BROKEN Sony PSX - Let's Try to Fix This Piece of History!
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BROKEN Sony PSX - Let's Try to Fix This Piece of History! A PSX is basically a combination of a PS2 and a digital video recorder. They were sold new only in Japan (beginning in 2003) but one of my Patreon supporters Marcel sent this to me because he thought I would like to make a video trying to fix it.
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If you like this type of video you'll probably like this video where I try to fix a broken original Halo Xbox. Check it out: ruclips.net/video/wRceNRKmjzg/видео.html
Can u please help me I have a six year old gaming laptop here and I'm having a 100% disk usage problem whenever I run anything
I'd definitely be interested in a more in depth look. Even if there is nothing ese to fix I'd be interested in looking over the board layout to see what belkongs to the ps2 and what belongs to the DVR.
@@mizinoinovermyhead.7523 it was the hdd causing the 100% disk usage but now I can't seem to run anything without high cpu and gpu usage
Please continue this 🙏
yes fix it more >:)
It would be cool to see you go through the rest of the PSX, I'm very interested to see what secrets it holds.
Noted. Thanks
I second this motion!
Would love for him to take a look at the disc drive it's huge.
Would love for him to take a look at the disc drive it's huge.
Yup totally.
i love how the user interface is so similar to what they later did on the PSP and PS3 with the rows / columns system. awesome stuff. first time seeing one of these powered up!
Also the power beep was the same as the ps3 slim
You mean the XMB(Xross Media Bar)
@@perfectgogeta yes sir!
@@perfectgogeta I don't think I'll ever forgive Sony for the abomination that is the word "Xross"
@@n_tas I guess it was because the X button is called the Cross button and they wanted to be “cheeky”
Well, I don't know about anyone else, but I definitely want to see a video where you test the rest of the components of this unit and repair anything that needs it.
Good to know. Thanks for the comment!
If the HDD is broken he wouln't be able to fix it.
It's nearly impossible because there's a ridiculous amount of encryption on the parts
It makes me really happy to see you fixing Japan-exclusive consoles. Good job, as usual!
You and me both!
Great to see a rare retro unit saved from landfill!
If my Panasonic Q ever breaks (which it will do as its on the original drive belt) then I'll be sure to contact you to see if your up for the challenege :D
If had one broken. Still keep it as display
Great stuff Steve. Andrew Paul had a mess with one of these recently too. I think this sort of thing is coming back into fashion lol
I'll have to check out his video. I haven't seen that one. This old obscure stuff is pretty cool.
@@Tronicsfix I think he did a few, I think they were more component level though
Great video as usual! The real problem is when the HDD fails, as IIRC, the disk holds encryption keys, tied to the machine, and the system does not accept a regular HDD as a replacement, essentially turning into a fancy paperweight.
Despite this, always wanted one of these for the aesthetics. Thing may be unreliable, which is rare for Sony products, but it's gorgeous and would look good in my TV rack.
Not being able to replace the hard drive is one of the dumbest things I've seen Sony do. And it's great how they did the same thing with the PS5.
With the various software out now to handle conversion of software files and encryption keys, I’m sure there’s a way to get a replacement drive into it; but then the larger issue becomes whether or not conversion adapters would work to put a SATA SSD inside as I believe the HDD inside the PSX is an IDE drive and IDE to SATA adapters can vary wildly in quality and reliability, and IDE drives aren’t exactly known for speed.
@@zgoaty9235 It's not that simple, until today its encryption has not been solved, but there are ways to bypass this problem without breaking the encryption, there is a method that uses an original PS2 HDD together with an FMCB Memory Card
I've always wanted a PSX but given their high failure rate, It's just better to let serious collectors to buy and take care of them.
Also great work as always, I really do enjoy watching your video's and your methods for repairing them.
So glad you enjoyed. I've always wanted one too so it was cool to get this one.
Honestly, you could mod it using a FreeMcBoot and its basically bulletproof after that.
Enjoyed seeing you work on a more obscure device in gaming history. Would love to see a deeper dive into it. The PSX is known to be a flawed device, so I bet there may be more under the surface to take care of.
You don't know how much I want someone like this guy to try to save my BC PS3.
Playstation 10?
No. It's a combination of PS2 and video recorder
@@BRGKasumi77Main you missed the joke
They should bring back PSX name for the Playstation 10!
@@Tronicsfix see you in 40 years
@@Spartan122S lol
Great video, it's not that often we get to see someone working on one of these rare console let alone actually owning it.
Thanks! This was a fun one to fix.
I had no idea the PSX even existed.
I didn't either until several years ago. Pretty cool console.
the original was called psx, nobody knew there would be a 2nd model
I really like seeing you fix older devices or more obscure ones. I feel like it can be more interesting visually to watch. It's fun to see what has and has not changed over time.
