I built a MODERN PlayStation 2...

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@danielsimpkins9662 5 ай бұрын

Instead of replacing the fan with a 12v fan, why not just add a diode in line on the voltage side to the fan? This will add a 1v drop and will protect the system against any backfeeding.

@Mc_Tape 5 ай бұрын

You said words I will never understand

@nickkaraoke2128 5 ай бұрын

Simple electrical theory, but it kinda makes it jankier. What made me cringe was the splicing of two very different gauge cables. He couldn't find a thicker gauge wired PS2 fan header plug?

@cagatayy1182 5 ай бұрын

You can think of diodes as valves for the flow of electricity, they only allow flow in one direction. An ideal diode (theoritical diodes that has properties that are simple to think about) would not change anything about the flow in the correct direction, but actual diodes consume some power themselves by causing a voltage drop. Thus, putting some on the way of the wire that is going to the fan would reduce the voltage the fan receives, which is desired here. Backfeeding is when an electric motor turns movement into electricity (think a wind turbine) rather than the other way around. Since the circuit may not be designed with receiving power from the fan in mind, it can be a problem. The flow direction control property of the diode would have the benefit of preventing that (Though I think that is not necessary, since I don't see a reason for backfeeding to be a problem specific to this mod and impossible with the original design. The original PCB design should have provisions for that.)

@antoniom.andersen6704 5 ай бұрын

Or use a resistor seeing as the load is constant. Either way it's cheaper than getting a new fan.

@danielsimpkins9662 5 ай бұрын

@@cagatayy1182 Mainly, my reasoning for a diode, outside of dropping voltage, is that I don't know if the motherboard or if the original fan have any provisions for backfeeding. If, say, there's a provision for backfeeding but it's in the fan, then removing the fan essentially removes that provision. Adding a Diode would both reduce voltage and add the provision. Yeah, a resistor could be another viable option..I was trying to cover all possible scenarios with a diode.

@tspawn35 5 ай бұрын

FMCB also released a version that can be installed on the hard drive (ssd). Called Free Hard Drive Boot (FHDB). This means you don't need a dedicated memory card installed. It loads directly off the drive.

@ZacBuilds 5 ай бұрын

Really!? Shit I'll have to update that. Good tip, thanks!

@anno5936 5 ай бұрын

You still need FMCB to install FHDB though, so you didn't miss out 😂

@Logon01 5 ай бұрын

@@anno5936you don't actually need a FMCB to install a FHDB. There's an image pack you can burn to your drive from a PC. (But it is easier to use the FMCB to install)

@az4521- 5 ай бұрын

@@anno5936 no you don't, you can install it directly from your computer. I did this. It's incompatible with the exfat thing though

@nomoredarts8918 5 ай бұрын

Or you can use HDD OSD

@dappermanphoto 4 ай бұрын

The fact that he called the resin coloring 'key bumps' made me understand how this man has the energy to do this. IYKYK.

@josephscara1445 4 ай бұрын

This is the comment I was looking for 😂

@RamenNoodlez258 4 ай бұрын

As soon as he said that, I came to the comments 😆

@Dark_Ukiyo 3 ай бұрын

I don’t know fill me in

@holysol 3 ай бұрын

@@Dark_Ukiyo cocaine

@mattai2354 3 ай бұрын

LMAO

@Celcius1 4 ай бұрын

With the fan option, you could use a resistor or a couple of diodes in series to drop the voltage as two diodes in series, would provide a 1.4v voltage drop and run the fan at 5.6 volts

@amigaworkbench720 5 ай бұрын

I was always fascinated with PS1 and PS2. The engineering prowess demonstrated by both systems is indeed commendable.

@ZackSNetwork 5 ай бұрын

It looked unique their hardware was underpowered as hell though.

@amigaworkbench720 5 ай бұрын

@@ZackSNetwork I wish someone would make a video about PS1 hardware, explaining every component in great detail.

@aaronbrenkus9126 5 ай бұрын

Not at the time, it was cutting edge, the emotion engine died not because it was slow but because no one could program for it. The original PlayStation was ahead of PCs at the time it came out, hell, several people used to mod them for the better audio Sony baked into them as the only other device close was a several thousand dollar Sony preamp. PlayStation audio is still amazing today honestly. PS2 was also one of the first consumer available Blu-ray players that didn't cost so much that it was prohibitive to use. @@ZackSNetwork

@mrcaboosevg6089 5 ай бұрын

PS2 was the weakest console in its generation

@BitchlessNigga 5 ай бұрын

@@mrcaboosevg6089 Nope, that place goes to the Dreamcast

@parkerschless3749 5 ай бұрын

Quick note, I saw that you used wired to extend the crystal oscillator out. This is typically not a good idea since the crystal connections should be exactly equal lengths to the MCU, as well as contained within PCB traces so that they are parallel. Seems like it’s not causing a big issue for you though but just something to note for future projects. Great work overall though!

@RobotsEverywhereVideos 5 ай бұрын

thank you, I was gonna post this

@reanimationxp 5 ай бұрын

@@RobotsEverywhereVideossame, this is pretty hacky, but can't argue with results.. seems to work fine lol

@proxyhx2075 5 ай бұрын

I noticed that too, cutting equal length wires would negate this problem.

