

@jxmai7687 10 ай бұрын

@@ShotokanEditor 3 colored connections was from Japan region console and they are early model, you can tell with the protection plate under the laser, I did mod few thousands of different models of PlayStation and Xbox, Wii. What a good time was.😂

@LucaBlightOfHighland 10 ай бұрын

What's interesting about that hard drive is that it's clearly a Maxtor model but with the Sony branding on the sticker, I think it's much rarer than the debug units themselves.

@jxmai7687 10 ай бұрын

Original idea of the hard drive add on was for store music or VCD video in the old day as a multimedia player, also sold in limited number, they did have official application disc for it.

@whompronnie 9 ай бұрын

@@jxmai7687 It was probably used much more often as the storage for Final Fantasy XI Online. SquareEnix supported the MMO for at least a decade on the PS2. I remember how often people would mention they had to buy the network adapter just to have the hard drive.

@Maverick_Jones45 10 ай бұрын

Next video should be buying a lot of broken PS2s to see if u can fix them and if u can make money off of it..

@Tronicsfix 10 ай бұрын

That would be interesting. Might have to do that sometime.

@ilovemynoods 10 ай бұрын

A lot of PS3 fats would be cool too!

@damascus6480 10 ай бұрын

Oh I’d buy one! My favorite console is the fat ps2. I have a 39000 that needs a laser replaced n the disc tray fixed, but idk how to calibrate the laser after installation

@user-rn1br5tq5j 10 ай бұрын

@damascus6480 there is supposedly a new calibration tool that directly writes the flash info inside the disk drive. May have to check it out.

@guaip 10 ай бұрын

Yeah, +1 for the return of the large batch videos!

@TheChaoticWolf 10 ай бұрын

Awesome! I've always wanted one of these. They're not devkits, but debug kits, though they were used together with devkits during game development to test games

@sirflimflam 10 ай бұрын

Oh man this takes me back!! I used to use these testkits (and later the gigantic PS3 devkits while they were still sorting out ps3 testkits on the ps3 launch) on a daily basis when I worked for SCEA. This particular device isn't actually a devkit per say, since its purpose was mostly for QA meaning we had more booting options and settings we could change. There were literally hundreds of these things lined up side by side at Sony.

@G_Machine_Joe 10 ай бұрын

Love your vids Steve. Take it with a grain of salt, but one thing I learned when servicing copiers was to use water on things like rubber belts, feed tires, etc because alcohol can dry those types of rubber out. We didn't even carry alcohol.

@SlamdalfTheGrey 10 ай бұрын

It's awesome that these aren't region locked, it's like the ultimate PS2

@kbhasi 10 ай бұрын

Same for the test system PS3 that was shown in someone else's video.

@RJ-x 10 ай бұрын

why if I May ask? why is it better then the normal one

@nicekeyboardalan6972 10 ай бұрын

He said it right there, no region lock.

@Sestain 10 ай бұрын

@@kbhasi I'm pretty sure PS3 was region free as retail

@tomekhbr 10 ай бұрын

@@Sestain I think it was region free for ps3 games, but still region locked for backwards compatilbe ps1 games (and ps2 as well on system that were compatible with ps2)

@deathbyzombiefilms 10 ай бұрын

Note: when testing PS2's (both phat & slim models) test ALL types of discs to ensure it works. The PS2 play PS1 games, PS2 CD games (black & blue games) and PS2 DVD games (Silver). The lasers have different pots, voltages and etc for each type so its EXTREMELY common to work with 1 or 2 types and not work the others. Until that is done, there is no gurentee that these are fully working. Also if you replace the laser and the console still refuses to read all or certain types of discs use a program called PMAP to essentially recalibrate the console/disc drive to the new laser. PMAP will get 9/10 new lasers to work if after a change they still don't work!

@PvtHudson 10 ай бұрын

Can you send me a link to this PMAP thing? I can't find it. I've had mixed luck with replacement lasers and would love to learn more about this.

@paulnewhouse5126 10 ай бұрын

That hard drive you scored inside number 2 could be worth a fortune to the right homebrew developers.