I used to want one of these sooo badly when I was younger. the aesthetic really called out to me
It is pretty cool looking
Welcome to retro era, Steve. Great video by the way!
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it.
@@Tronicsfix you're welcome and I hope to see you repairing more retro and modern consoles too
+1 for wanting to see the PSX in action. seems like such a cool device like the Panasonic Q.
I love Your Videos man I’m Currently Training Myself to Fix my first PlayStation 2
You Really Inspire me I can’t Stress this enough when I Say Please don’t stop Making Videos.
We definitely need part 2 can't wait !
If this video does well I'll make another one.
@@Tronicsfix that's great thank you Steve 👍👍
The PS2 is by far one of my favourite childhood consoles. (Though I was in my mid teens at the time it came out...) But the PSX has always been my favourite design for it. If I had gotten into collecting video games rather than anime, I'm sure I would have bought one of these by now. Instead, I have $10K worth of blu rays and DVDs as well as a $4K server to back it all up.
Holy cow, that's quite the collection!
Wow 👏 😮
@@Tronicsfix i hope you can get that console working I've seen other RUclipsrs talk about this console.
Always good to go over the solder joints of the buttons too.
Very cool, nice to see that nothing else was actually broken. From what I remember these PSX HDDs are proprietary, so any further repairs needed would have been a nightmare. Cheers!
Really cool to see one of these, even cooler to see it get put back into action - great job!
Would also love to see a follow up on the system checking that everything else works
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it. If this video does well I'll make another.
The problem with the PSX, while it was the price, is the fact that the cooling system was next to nothing, PSX's overheat like crazy because it's one fan and a tiny heatsink trying to cool everything.
Like every Sony console
@@DoubbleDdragon no?
@@savnoorsamra3597 the ps2,ps3,ps4 and the ps5 v1 have cooling Problems ;)
@@DoubbleDdragon I own all of those except ps5 so I don't know what kind of dust bunnies people are feeding their consoles lol. I've never had any problems.
@@DoubbleDdragon PS1 & PS2 typically don't have cooling issues if you keep them clean. PS3s typically only have cooling issues when the thermal pads need replaced, PS4s you're right about tho I've never seen a PS4 that didn't sound like a vaccume cleaner
I can't survive without a new video.
Much love to you and your work
Ha, ha, good to know! Glad you enjoy my vids.
Great video! I’m actually surprised you decided to take this on. The main point of failure for these systems is either the hard drive or dual lasers. I actually have 4 of them in my possession I got from Buyee so that I can collaborate with others to fully hack into the system to make life changing improvements. For a suggestion, do not rely solely on the hard drive on this system. You can plug an external hard drive to the USB and it will work fine.
As for the arrows pointing to the screws you mentioned, that’s typical for any Sony system which applies to more than just their game systems. I only wish with those arrows they stamped the length size for the screws that goes in each arrows.
Interesting. Good to know! Thanks for the comment.
@@muneebrehman6288 Not to mention the hard drive is placed near the power supply and can overheat as a result. Plus, the hard drive is in some ways married to the system. Hoping to come up with a huge breakthrough in the near future. You can check out Modern Vintage Gamer and Spawn Wave with their videos as they go over the details very well.
Are you talking about just the PS2 side, or have you figured out a way to get the DVRP running without using one of Sony's special drives with MagicGate support? Back when I was playing with this, I ran into a bit of a brick wall - when the DVRP starts up it sends a bunch of non-standard ATA commands to the drive and if it doesn't get the expected result it locks up. Since the DEV9 interface of the PS2 side is a passthough from the DVRP that also disables the drive on the PS2 side. Honestly, not one of Sony's greatest design moments..
@@muneebrehman6288 The PSX's main failure point is the HDD, not any of the things you mentioned. If the HDD goes, the system won't boot anymore. Drive is protected and it has yet to be cracked, no way currently to resurrect these when they die.
@@RileySkye100 *software married. I managed to replace a DESR5000 busted hard drive with a DESR7000 one by moving the entire __system and __sysconf directories from a 5100, and replaced xosdmain in the NAND through ps2client. this allowed me to resuscitate a seemingly dead system without using an update disc - I couldn't run a copy on it no matter what I did.
other than that, yeah. the PSX needs some serious hacking to get things done.
I would love to see you make more content on the PSX. I would love one myself, but will settle for seeing you play with it.
Good to know. Thanks for the comment
Please go through the rest of the PSX features. It's interesting to finally see this device being worked on. Thanks.
At exactly 4:54, if you look right above his finger, inside the boards at the edge of the console; you can literally see a baby spider move out of camera view as he moves his hand.
Amazing video though! Keep up the great work! Save the consoles!
oh heck yeah, I'd love to see further testing of the PSX, see how it works, and if it has more issues, how you solve them.
great video!