@alb12345672 4 ай бұрын

@@reanimationxp Its only a 300mhz processor.

@Ikxi 4 ай бұрын

Only for lower frequency devices though The higher the frequency, the higher precision you'll need @@proxyhx2075

@TheZax85 4 ай бұрын

This is hands down the most impressive modding of a PS2, i've ever seen. Nice job !

@snorttroll4379 3 ай бұрын

Spend some time checking out aubrey de grey in stead. He is working on curong ageimg

@hamzarasheed1998 2 ай бұрын

@@snorttroll4379 tf is that

@TechnoMinded-qp5in Ай бұрын

I think it's kind of stupid modernizing classic gaming systems honest to god I wish Sony made a comeback with memory cards instead of using useless SSDs that will eventually be corrupt in the future not to mention memory cards back then actually held a purpose of defeating this concept in general. All you would have to do is buy a memory card and POOF your game data is protected for life if memory cards made a comeback in the "modern" times you would have it made.

@FairyIsland-ui9hh Ай бұрын

@@snorttroll4379you should not say "instead"

@snorttroll4379 Ай бұрын

true . both. @@FairyIsland-ui9hh

@superezbz 4 ай бұрын

Gotta be super careful moving oscillators. They can be very high frequency and moving them changes the impedance of the traces.

@nikkiofthevalley 4 ай бұрын

Yeah. My immediate reaction when he did that was "How the hell did that work!?"..

@MatthewHolevinski 4 ай бұрын

@@nikkiofthevalley probably luck, or it's just not that super sensitive.

@megazuccc 4 ай бұрын

what would be the function of the oscillator in this application? like connecting to a controller? or wifi or something?

@nikkiofthevalley 4 ай бұрын

@@megazuccc Oscillators are used for timing and signal generation. Timing is critical for the proper communication of all the different parts (every single chip) of the circuit. Signal generation is your wifi signals and such.

@superezbz 4 ай бұрын

@@megazuccc It's likely a clock source. It may be for a real-time clock or a data clock.

@fasttechvideo 5 ай бұрын

14:05 “mixed in lil key bumps of various powders” 😂😂😂

@cschwacofer 3 ай бұрын

I had to CTRL F this immediately.

@tylerphillips503 2 ай бұрын

Followed by "then using a syringe, I mainlined the epoxy"

@AlTheEngineer 5 ай бұрын

I think I would have kept the OG case, just my opinion! Also, as much as I love the SSD upgrade, I'd still want to play DVDs and CDs! I would have preserved that ability somehow! The PS2 was an awesome DVD and Audio CD player! By the way, you can use a voltage divider circuit to convert the 7 volts for the fan to around 4.85 volts, you need 2 resistors (1.2k and 2.7k ohms). Just make sure you get better resistors with smaller variances in resistance.

@ironageamplification1791 4 ай бұрын

I love this. I would use those resistors for the cathodes in a distortion circuit inside a tube based amplifier.

@vincentvalentine5900 4 ай бұрын

or 5 volt linear regulator for the Fan.

@mcchickengrip423 4 ай бұрын

finally a comment with brain

@stevenmccroskey3411 4 ай бұрын

I agree, I think the aesthetic Zac was going for was like a gaming desktop PC, but it kinda looks like a fancier version of those Xbox 360-Es which is weird for a PS2. I wish he put some of that flair the PS2 has with the ridges into his redesign. Sure it would add to the print time but c'mon, it's the PS2.

@AlTheEngineer 4 ай бұрын

@@stevenmccroskey3411 yes for sure! I agree with you. The PS2 is a very iconic machine!

@Iskelderon 4 ай бұрын

Still have a silver Slim somewhere as a backup DVD player, along with silver controllers, remove and FMCB, so thanks for the nice walk down memory lane and congrats to this project!

@festro1000 4 ай бұрын

Might also be a good idea to put some mesh on the grates, to keep lint and stuff from making a nest in the system. Other than that great build, I had a lot of fun games I loved on that system and between that and the N64 made a lot of childhood memories.

@fluffycritter 5 ай бұрын

Funnily enough, Gran Turismo 4 is one of the few games on the PS2 that could already run at HD - with a component cable the PS2 could output 1080i, and a couple of games even supported it. (Heck, the option for that was very briefly visible when you were showing off the video settings!)

@ZacBuilds 5 ай бұрын

That's true, but running at 1080i introduces interlacing artifacts. I found I got better results from 480p and then upscaling.

@tmnt9001 5 ай бұрын

@@ZacBuildswhich de-interlacing algorithms did you try? There are some really good ones out there...

@parker02311 5 ай бұрын

@@tmnt9001 in the video he mentioned he tried the different ones on the software he was using, I suspect that the software didn't use more advanced algorithms because it caused lag issues possibly.

@skylarhasmail666 5 ай бұрын

@@ZacBuilds 1080i is alot more information than 480p your deinterlacing software must have been trash, don't just blame interlacing as the problem Its the crappy deinterlacing software thats the problem.

@RAFMnBgaming 5 ай бұрын

@@skylarhasmail666 deinterlacing is kinda trash tho. the best way to enjoy interlaced content is on a CRT, trying to watch it on anything else is a sub-part experience.