@GLAAAAAR 10 ай бұрын

Yeah, if it has dev builds on it for sure. It is a 40gb drive, though, which is the same size as the ffxi drive. There's a chance it was just someone using it for retail games later on. Legit network adapters are always nice finds anyway.

@El_IsraPS2 9 ай бұрын

Not much use... It will have similar contents than a retail HDD

@El_IsraPS2 9 ай бұрын

@@GLAAAAARno... You could expect to find dev builds of games on the DTL-T14000 HDD, but not on that HDD....

@spywarefinder 9 ай бұрын

I love these repair videos! I have a DTL-H30001 and it’s unique as it has a tilt motor which I hear every time the debugging station is turned on or reset!

@scottebeaumont 3 ай бұрын

Love watching you fix it all the time!!

@Night_Owl_4668 10 ай бұрын

In your defense that the PS2 fan connector is pretty flimsy(and seems to be a commonissuenowaday), fan was wayyy too snug, and the wires for the fan are too thin for my liking. A few weeks back I ended up pulling a fan wire, but found a replacement on Amazon that has thicker wires, much quieter, and a 3D printed bracket since the new one is external.

@ffftube-le8np 10 ай бұрын

Yep I think most surface mount connectors similar to that one were not soldered down well on ps2 phat. I've ripped one off as well using a tiny tiny bit of force.

@robert1975031 10 ай бұрын

it was nice to see these, especially one with the hard drive, that was actually a kit sold by sony that allowed you to run linux on the ps2. I was surprised to see that hard drive was still in it, though I'm guessing it was wiped.

@RJenkins6586 10 ай бұрын

This takes me back, I rebuilt a insane amount of PS2's back in the day.

@mrjsv4935 10 ай бұрын

Nice fixes. My (ordinary) Fat PS2 disc door makes sometimes the "TRR" sound while opening, so good to see what kind of mechanism it has in this video. I think I'll try lubricating it first.

@BoomerTech 9 ай бұрын

Had one of these back in 2003, not a clue where it went but amazed how much they go for now

@Thailerr 10 ай бұрын

When you pulled out the Cabela's disk I was transported me to a completely seperste part of life! I'm like 7 and I remember me and my cousins playing dangerous hunt ALL day and just taking turns on hunts. So awesome

@TimidSylveon 10 ай бұрын

6:05 That gut-wrenching feeling that you've done the same thing you've warned others about haha! Know it all too well and the whole "it happened to me too..." realisation XD.

@Dan-TechAndMusic 10 ай бұрын

Someone might have had their desk lamp too close to the PS2 TEST unit. A bunch of DVD game cases in the computer furniture we had back in the day at home, got similar damage from a misplaced desk lamp 😅

@vineilan 10 ай бұрын

That’s very neat to find these and see them in action Great video btw!

@Tronicsfix 10 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@aka-chi_hurron 3 ай бұрын

As soon as i saw that white piece you had to replace, i thought that would be a great candidate for 3d printing replacement parts!

@TheCod3r 10 ай бұрын

I love how they even kept the font the same for the "TEST" text lol

@timehunter9467 10 ай бұрын

The drive slowing towards being fully open was a feature, thought it was so cool.

@bulczynski 7 ай бұрын

it is sooo satisfying to watch when u put this apart

@littleteep7388 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for your great lessons. Thanks to you I was not afraid to open my PS5 and my laptop computer and give it a good cleaning.🥰 :) Keep up the good work.

@BowsettesFury 10 ай бұрын

That was pretty cool, never seen a PS2DK before.

@gehirnstaub8234 10 ай бұрын

That is sick! I also own one unit. Thanks for reviving them!

@ToyStoryFan5000 10 ай бұрын

I love your videos! I remember watching the ds repairs!

@Tronicsfix 10 ай бұрын

Thanks! I'll be making another video fixing handhelds hopefully soon.

@ToyStoryFan5000 10 ай бұрын

@@Tronicsfix Awesome! Can’t wait!