This channel was the reason I bought an iFixIT toolkit. Bought for work ofc, been refurbishing laptops with it for weeks now!
Yes I would love to see you working more on that PSX
Is the testing PSX video ready?? :) that's a nice piece of gold! congratulations!
Wonderful work, please all we need the another video, test and play jeje Cheers
I like watching these videos. Just remember to use the perfect amount of thermal paste 👍 😂
Glad you enjoy these!
Great to see one of these opened up. More please 😃
"That's basically pretty much almost perfect, sort of" sounds like a new t-shirt slogan!
Ha, ha, I was wondering if anyone would notice! That would be a good t shirt!
TronicsFix quote of the day "thats basically, pretty much almost perfect...sorta"
Usually with old tech like car amplifiers I go ahead and re solder every component because there might be solder cracks over time
Excellent video Steve. These are fun bits of kit to work on - mine's rather ill currently but it's slowly getting there ha ha!
Hey Andrew! I heard you have some videos on these. I need to go watch them before I work on this more! Thanks for stopping by!
@@Tronicsfix Sure do bud - it was supposed to keep me occupied through lockdown but it ended up sitting in a box until very recently. Oops ha ha!
I swear...this man is so darn interesting and fun to watch no matter what's the video about. I'd watch him watch paint dry and still be entertained
2004.02: V 1.10 (only available for DESR-7000/5000 units)
2004.03: V 1.20 (only available for DESR-7000/5000 units)
2004.06: V 1.31 (only available for DESR-7100/5100 and DESR-7000/5000 units)
2005: V 2.10 (only available for DESR-7700/5700 and DESR-7500/5500 units)
Good to see you back 👍😊
That menu looks like the original PlayStation 3 menu. Cool.
I've always been interested in this particular model of the ps. I would love to see you examine the rest of it.
I didn't even know these existed! Those buttons are the worst, the fail on hand helds a bunch too
Ya, they’re not ideal
I would be glued to your channel if you did more psx/retro console repairs. I've learned so much from you and your videos is great
I like that the title is cut off like "Let's explore this piece of..."
Leaves a little to the imagination, and now since you got me here I oughta watch the video.
Ha, ha, that was not on purpose but it's hilarious. Thanks for watching!
Well done spotting the bend in the case! Stellar work as always Steve! 👍🏻👍🏻
Hiiii i want to say thanks ever since I was a kid, I have been always wanting to repair consoles and build pc's and I fixed over 10 consoles 2 play stations and 8 Xbox and they all have gotten successful because of your videos thank you :)
I have one of these. It mostly works but the DVD drive is bad, which is common. They're nonstandard units so they're not easy to replace. The other common failure is the hard disk, which is apparently hard-coded to the chassis for security which prevents replacement even with the same make and model of drive, let alone upgrades.
Bending that metal plate was clutch. I saw it the moment u put it up on cam!
So this is where the XMB interface originated from!
Beautiful machine. Nice work!
Glad you like it!
11:40 kingdom hearts in the menu
i see you are a man of culture
This console and the pioneer laser active are just a piece of art!
Oh God the LaserActive haha, could you imagine if we still played games with 12" disc's today?
Yes I would definitely like to see a full Video on how you fix a PSX
Loved the new logo, it has some jedi vibes in it
Nice one again Steve, you don't see much PSX consoles out there so very nice to see you fix one
I m so happy to find this tutorial. It's working for me. Thank you for sharing
“Basically pretty much almost perfect….sort of” 😂🤣😂🤣
I was in Tokyo in January 2004 and those things were featured in every electronics shop. It was pretty cool looking.
Remember being in my local magazine store (pre internet days) in the early 2000s and seeing this in a gaming mag for the first time. Was blown away by it. Couldn’t get my head around the DVR part at the time (something we obviously take for granted now). Thought this was so cool and always wanted one.
The best thing I have learned from you is that we can speed up our repairing by using Thermal Camera to track the short on the fly.
something I used to do at my old job was use a sharpie to mark across the screw and onto the board, occasionally I'd leave little happy notes for the next person with a signature and a number to call
Really fascinating console. Problem is, most of them break due to the power cords. This is a Japanese imported console which wasn't released anywhere else, therefore it uses a 100V power outlet. In the UK where I live we use around 200V. Plugging this console into one of those will either severely damage it, completely kill it or at worst cause an electrical fire. When buying these things, make sure you have a voltage converter.
Didn't know that way of fixing buttons, i would have just change them all. Awesome video! 👍
Cool video as usual! Wonder if these buttons do need to work, doesn't the PS remote have the same functions?
Nice Job!! What an honour it must be 🤝
Thanks! Yes, it definitely was!
Some electronic fans and motors get so dirty their speed is impaired! For 30 years I have soaked them in a strong solution of " Dirtex cleaner", found at home improvement stores. Once cleaned and thoroughly rinsed, then properly dried, they work like brand new!!!! A tablespoon per quart seems to be the " PERFECT AMOUNT OF SOAP"!!!!