@TheWebstaff 5 ай бұрын

If you can't afford a microscope don't worry as you must be less than 30 and have good eyesight.

@SWITCHITUPREVIEWS 5 ай бұрын

Idk man i cant see 2 feet infront of me (literally) and im nowhere near 30 Pretty sure this comment is satire tho

@ItalianRetroGuy 5 ай бұрын

@@SWITCHITUPREVIEWSproblem isn't what's two feet in front of you but rather what's less than a foot in front of you

@johnsmith8981 5 ай бұрын

To be honest that microscope he linked is a ridiculously good price unless the price of microscopes have just dropped recently... I got a cheap Chinese one that hooks up through a USB into a computer and that was $15 more than what he linked 3 years ago. Didn't come with a stand or anything I had to rig up my own setup around the camera.

@alexandersalazar9750 5 ай бұрын

My eyes been shot my whole life 🤣. That's not how that works

@Cincinnatijames 5 ай бұрын

Just use phone.

@itsmznatnatbitchez 3 ай бұрын

A lot of hard work, dedication, and planning went into this project and I appreciate it. I absolutely liked this video and will share it right now!

@Dami2024ue 4 ай бұрын

Just found out about this channel, instantly subscribed! Keep up with the amazing work and happy new year dude!

@ZiggyDaZigster 4 ай бұрын

"I built a MODERN PlayStation 2..." = "I modded my PlayStation 2 with modern parts..." I read the title like he was literally building a PS2

@GoodBoyGoneDad 3 ай бұрын

Oh he's just modding a PS2? Thank you for saving me 22 minutes.

@OttaBeIANA 3 ай бұрын

its still a great video and he rebuilds the eintire housing with wooden accents ands goes into pretty great detail on how settings can be changed a lot to amek the game look a lot better up to 2024 standards for an old console as that is. plus you cant really build your own playstaion 2, that would be ill eligible as they would copyright him. @@GoodBoyGoneDad

@japaroads 3 ай бұрын

lmao he basically is building a new PS2.

@kuklamatunes0706 3 ай бұрын

I would watch a video on that.

@Puzomor 3 ай бұрын

@@japaroads Yes he's building a new PS2 if by "building a new" you mean "taking an old one and adding modifications to it". There's no need to falsely advertise the contents of the video, and there's definitely no need to defend the choice to do so. The video is great as it is and should be titled appropriately.

@Sword420 5 ай бұрын

I'm a huge fan of PCSX2 but I'm not going to lie, that's friggin' SICK!

@Runeblade-qr8nn 2 ай бұрын

Awesome work and good video keep up the good work, love watching stuff about such old consoles and old pc stuff.

@stevearbogast8556 2 ай бұрын

I absolutely LOVED this video!!! I really loved your final result, and i love how neat and meticulous everything looks in your house and shop. Excellent video! Subscribed now!!!

@antonmaier2263 4 ай бұрын

ps2 is probably the most timeless case and this guy is designing his own case

@makedaevilmage 5 ай бұрын

You can also move FMCB to the HDD and set it up to auto start FMCB from the harddrive, and the memory card isn't needed anymore. It would be cool to move the controller receiver on the inside of the console, if at all possible. I really do love the re-designed case

@user-gr6uj8hn6g 4 ай бұрын

Could just figured a way with using a ps3 type situation if know what i mean and know what your doing you could have wireless controllers and still have og controller ports

@user-gr6uj8hn6g 4 ай бұрын

If theirs a way theirs a will to do it. I would explain but that just be too much explaining

@desperateloner8555 4 ай бұрын

@@user-gr6uj8hn6gthere they're their, I would explain but that just be too much explaining

@jpxyUA 4 ай бұрын

I used to do the FMCB card service in Europe. One quick advice: Make sure to get a genuine SONY PS2 8MB card if you're using it for daily boots. The aftermarket cards use compression, non of them have legit 64mb storage - and with each compression, the code for FMCB is at risk of being corrupted. So in theory, it'll fail on you at random, at some point. Source : my silly ass, which got me sued by Sony.

@Luis-xk5lr 4 ай бұрын

ah yes of course

@Sirus20x6 4 ай бұрын

resin print it at 45 degrees. that will allow it to fit in a smaller build volume. your supports will take up a lot of extra resin, but it will work

@xeroinfinity 4 ай бұрын

There are a few PS2 games that are in 1080 HD. Also on the fan, find a small PWM circuit with a control knob. Then you can adjust the fan speed accordingly

@mimimimeow 5 ай бұрын

Small tip about GSM - games that use field-rendering will most probably don't work in progressive modes (480p, 720p). A good alternative is 1080i, and in my experience it works well with most games. While the image is still interlaced, the combing effect is much smaller and most TVs can blend it well.

@CarterDarter 5 ай бұрын

I'm surprised he didn't bring up 1080i at all, especially on Gran Turismo. More detail for the upscaler = better results in theory

@mimimimeow 5 ай бұрын

@@CarterDarter yeah even with 540 lines of vertical res per frame, thats still more than typical PS2 framebuffer resolution, so you dont really lose any detail

@SomePotato 4 ай бұрын

@@CarterDarterSame. I wonder why he didn't mention native PS2 HD games, even though there are only a handful.