@slaytallica136 10 ай бұрын

The fact the harddrive is Sony branded, it may have a test build(s) on it. Definitely worth having someone check out.

@BeardedCollectables 10 ай бұрын

I took apart many PS2's back in my mid teens, to repair or paint them. Very familiar with them and theyre annoying ribbon cables for the power and eject buttons, that were fixed into the lid. But fortunately later models they built it into the rest separate from the lid. 😅

@tambias 10 ай бұрын

Nice tip i got off an old Sony bench tech.give the drive belts a rub with some acetone and it brings them back to life,he used to do this on the old laserdisc machine drive belts.

@ilovemynoods 10 ай бұрын

I took apart my PS2 fat a few weeks ago and the fan was super difficult to unplug. I was afraid I would rip it off the board too, but I actually managed not to! Unfortunately, I did manage to strip a screw pretty badly the 2nd time I took it apart to check something and ended up having to drill it out... I don't know how I managed to get that screw so tight but I was so upset with myself. Thankfully, I didn't break anything in my drilling efforts and frustrations....

@octavio318 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for your excellent videos. I have a suggestion, you can use a silicon grease on the dent, and the sliding parts of the disk drive. It will help to slide better. These types of disk drives used to have that grease back in the days, but with the time it got dry or dissipate. Greetings from Costa Rica.

@lookitskazzy 10 ай бұрын

He has greased the gears and rails in other videos, and addressed it in this video. Grease looked OK so he skipped replacing it.

@doncallahancallahan1308 10 ай бұрын

@Tronicsfix Man, I really miss the PlayStation 2. My PS2 did have a disc drive issue. It got stuck. I remember breaking the little attachment of the discussion tray to get the tray to open.

@freshrot420 8 ай бұрын

Oh man, I thought you wrote TEST on them for the thumbnail! Pretty neat they made em like that.

@MarioSratss 4 ай бұрын

I love these videos. I don't know that these Test PS2's exists. Really interesting.

@Hortonscakes 10 ай бұрын

This inspires me to check out my ps3, the disc drive won't open. Any tips would be great!

@TheRageLivesOn 9 ай бұрын

that second one still has a slight problem. the drive isn't supposed to go back in by itself and the blue light on the eject button is supposed to stop blinking when you open the tray, so something is still keeping that from fully opening

@laurafort5882 10 ай бұрын

Never seen a test ps2 before, really love watching your videos

@Tronicsfix 10 ай бұрын

I hadn't either until I bought these, lol

@laurafort5882 10 ай бұрын

@@Tronicsfix when you play it with friends you could say wanna play some test and they would be so confused lol 😂

@kulilin3104 10 ай бұрын

I remember, my fat PS2 had the same exact issue with the disc drive not coming out. I sent that one in for repair. Later, I found a fat PS2 in a dumpster with yet again, the same disc drive issue. That one I actually repaired, since I had no warranty on it. I always thought the drive issue was definitely more widespread.

@alexj.f.kennedy6084 10 ай бұрын

Loved to see this video. I have spent so much time fixing up my own PS2's I have at home I felt right at home seeing the disassembly here. When I tried to fix an SCPH-50004 I managed to rip out the fan connector just like you did lmao, it was my starting point to start to learn soldering and after a while I was confident enough to solder it back on. I also applied super glue on the connector for good measurement. Currently trying to fix the DVD drive on my own PS2 I am using (it is 22 years old at this point) since it does a lot of grinding. I manged that it reads games again tho so that was a good first step, I went by with softmodding it and loading games of a harddrive so yeah. Also that original Networkadapter and the original Sony-Harddrive are rather rare these days so they should add like another 100 bucks onto the price you could sell them for.

@Tronicsfix 10 ай бұрын

Good to know I'm not alone in ripping that fan connector off, lol. Thanks for your comment. It's great to hear from someone else who cares about this old stuff. Sounds like you've got some nice PS2's.