Do it!! I thought I heard of a PSX before, but apparently not because I even had to ask what it is. But now I’m totally intrigued with this.
It's a pretty cool console!
"Basically pretty much almost perfect sort-of" is shirt/merch worthy lmao
Good tip about rotating the buttons, I wouldn't have thought of that. I assumed they were fixed.
It will be cool to see the working of this psx. Please make a working and also play a PS2 game on it
The DESR-7000 model actually is the first model of the PSX series. It was the high end counterpart of the 5000 model.
Beautiful console, i did not know it existed till now. I would love to see more of it. Great video Steve!
Looks better than the PS5 does.
@@SNC2319 totally!
yeeeeees a PSX repair! I hadn't watched it yet but I know it'll be good being fixed by you
Would love to see you going deeper into this PSX!!
Would love to see more videos about the PSX. So little is known about it I feel like.
Yes. One more video on this unit please!
I’ve been trying to get my hands on one for so long now, it’s literally my dream PlayStation. I collect them and this is literally the last one I need.
I'd like to see a run down of the features and video recording capabilities & video format on the psx
'Look at the Fix-It man go' is what Im always thinking whenever I tune in to your videos .. I dont do anything related to repairs or hardware but here I am..btw have you tried recreating stuff from extra parts you have? Like PCs or ps4 or like nintendo switch?
Ha, ha, glad you enjoy these. I haven't done much as far as builds but I have done a few Lego consoles. I do have some builds planned though
Such entertaining and satisfying videos, I wish I had access to this information back when I was a teenager messing with any device I could get my hands on!
Yes, more PSX content! Try a game on it, try to play a movie, test memory cards slots, ects!
I can remember hearing about this console. When I was younger I always thought Japan exclusive stuff was a myth.
oh man, I haven't seen one of these in years. great video I'd love to see more.
Glad you enjoyed! I'll make more if this video does well.
Yes I’d also like to see you go through the rest of it!
One of the rarest stuff indeed and yes please show us how it runs.
I know I'd be down for seeing more of what the PSX can do :)
Ive got this japanese 3ds that ill have to replace the charging port as it stopped working entirely, and watching your videos gives me the confidence to wanna repair it and get its charging port working again
Just mod it. It's so easy and you'll never have to use the cartridge slot again.
@@nojuanatall3281 its not the cartridge port, the system will not charge, the charging port on the system will not work with an ac adapter or the charging cradle, but i do have 5 other modded 3ds systems to preserve my cartridge games
Before repairing it yourself go to a repair store
Love all your videos.
One of the worst features of these was the HDD, and when it went out, if you couldn't get the EXACT model and somehow reflash the OS, it would brick the system... 😑
Also they seemed to overheat a lot. I would probably replace the fan with a higher RPM fan, and maybe also replace the Heatsink on the CPU with a better one if you can get one that will fit the system, or replace the thermal paste with a better variant.
Please do mess with this beast of a console hybrid more on camera! I remember wanting one so bad back in the day!
I'll make more if enough people want to see it. I didn't even know about these until a few years ago. Pretty cool consoles.
@@Tronicsfix I hope that happens... I look forward to seeing how it plays PS2 games etc... I'd assume you'd need JP games since IDK if it's region free, but look into that should part 2 be made!
I've owned three of these things and couldn't get any of them to fully work. The problem is the lasers are very unreliable and also impossible to get replacements for. It has two lasers, one which is the same as in a PS2, and another which it uses for burning discs (to record TV shows). Unfortunately the way they designed the console, the burner laser is the one it uses to initially identify discs when they're inserted. If it's a game it then switches over to the PS2 laser to play the game. So, when the burner laser dies it won't be able to read any discs even though the other laser may still be fine.
you are one of the best youtubers for these stuff
Hey thanks!
I wish more people would do videos on the PSX since for some reason it's ignored by the community at large, with PSX meaning PS1 to most. The actual PSX is important because it featured the first version of the XMB.
3:45 That made me giggle a little.
PSX's are pretty notorious for being damaged in shipping when being shipped out of Japan. So not surprised that the problem was physical damage most likely from when it was shipped from Japan to the US. Nice it got figured out and sorted.
That could be what the damage was from. Didn't even think about that. They are pretty heavy so it wouldn't surprise me if it was broken in shipping.
@@Tronicsfix Yeah, the size/weight and general fragility makes getting a working PSX shipped from Japan to be a very luck of the draw proposition. Hence why many collectors that try and get a PSX here from Japan usually have to get multiple systems before one successfully makes it to them.
I've not paid too much attention to exactly what gets broken in shipping. Nor am I too sure if the fragile HDD's in them is a shipping issue or just a build quality issue with the HDD's.