@jsr734 4 ай бұрын

@@mimimimeow That is 960 lines of vertical res per frame for GT4´s 1080i mode.

@dragonyeti88 5 ай бұрын

Very cool build, I'd have kept the original controllers though purely for the pressure sensitive inputs. Not a lot of games used them, but there are some games that relied on them (MGS2/3 come to mind). They had to change how those inputs worked for more modern releases.

@dbbgba 5 ай бұрын

PS3 controllers have pressure sensitive inputs, I wonder if they work with the 8bitdo adapter

@jadedandbitter 5 ай бұрын

The Ace combat games did as well I believe, the pressure applied to the radar button would determine how zoomed out it was if I recall correctly.

@bRuhN0_ 5 ай бұрын

@@dbbgbaOPL has a setting to use PS3/PS4 controllers with USB or Bluetooth adapters

@RustyShackleford556 4 ай бұрын

@@jadedandbitterYes, as well as the throttle and airbrake.

@liamsemicolon 4 ай бұрын

retro fighters makes wireless ps2 controllers with pressure sensitive inputs :)

@ianjohnston8057 3 ай бұрын

Man, the woodworking you add to these projects adds such an extra layer of beauty and timelessness to these projects. Very cool.

@followTheeWind Ай бұрын

never thought you could do this, good job for all the process and you made it!

@Xero1of1 4 ай бұрын

7:09 I worked R&D at a power tool company. They do make smaller solder iron tips, but you have to be really careful with how much pressure you use with them because their smallness also means they can bend easily when heated. So, bend it into something like a hockey stick and you can hit those 10mil traces fairly easily. You'll also need a thinner solder wire with it though too. Also, they do make hollow solder with a paste core... it's cleaner to use when doing these kinds of projects. And finally, be very careful with how much heat you apply to those pads next to any IC. You can melt the interior of the ICs causing them to break.

@USSMariner 2 ай бұрын

I was screaming "BENT CONICAL" for that entire segment. As for the heat, obviously don't use too much heat, but that's actually the primary use of Kapton Tape: heat insulation.

@user-bz6lx3rn9c 4 ай бұрын

He never heard of the ps2 slim?

@illusionillage Ай бұрын

Just let him enjoy

@user-bz6lx3rn9c Ай бұрын

@@illusionillage Chill, it’s not that deep

@doglitbug Ай бұрын

Why do this on a slim?

@illusionillage Ай бұрын

@@user-bz6lx3rn9c ik

@naruhearts1 Ай бұрын

Cant use a harddrive/ssd for games, and slim are known to fail more often.

@billmarcello9134 4 ай бұрын

Awesome video, you went so much more in depth than I thought you would, Hats off

@turnbasedtoddy7664 3 ай бұрын

That case is amazing! Did anyone else think the original picture looked better than the HDMI did? I did, at least the way he presented it.

@kechamayoo 5 ай бұрын

Hey! Awesome vid! I have a few tips for you, though: OPL is better than HDLoader, since GSM is built-in and allows for optimization modes. It does require you to look up a table, but it's worth it if you want to play your entire library - some games may or may not work without them. Besides, you can actually forgo any controller ports and memory cards. PadEmu and VMC respectively, *also* on OPL. PadEmu allows you to use a bluetooth adaptor on USB (check compatibility) to connect a DS3/4/5 and make the PS2 use it like a normal DS2. You can also do FreeHDBoot to not require a memory card to access all these features. Sidenote: For OPL, you can make FMC/FHDB run it upon boot. Might be worth a try when using PadEmu. Cheers!

@De_kaid 4 ай бұрын

Pademu really likes to break games randomly, atleast in my experience. Iirc I was playing through .hack and kept having random crashes on loads, switching Pademu off fixed that. I'm pretty sure Pademu also doesn't support analog buttons and I'm unsure if the 8bitdo does either, but the Brook Wingman PS2 does when used with a PS3 controller.

@kechamayoo 4 ай бұрын

@@De_kaid oh, really??? is it an early build of OPL? that could be the issue. otherwise, good to know! thank you so much

@De_kaid 4 ай бұрын

@@kechamayoo I always update it whenever I get back to using my ps2 after a while, so it wasn't a really old version. It's just my experience with it anyways and a controller adapter just seems safer in that sense to me.

@ChuckLopez 5 ай бұрын

A project like this with a PS2 Slim would leave so much room for cool mods, you could probably do the case out of resin as well due to the size factor. I know there is a mod to adapt a SSD onto a Slim motherboard as well.

@Kronosfobi 4 ай бұрын

I concur. I had one of those, they are pretty compact and would greatly benefit from this lad's upgrades.

@zaphod77 4 ай бұрын

only for the first slim. when someone made the hdcombo, sony REALLY removed it for the next revision, and the pata interface was completely removed, leaving just the network. yes, Free HD Boot is an improvement. use OPL for supported games, especially when you can give them virtual memory cards. :)

@fidelrivera2887 4 ай бұрын

I used to clean PS2s back when everyone had them. Usually it was just a good cleaning that did the trick but one time I swapped out a disk drive and when it worked it was a very satisfying feeling. Best console ever.

