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I have case modded my Playstation 2 as of July 2002, therefore being the first to do a PS2 case mod to my knowledge, and certainly the most elaborate as of yet. There is a large window on the bottom, with a 9" neon glowing through the front vent and bottom window, with toggle switch. The bottom also has an additional exhaust fan installed (now removed), also with a toggle switch. On the top side there is a window with a 3" neon beside the heatsink, and a window in the DVD drive. I also installed a magic2 modchip and a no solder mod for disc swapping with homebrew programs and opening the tray with the ps2 turned off. The network adapter has LED's behind the LAN and phone jacks, allowing the plugs to glow when they are plugged in (network adapter went bust). And last but definitely not least, I changed the standard red LED in a Dual Shock 2 controller to a green one.

Now I have built an arcade style DDR pad for playstation use. I created a separate page for it HERE.

In case you missed the link to the tutorial I wrote on how to case mod the PS2, the link for it is right HERE.

This shot shows just how much this thing glows. It easily lights up a dark room.

Here's the whole shabang.

Here's where it really shines. The vertical position.

Vertical from the back. I don't have the fan in there anymore, but I'll keep the pic just to show you that I did do it.

This is the underside of the ps2. The light glows through the power supply PCB and makes the edges of the cut out fan grill glow. (Fan isn't there anymore)

Here's the bottom of the PS2, showing the fan and wire placement. Let's just say Final Fantasy XI won't be on my list of games. Dumbass alert: FFXI requires a hard drive for the ps2, and since all the space for a hard drive is gone, I will therefore not be able to play it. Even though I'd probably make it external if I had to.

Here's my second revision. I just took out the fan That I had in there. I realized that it was quite pointless since the air went straight from the vent to the fan, not really cooling anything down.

With the fan removed I really tidied up the wires to a respectable look. There's still room in there...

Here's how I soldered the power connections to the PSU. I made up a diagram below.

Wanna get started with your own mods? Well here's the power source for everything. Just use these points and you should be okay.

Here's a view of the lighted network adapter with cat5 and telephone cables plugged in. EDIT: I used to have the network adapter, but for some reason it stopped working. I don't know if it was because of the LED's I put in although I would think not. It was most likely because I plugged it in too many times and screwed it in too tight. Anyway, they used to be lit up.

Here's the green LED controller. A standard Floppy Drive LED will barely fit in there.

Well I did this a little while ago. It's 3 Blue LED's in the DVD dongle. Unfortunately the LED's dimmed greatly since I first installed them, so I took them out. I think I should have used a resistor, but there is so little room in there when the case/cover is put on it that I don't think it would have fit.

Here's the top of it. I wired them in series. Rough job, but it worked.

They did glow quite nicely, even though the camera enhances the image a bit.

Come to think of it, they were hella bright, but the problem lied in the casing of the dongle. It is very dark purple/red. It barely let any light pass through. I would have had to have found a way around that as well (probably an "all hot glue" casing, lol).

Topless!!! (Network adapter is now gone)

Close up on heatsink side.

DVD cover removed.

Here's the cover of the DVD drive. It had acrylic taped also, but I will change that.

Here's the acrylic from the previous configuration. It was a bitch to dremel out. I bet it would fit in one of those old ass 5 inch floppy drives.

Add a little hot melt glue, and viola!

Here's the newly cut top. I got lucky and it is perfectly symmetrical.

I had to cut out this little piece of art, but it is still usable somewhere. I don't what to do with my PS2 logo now. You got a good idea of where to put it? No seriously, do you? E-mail me or IM me.(contact info at bottom of page)

I glued the whole way around like this, 'cept where the reset switch needs added space.

Then I put it together a few times until the switch works. (reset/eject ribbon cable is very damaged). This is the original effect that I wanted but failed to realize that half of the window got cut off the first time around. Now it looks much better.

 

 

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