@alexj.f.kennedy6084 10 ай бұрын

@Tronicsfix haha yeah the PS2 is my childhood so to speak, I grew up watching my father playing his favorite games which become my favorite games as well and the one console I am using actually is that one he used to use. He got another one because of the DVD drive issue, I took it to tinker around with it. The PS2 where i ripped the fan connector off actually was saved by me, I originally intended to buy it for 10€ but then the listing went away and they claimed they put it out to the e-waste. I asked if its still there regardless and then got it for free. All it needed was the laser adjusted, but dummy me made it worse by ripping the connector out while cleaning. The console is now with a friend of mine allowing her to play some classics :D

@Serftie 9 ай бұрын

Geez, just realized tronics is almost at 1.5 million subs, awesome to see the channel so big, I used to watch you way back when you were at 20K

@abuahmad_347 10 ай бұрын

Amazing job bro! Love your channel!

@Technicksworkshop 10 ай бұрын

a good replacement I use for those bands in disk drives are nitrile o-rings.

@willkra 10 ай бұрын

1000 dollar pluss profit is deffinatly something to write home about! Nice purchase and great fix Steve!

@albertomaguolo7066 6 ай бұрын

Hi, amazing work!!! Got a Question.... can i put thermal paste on my ps2?

@mrlonghurstseducationvideo2546 10 ай бұрын

Awesome video! Was a long time ago when I had a PS2, but I feel like the disc drive slowed down when opening on my one too. Both may have been faulty, or that’s how they opened?

@timehunter9467 10 ай бұрын

It was a feature I think, mine did it too.

@bikkiikun 2 ай бұрын

You might want to use some PTFE grease (or other plastic friendly grease) on the plastic gears and the rack of the drivetray.

@Shadic84 10 ай бұрын

Was only 2 days ago I took my old PS2 FAT apart to give it a much needed refurbishment and it’s running well

@Andre-nn3tu 10 ай бұрын

I’ve seen people switch the PS2s to a noctua fan and it makes it quieter and more efficient. They also have a kit to switch the ps2 to hdmi and it scales and renders it for HD tvs. If you ever work on them again you should look into an upgrade

@DeadBryan 3 ай бұрын

Great video about Test station and PlayStation 2

@seguramlk 10 ай бұрын

I had never seen a PS2 DevKit before, Steve. You got a piece of history right there 🗿🍷

@RileySkye100 10 ай бұрын

Trust me, accidentally ripping the connector of the fan is pretty common when you get into PS2 repairs. It's happened to me more times than I care to admit. I've always tried to steer clear of doing deep cleans for the PS2 because of the fan. Even the tweezers iFixit includes doesn't really help in getting the connector out. Like as though the two plastic components bonded together over time.

@jxmai7687 10 ай бұрын

some people try to fix it themself and end up damaged more, we have to solder a little extension cable sometime.

@Endzima_ 10 ай бұрын

been watching your stuff since 2020, good content as always, keep on going!! 😃

@thundergodthor1384 10 ай бұрын

@Tronicsfix Make sure to check the hdd. There could be a game build that might have been in dev on it or some other gaming history would hate to lose it if there is any.

@FR4M3Sharma 10 ай бұрын

He won't read this comment.

@IntoTheFire777 4 ай бұрын

I'd like to see more PS2 fixes, love em.

@QsTechService1 10 ай бұрын

Nice fix bro both consuls I’m actually fix the one for myself for my collection first generation with I ordered CD HD loader can’t go wrong

@KyleGP 10 ай бұрын

As a tip, add some WD-40 or deoxit to those fan connectors (or any like it) to lubricate the connector so it slides out easier when trying to remove them.

@jxmai7687 10 ай бұрын

haha, it was the easiest broken part like so many people open the console by themself, the right way is flip it upside done and unscrew, there bottom cover have nothing to connect with, after remove the cover and the power supply, then can see and disconnect the fan cable.

@PoRtUx 10 ай бұрын

Excellent videos, I really enjoy them. You could try to use a 3D printed piece to replace the broken piece, this will be awesome 😎

@jxmai7687 10 ай бұрын

that part should still be able to be found online, like Alibaba.