@Dead_Goat 4 ай бұрын

Resin print sections and use the wood plating to tie the tie resin printed case pieces together.

@goodkill1 5 ай бұрын

0:32 "how to destroy your reputation" 🤣 im dying

@StefanBlurr 5 ай бұрын

KZfaq algorithm at its finest

@ZacBuilds 5 ай бұрын

Poor Linus 😂 Search PS2 Mods, get video about him not sending back a water block

@goodkill1 5 ай бұрын

@@ZacBuilds I don't pity that dude, he auctioned off someone else's property for charity. That's stealing

@lockinhinddanger934 5 ай бұрын

@@goodkill1 He did make a video later explaining what exactly happened and all the ways that things just failed. When you run a large business you will inevitably have problems, and the real issue is linus never really had business sense, his massive ego literally kept the company afloat. Terren Tong is the new CEO so technically his company should be running immensely better.

@goodkill1 5 ай бұрын

@@lockinhinddanger934 unsubbed don't care

@thejoey571 5 ай бұрын

This is amazing. I’m gonna try to find a way to print the case in pieces for my smaller print bed but everything else is easily doable. You sir, are a great source for modding ideas!

@ReverseDeadshot 5 ай бұрын

Couldn't you just print it diagonally?

@AwwhHex 4 ай бұрын

This build was so cool! And the new furniture came out so sleek and clean too :0

@unrealengine1enhanced 3 ай бұрын

you did great, smarter even still you analyzed yourself after your work was done. great build man, i'd love one of those.

@notkyloren 5 ай бұрын

You actually *can* boot with just the HDD (and use only the HDD if you want). You want FHDB (Free Hard Drive Boot). This is what I use on my fat PS2. In this way, I can either use virtual (software) memory cards, which also live on the HDD. Or I can use my physical memory cards as normal memory cards, which is what I do. FCMB is cool as a portable option, but FHDB is way better and has no downsides. You install FHDB by flashing a pre-made hard drive image file. Then you just pop it into the PS2 with the network adapter, and you're done. It boots into FCMB from the HDD.

@ayellowbeard 5 ай бұрын

I did the network adapter swap on one of my PS2s a couple of years ago and love being able to add modern drives. There are cheap printed brackets you can pickup and install on the SSD so it doesn't move around inside the case. You can also partition the SSD and install FMCB on one of the partition and games on the other. Lastly don't forget to add a region free modchip so you can run NTSC, PAL and Japanese games.

@boxwithahat 4 ай бұрын

For anyone wanting to play games like Ratchet and Clank and Twisted Metal online through fan servers, it's possible to get a mod for the drive bay connector to use SATA instead of IDE while still keeping the network ports. Very handy!

@joaquim8025 Ай бұрын

That's so elegant. It is very interesting to see how do you retroengineered the console to fit downsized parts (especially the power supply!). Thanks for the video.

@leobgoo6350 5 ай бұрын

3:50 Re-PS2 PSU - Power Supply Replacement ...& the one up improvement of replacing the barrel connector with a USB-C one 🤯 😸

@notenoughmonkeys 5 ай бұрын

0:30 - Today I learned PS2 Modders really don't care for Linus Sebastian.

@martini668 4 ай бұрын

Done understand half what you are doing, still loving it

@SolarGold2007 Ай бұрын

I love your videos, man! I hope you continue having fun. Anyways, I was wondering if you could show us what you do in research for creating these amazing builds

@andrewwilliams9063 5 ай бұрын

Your videos are definitely an inspiration for modern design and organization projects!

@OceanTechh 5 ай бұрын

I don't have the skills or the tools to do what you do but I am a fan of this type of work , very good content

@Ashdragon848pie 4 ай бұрын

I just love your builds, the wood and being about to see inside is just beautiful. I would love to have own something like that.

@andoneseptimiu8089 4 ай бұрын

Great project! I'd also make sure to place some mesh grille over any ventilation port, especially that one that's on the top when the console's placed vertically, so it wouldn't get that much dustier.

@eiv-gaming 5 ай бұрын

I like it. I have a PS2 mobo on my wall (result of a failed repair). It was a hell of a console, revolutionary at the time. This does look amazing though, the gold and wood compliment each other perfectly.

@Rosa_Canina 5 ай бұрын

Great project, although I have to say its better to keep the disc drive because of compatibility. Yeah, a ton of games run from HDD nowadays just fine. But there are still games with issues. I lost 50 hours of Valkyrie Profile 2 thanks to a very mean copy protection they built into the game, that got triggered by running it from OPL instead of just using my original disc. And I got some issues with other games in the past, too.

@vincentjonesvr 5 ай бұрын

There are 'modes' to run games in to avoid some of those issues. IIRC, that game in particular needs one of the modes enabled for compatibility.

@Rosa_Canina 5 ай бұрын

@@vincentjonesvr In the case of this game you only find that out 50+ hours into the game. And the savegame isnt repairable, as it triggers a flag at boot, so you basically have to delete all your saves and start completely fresh (its so bad, it even triggered on some OG hardware!). Also, I had a lot of troubles with games not really working well in the past on OPL. Maybe its just the types of games I play, as my collection isnt really focused on those "big hits" and the compatibility goes down the more obscure the games get.

@jonsnow9764 Ай бұрын

The only thing I could think of that would've made this even better is LED lights on the inside behind the bezels

@i_hakz 4 ай бұрын

Man that's so nice! I have a Slim PS2 here and I wish I could do some of those mods. Unfortunately I don't have the acknowledge neither the tools to do so. But thinking of it, what mods could you do with a slim PS2? That would be a nice part 2 for a video like this

@danieltimbrell2880 Ай бұрын

This is a cool project for someone who just wants to do it, but the definitive way to play PS2 games is still just on original hardware with a good quality CRT.

@Dave5281968 5 ай бұрын

Absolutely stunning result! This is a perfect demonstration of what any of us can accomplish with a little tenacity. In short: Nice work!!!

@colinbent9484 5 ай бұрын

Such a great project, love the post-mortem analysis segments too

@Hugo_Le_Mignon 4 ай бұрын

Brilliant. I wish i was capable of doing this mods, its excellent. 👏🏻

@djm9937 11 күн бұрын

Excellent video. I am pleased to hear you say GSM works with the majority of games. I am often mocked when I say the same .. 85% of the titles I have work extremely well, often with field flipping enabled.

@libroscombustibles2616 5 ай бұрын

YOu can fix the menu lights from going into a single dot by going into the system menu's date set. You step into month as if you where setting the month up, but instead of just X, press square and X simultaneously, and the light's will start moving across the screen again. this info I've got from the service manual. If X and square doesn't work try pressing all the buttons at the same time: square circle, triangle and X buttons while stepping in month or day. REmemeber to replace the battery first. this you've got to do every time you replace batteries in both slim and phat. Hope it helps- If uou want you can download the scph 55001 service manual and look for battery replacement.

@agarmash_ 5 ай бұрын

It would be better to flip the fan so it works like an exhaust one. An intake fan ends up creating swirls of air flows inside the case, while an exhaust one creates a negative pressure, so the fresh air is sucked through the holes in the case, which creates more stable air flow inside. Also, the intake fan will end up pushing more dust into the case.

@billybones6463 5 ай бұрын

Why didn't the OG PS2 use an intake fan if it's superior?

@agarmash_ 4 ай бұрын

@@billybones6463 I believe you got confused. Exhaust fan is better, and that's how it's done in most of the gaming consoles with similar cooling design

@maximilian3544 2 ай бұрын

18:28 treeline and grass looks better on stock RCA. These assets were never meant to be displayed at higher resolutions, so there's only so much you can do. In the end a blurry but period accurate image is probably the best these games are ever gonna look, because no amount of upscaling will fix the inate resolution of the assets.

@scilab4618 11 күн бұрын

The fact he went through with a 85% modding for this PS2 just made my day.. I have an old fat PS2 device... that my brother damaged, after it served me well for a whole 20 years, without a single complaint, and also using DVDs only, gosh i wanna fix it and make it run again.

@thejpkotor 5 ай бұрын

A nice upgrade for sure, but I do take issue with using USB and not a power supply of some kind. This could really hurt the life of something like this, as the whole purpose of a big PSU is to provide really stable and predictable power, which is a bit of a risk. I don't know that you will for sure get a lot of peaks or drops from a USB adapter, but why risk it...

@whosonedphone 4 ай бұрын

I had a similar concern. The Digital Audio Converter DAC is actually really good on my late fat mode PS2l. A bit of tasteful exaggeration on the bass. Super smooth mids and highs. It blows the Xbox 360 away in terms of sound quality. The power supply is a critical component of any audio system. Most people don't care or won't hear the difference I suppose. I would expect you could hear a difference through the digital HDMI cable as well. Digital isn't perfect like the marketing would have us all believe. Although it has it's advantages over analog.

@Ammoniummetavanadate 4 ай бұрын

Modern power supplies are simply much better than what we had 20 years ago. It really isn't an issue. Moving the noise from the SMPS out of the case will only help with RFI.

@Pilpup 5 ай бұрын

I love that whenever I think something isn't going to look good. You put in a ton of finishing touches to make it even better. You really do go above and beyond. Start an ETSY page already!

@ZacBuilds 5 ай бұрын

Thankl you! and I do have one, but just for 3d print files haha. Selling physical products is not a world I want to venture into just yet. It would take a lot of time and distract from making videos.

@Deathsight580 4 ай бұрын

Great job, looks beautiful!

@bradumusj8622 2 ай бұрын

Awesome work mate. Looks fantastic

@Arvisty 4 ай бұрын

instead of replacing the fan you could've used a resistor to bring to voltage down to about 3 to 5 volt . or you can get adjustable resistor and program it with arduino for it to run on lower wattage on idle and higher with high temps

@Mr.Engine993 25 күн бұрын

resistors heat up quite a lot. he would be better off using a diode or a small voltage regulator (unless the fan is PWM driven in which case it wouldnt work

@robertcampbell7662 4 ай бұрын

Dude this is super cool… I had no idea you could mod old consoles

@S4U54G3 2 күн бұрын

This is pretty rad! The final product is definitely worth the new printer 👌

@PonziGamingStudios 5 ай бұрын

I personally would flip that fan to exhaust the heat, not use it as an intake. Otherwise all that air inside has no where to go. Unless I'm missing some front ventilation somewhere, but none the less I think that would be better 😊

@JGrove303 5 ай бұрын

You missed the giant slotted grille cut out of wood that takes up a whole side

@marcelofrau8818 5 ай бұрын

you also can use a bluetooth dongle and make it work with OPL. so you can use PS3 controllers via bluetooth without the 8bitdo adapter. very nice video, I would go for a more fancy/traditional not blocky square case for the PS2, but it looks amazing. great work!