@CNC-Time-Lapse 10 ай бұрын

I remember working for a dev company when the XBox Connect was in dev and we got our Connect dev kit. haha Same with the massive Microsoft Surface tables. :-D

@50TBRD 10 ай бұрын

I've had 2 fat Test Units and 1 slim Test Unit. Bought them all when prices were much cheaper. Surprised to see they went up so much.

@matt25876 10 ай бұрын

I see Steve follows the good old fixer adage.. "If it's broken, break until it's fixed" 😂

@SireSalty 10 ай бұрын

The hdd adapter was for hdd on mmo with a network adapter. Most bought it to use with hdd loader of games for home brew😊

@mtshark7 10 ай бұрын

Nicely done Steve!

@marcbusby3625 10 ай бұрын

That ps2 hdd adapter makes it extremely easy to softmod that ps2 btw...... With the right software you can modify it so that you can backup games directly onto the hdd and play them back. Far superior to the ps2 slim softmod as its able to use sata speeds as apposed to the usb 1.1 that the ps2 had

@dougfromniu 9 ай бұрын

One of the things that someone should do is measure and sketch up these plastic pieces in a cadd software so that if you ever need these pieces you can just 3d print one. Would make repair easier

@princegroove 10 ай бұрын

Wow! Fascinating vintage hardware. I have a mint PS2 slim complete in box that appears to work except that it won’t read discs, unfortunately.

@Tronicsfix 10 ай бұрын

Wow, that's cool that you have one in good condition still in the box. Bummer about the disc drive though.

@CautionusJay 10 ай бұрын

Easy fix, just either clean or replace laser

@andyo1872 10 ай бұрын

PS2 slims are well known for laser issues.. (you can try load a game from USB drive , network drive or memory card to SD card mod ) "early" versions of PS2 slim did not have laser current limiter...thus burning lens (by overheating lens) and laser itself. later versions fixed it by adding current limiter go through the laser but they removed additional ide device function from the PCB. IDE device mod is only available on PS2 slim SCPH-7000x

@deathbyzombiefilms 10 ай бұрын

A laser is super super easy to replace, and is fairly cheap. I would definitely recommend to give it a shot as typically all it needs is a new laser.

@princegroove 10 ай бұрын

@@andyo1872 Thx!

@dawn1berlitz 10 ай бұрын

you might be able to use a bottom from a broken ps2 to replace the one that has some melted plastic

@SylintKnight 10 ай бұрын

I was thinking the same thing.

@grahamprescott9426 10 ай бұрын

Did you check both cd roman and dvd? I had to change my laser module as the dvd had failed but the cd rom was ik. So worked for one disc type and not the other!!

@ThatGuyThatCommentedOn_A_Video 5 ай бұрын

You can remove those warranty stickers without damaging them with low heat and isopropyl alcohol. I have done it many times when working on ps2s.

@adamruss656 9 ай бұрын

You didnt need to take it all apart to clean the rollers. Easy access through the top like you ended up doing anyway. Plus you can test it while everything is still connected

@DEMENTO01 10 ай бұрын

these ones look so similar to my fat ps2 (i did maintenance a while ago), i feel like all they have going on is a different BIOS and the cool font on the case lol. Also love the disc drive mechanism in these, so cool to work on, would recommend cleaning every gear and every rail completely, remove all old grease and put new lithium grease in its place (or if u dont have you can use WD-40, not as good but does the job), old grease ends up becoming sticky and doing the opposite of what it should. Also youre lucky these dont have dead lasers, bot fat ps2s ive touched, both had bad lasers lol. And wow, that original network/hdd card ?? lucky omg, also you shoould totally dump that drive maybe using dd to conserve all the sectors (or lazesoft disk image if you want a simpler GUI under windows), it may have dev build of games or whatnot even if ""deleted"" unless it was securely wiped

@jxmai7687 10 ай бұрын

Fun fact: HD kit were sold only in Japan for limited number, it is not a test build, t was called hard drive and network connection kit, original idea was work as multimedia center, the network connection for transfer media, also can play point to point network games.