@plainpaul 4 ай бұрын

One way I use to fit larger objects on a resin printer with a smaller envelope then the object is cut the object in 3D with puzzle piece shaped slices, you have to get creative with placement. Then print the parts and glue the pieces together using resin.

@localpsychoticbackup Ай бұрын

This was very impressive. Great work, man!

@jorinnmilsap2353 5 ай бұрын

I admired the use of wording when mixing pigments for the epoxy… keybumps 🙏🏽 great content. I love watching your videos, genius and artistic

@probablyhiding 5 ай бұрын

I was looking for this comment lmaoooooo

@ColeHardin97 5 ай бұрын

^^ Same lmaooooo

@fatfurie 4 ай бұрын

outed him self lol

@hooni..9536 5 ай бұрын

I think that there is a lot of empty space that u could use to get a better refrigeration for the chips, but it makes it look pretty aesthetic, also u could put some LEDs, but with a non wood design, maybe a white plate instead of it, to make a good contrast, but honestly.. looks NICE!!

@mantizshrimp 3 ай бұрын

fck led's ..

@inoth79 29 күн бұрын

@3:20, try adding 2 diodes in series connection to positive wire that will end up dropping the voltage of the fan at around 5.6V which is better than 7V.

@mad3m6n 4 ай бұрын

Apart from the wood work and the logo shenanigan, this was a true masterpiece.

@mnrivera210 5 ай бұрын

This brought back memories of the first time my younger brother and I turned on a PS2 and being memorized by it's green and blue lights. A recommended large sized resin printer would be the Phrozen Mega 8K. They recently introduced a S variation that prints faster but has a reduced z height. Nice video and build.

@orlandosouza4415 4 ай бұрын

Mesmerized

@DM00SE 5 ай бұрын

Seriously love your videos mate. You do everything I want to do but don't have the funds to do it. Great video.

@ZacBuilds 5 ай бұрын

The only reason I have the funds to do these projects is because people like you watch my videos, so thank you! It's truely a dream come true.

@falloutzone3680 4 ай бұрын

I feel like he modernized that so much at the point of not even using the original case that I just question, why not just use an raspberry with an emulator at that point?

@MGArtDZN 3 ай бұрын

Divide print into parts and glue them together later ❌ Buy a new, bigger and most expensive 3D printer ✅ I wish I could do that too 😂

@AndehX 5 ай бұрын

Just so you know, an SSD won't give you much of a speed benefit over a traditional hard drive, due to the limitations of the bus speed on the PS2.

@guardianali 5 ай бұрын

While it wont do anything on bus speed, it should still help with overall latency and perceived speed due to elimination of seek times from a laser trying to find info on a spinning disc.

@ikkuranus 5 ай бұрын

@@guardianali exactly, Optical drive vs ssd even at ata 100 or whatever the ps2 uses is still no contest for latency.

@stale2665 5 ай бұрын

Pretty sure it's ATA66, but yeah, it doesn't matter. A spinning drive would be lucky to achieve even 3-4 MB/s random read performance. A SATA SSD can get 20-ish if it's decent. That's still not faster than the HDD adapter's bus, and you're likely already hitting a CPU bottleneck when trying to decompress/decode assets at that speed. Remember that the PS2 only has something like 36 MB of RAM combined. In fact, this happens in some games even with a regular HDD. Star Ocean 3 actually slows down for a second or so at the start of battles because the CPU is busy handling the data from my HDD that's arriving way faster than the game expects it to.

@fearbot69 5 ай бұрын

I just cram SD cards into mine with a IDE->SD adapter. Lot of folks say going the SD route is bad but they're cheap to replace with better seek times than a HDD. I haven't had to replace the SD yet even after two years of it being modded.

@ZacBuilds 5 ай бұрын

Ya this is true, you're limited by the bus. The SSD is a TAD bit quicker, but only in the 1-5% range. But honestly, the SSD costs about 25 dollars more and is quieter and uses less power, so it was an easy choice.

@gtxSeries 5 ай бұрын

Simply put: AMAZING work! My jaw just kept dropping watching you make this whole thing come into its' final form. Hats off to you sir!

@user-gi6hv8fl6r 3 ай бұрын

cool to see how much effort was put into this. The clean slick modern design is awesome. what would be interesting to see is an integrated multi tap. Four player functionality, instead of having a fat external dongle. I guess there really is a ton of modifications you can do. LED, Temp Gauge... etc. Great work!!

@glenvollmer 4 ай бұрын

amazing work, thank you🖖

@ot4kon 5 ай бұрын

Great idea. But you could use a first model ps2 slim instead. That nodel support HDD the pins are there to tap. There is a mod to bring back the HDD support to that model. Then you will have a smaller motherboard to work with so a smaller case to fit inside your resin printer.