@eatacid1504 9 ай бұрын

Deadass rn I have a PS2 where it turns on with the Eject button & nothing else but a Configuration Screen. Replaced the supply board but maybe a new button battery & power button ribbon cable?

@kforkrish 10 ай бұрын

Whoa! I never Knew such things existed. Big TEST branding would be a very good artpiece to showcase, man, it's the first time I'm getting jealous of you.😅😅😅

@Moa_Smug 9 ай бұрын

That transition at 15:12 was really smooth

@nathaniela.5053 6 ай бұрын

Cant say for sure but maybe the green port goes with yelloe because of colorblindness? I know on 2000's tvs there was sometimes green ports for where the yellow cord would go

@Allerka 10 ай бұрын

I wish I could buy one of these. One would fit in nice with my PS1 and PS3 debug consoles.

@w140 4 ай бұрын

What I do is cut the warranty sticker with a blade, so when you reassemble it does not quite lose its look.

@enzoperruccio 9 ай бұрын

This sure brings back some memories of fixing my ps2 some 13 years ago. First a capacitor on the board overheated and made a hole in the bottom case, then the flex cable for the front connectors broke, then the fan died and i had to tape one to the outside and finally the disc drive stopped reading. Considering how expensive they are nowadays i probably should've kept it and fixed it properly. Didn't even bother checking the disc drive before tossing it out and i kinda regret it now.

@M1LAD81 10 ай бұрын

I'm here because this time you broke something, Steve. But hey you fixed it.....with my supervision 😂

@Penfold8 10 ай бұрын

You might be able to salvage the void sticker with some IPA. Use a blunt syringe and squirt IPA as you gently peel it. After the IPA evaporates you can restock the sticker to the case.

@patrickamiri5596 10 ай бұрын

I would have lubricated the groove the pin moves in for a smoother opening motion

@Jobobn1998 9 ай бұрын

The disk drives on those PS2s were just so prone to failure; I'm really surprised the ones there were even repairable.

@davidknightx 10 ай бұрын

My PS2 with the Matrix Infinity modchip finally died a few years ago. I've worked on it countless times. I even replaced the power supply. However, I don't remember those three color connectors anywhere on it (I had the normal fat version and was version 7 (the board that was famous for being the easier one to mod).

@tspawn35 10 ай бұрын

The network card is needed to get an ide hdd connected to the ps2. Which the only official game that actually used it was Final Fantasy 11 and the servers were taken offline a while ago. However, people in the modern day play ps2 games directly off the hdd due to it being way more reliable then the disc drive.

@nononymous 10 ай бұрын

it also was sell with the Linux kit, that required that specific HDD (or one authorized by Sony)

@pyroslev 5 ай бұрын

These two were spotless compared to the one I bought off a co-worker. (We had a serious discussion about it after) Amazing how simple these are relative to their PS5 descendants but how robust. I did the Noctua fan swap, upgraded the HDD holder to work with SATA and a 1 TB SSD as well as a DEEP clean. Now we have the console we deserved all those years ago. I play it more than I do the XBOX Series S and PS4.

@Nazasu 10 ай бұрын

PS2's are amazing. IMO nothing in this world better than a perfectly working PS2. Such a great console with great games.

@Warrior_Resisting_Colonialism 10 ай бұрын

That's just nostalgia. The modern consoles are of course far superior. The ps2 had the golden era of arcade racers though but the modern ps3, ps4 and ps5 are much better machines.

@djdex8945 10 ай бұрын

Hey was just wondering if you could recommend a reasonably priced electric Air blower for cleaning? I've noticed in a couple of videos you use the can of air. Is it worth getting an electric or stick with compressed?

@thisisabsurd7420 10 ай бұрын

I actually own a fully functional one of these still. Sadly, not one of the ones capable of running burned disks, but having a region-lock free console is still great. Not a dev kit though, at least not without being attached to oversized tool system as well. These were just debugging units on their own. none of these can run retail DVDs from ANY region though.