@darksideXLable 4 ай бұрын

This!

@yeldarb141983 4 ай бұрын

(not zac builds, only saying, because I've run into that confusion on other people's vids before). Maybe it was a fluke, but my brother had a slim that was an absolute nightmare on heat... the thing would freeze mid-game if you didn't have some sort of fan blowing over the thing whenever you had it turned on. Not saying every slim had this problem, but personally, I avoid slim consoles of any sort like the plague because of this...

@ot4kon 4 ай бұрын

@@yeldarb141983 problems with that particular one. Slims run colder and more efficiently. Check the fan and console for dust. The EE is not a particular hot CPU unlike ps3 cell who runs normally hot.

@33ro0 4 ай бұрын

This This This!

@yeldarb141983 4 ай бұрын

@@ot4kon pretty sure that console is long gone at this point, lol. this was over fiften years ago. I don't even know where that console is now. but yeah, it was new at the time, so... =/

@ChadKenova 5 ай бұрын

Loved the PlayStation 2, but it didn’t have many games in the first 3-4 months. I was still playing my Dreamcast more when I first bought the ps2. But man did the library grow fast.

@ash3344 Ай бұрын

I wish I was smart enough to do things like this. It really is incredible what you're able to do.

@numberboxgamer 4 ай бұрын

The PS2 absolutely had a wireless controller. I have one. It used an RF dongle to connect the controller to the port. I still own mine and use it regularly

@Vealtaz2001 3 ай бұрын

Yes but AFAIK they were third party accessories. They were never bundled with the consoles nor had official Sony packaging.

@numberboxgamer 3 ай бұрын

@@Vealtaz2001 I double checked mine and yea my memory had failed me. Not first party indeed.

@user-cz6ii9ek8q 5 ай бұрын

That's one class looking Ps2. Definitely your best looking project to date!. Your videos are definitely an inspiration for modern design and organization projects!.

@Bryniactheunwise3221 5 ай бұрын

Man this was amazing. I know I don’t have the skills nor coordination to do this. I would happily pay you to make one for me. Just saying, this thing looks amazing and works great

@GeneralAI33 4 ай бұрын

Me too. I’m ready to buy today.

@AxleRods 4 ай бұрын

I never knew the logo swiveled... so i just dug my old ps2 out and had to try it!

@jonnekallu1627 3 ай бұрын

I have one of those older fat models too. It has a mod chip and LAN adapter too so I have a HDD inside it from where I can load games.

@Antstar12 5 ай бұрын

Instead of resin printing maybe consider printing in ABS or ASA and then acetone vapour smoothing it? This may result in a glossy finish which might not be what you're looking for but could be an option. Also just because the components in the PS2 might actually run kinda hot compared to older consoles you've done custom cases for, ABS or ASA would be a good idea just for the heat resistance compared to PLA, which might start to warp if it gets too hot. Another option would be sanded ABS/ASA, it's considerably easier to sand than PLA and could give you a nice look if you take it to a high enough grit. Just don't print ABS/ASA in your home, it's recommended to have some kind of carbon air filtration when printing those materials or just print in your workshop then vent it out after the print is done.

@evilgremlin 5 ай бұрын

Bad idea - after acetone bath it always cracks. Not immediately, could take a year, but it'll crack. Especially such big thing. And PLA is most rigid. Better to printing multipart resin and then glue and gloss it with same resin - it'll be seamless.

@Antstar12 5 ай бұрын

@@evilgremlin I did not realise that was a possibility with acetone smoothing, none of the guides I've seen ever mention it. After doing a bit or research it seems the cracking is due to internal stresses which the acetone smoothing can expose. So maybe a well printed ABS part wouldn't see this issue as quickly. I'd still say an ABS part sanded would work nicely in this situation or perhaps even polycarbonate.

@ZacBuilds 5 ай бұрын

Good idea here, my next video (or at least the one I'm working on now) is going to focus heavily on post processing of 3d printed parts. Stay tuned.

@Antstar12 5 ай бұрын

@@ZacBuilds Looking forward to it! Loving these game console upgrade videos.

@evilgremlin 5 ай бұрын

@@Antstar12 I mostly meant surface

@Iskelderon 5 ай бұрын

Great project! And congrats to the new addition to your printer fleet. I'm sure you'll inevitably catch the bug and find out why we call them "helmet-class printers". 🤣

@voolandashland2914 3 ай бұрын

man. you are the first youtuber I see do some hardcore mods on this OG Playstation 2 Console. It looks great !

@therealhellcat 4 ай бұрын

I believe interlacing was alternating the horizonal and vertical lines each frame, p (progrssive) is all lines at one time. Interlaced looks more fluid, but progressive looks sharper.

@newolku 5 ай бұрын

The thing with modern controllers is that they don't have pressure sensitive buttons. Socom 2 comes to mind that requires it (theres probably more games that need it too).

@HKT-4300 5 ай бұрын

8bitdo missed out on implementing the PS3 controller, ni idea why as i'dh ave bought 2 in an instant, Brooke's Wingman adapter supports pressure sensitive buttons on Dualshock 3's though! Which makes it the perfect wireless PS2 controller in my opinion as it's literally the same thing but wireless.