@@joman104 Yeah... It came out louder than I expected and I didn't notice at the time because I was exhausted. I will pin your comment as a way for more people to see it, and through it I apologize to you, and everyone else. I hope it was just a jumpscare and your ears didn't hurt.
Thanks! I sprayed it myself, with help from an old friend. Unfortunately, I've scratched the paint off in a few places, but I might repaint it in the future.
@@babixillo Thank you. It's a transformative experience if you're a rookie. Really heightened my sense of soldering, but definitely not the best area to gain experience at. Not the worst either.
I miss my old ps2 slim, i left it at home when i moved out to study abroad just to learn that my parents unfortunately got rid of it. it's not like i would have done this mod to my personal childhood machine, but I definitely want to try doing this mod to expand on my horrible microsoldering skills. Hide your ps2s ebay users, here i come.
@@kasiorap Thanks mate. Parents throwing out your things without permission sucks. Good luck on your hunt. You can also check local listings in your country (in apps and/or websites like Facebook Marketplace). Some people have these laying around and don't even know their features. You can just ask for a photo of the bottom of the console, or its model code. That should be easy to provide.
@@watchinyoutube8919 Have a few more projects coming up that might interest you since you liked this one. They just need lots of editing and it's an exhausting process.
There is the Ps2 Slim IDE Resurrector from Gusse that does exactly that, in a much tidier way. Did that, works like a charm and i used a microsd extender that i put on the vents on the front side, looks almost as an original feature!
I'm aware, though I wasn't when I started gathering the parts, years ago. It is indeed an excellent, and much more preferable choice, and if I ever get to do this mod again in the future, I know sure as shoot I'm getting one of them.
Do yourself a favor if you ever decide to do it, and get one of these: gusse.in/shop/ps2-modding-parts/ide-resurrector-flex-cable-for-spch700xx/ It'll make the process 90% easier.
For us indonesian a ps2 is our youth and beloved console even it has to be owned or Trough Renthal culture we loved our PS2 so much that even in 2024 we still had people dedicated as repairman to ps2 and we still have many studio Renthals to people who didnt wanna afford it yet but wanna hangout and play it.. 😁 back in early 00s ps2 was a console that every kids in indonesia played it even much more played than ps3 and ps4😁 we had ps5 nowadays but the demand of ps2 still there and repair homes for it still operates and more people fix ps2 since it was basicly rouhgly always played old consoles now 😁
@@Woodnsus Great job getting it up and running, though. PS2 mods are not very easy. I tried doing modchip install and everything was going fantastic, until I had to tac one of the wires onto the CPU legs. Accidentally bridged 2 legs, then lifted the leg and bent it a bit trying to remove solder. I took a break on that one. Some day I'll go back and finish it.
I hacked my fat PS2 a while back but for the past few months we've been playing it a lot with my friends, like if it was 2005 again ah ah INCREDIBLE console
For anyone who lost any resistor block or capacitors on any ps2 try shopee we had a lot of sellers here in indonesia.. try ask the seller will they shipp to another apps or online store such ebay or something else.. we had a lot of ps2 modding and repairing folks here in indonesia even in 2024
That’s awesome! Thanks for sharing. I’m currently learning how to solder on an old computer board…. Let’s just say I’m learning a lot of what not to do 😂 I’m definitely gonna do this mod but first gonna do the rgh3 on my Xbox 360 first… Luckily it seems a lot easier than this mod so will be good practice 😊 looking forward to seeing more videos. Maybe a hdmi mod next on that?
Well, no HDMI mod planned for the time being, but, do I have a surprise for you. I'm gonna do an RGH 3 as well, on a Trinity (?) 360 S that I got recently. That mod is definitely easier than this, and probably one of easiest hardware mods ever. Thanks for dropping by!
congratulations! What a hard mod that was. How do you figure out which point is number 1 on your SD card reader? I mean, I'd probably mess that up from the get go.
Good, but let me give you an advice, get some sort of microphone filtering, either physical or from software, so the air that you produce when you say a word, doesn't get recorded.
I'm currently using a HyperX Cloud Alpha headset and its microphone to record, and while it already has a small piece of foam or whatever that is, it's inevitable that some of my breathing will be heard. I try to manually remove it during the editing process, but I may miss a few spots. I have not yet found an algorithm that I am happy with, to remove that automatically. I think I'll just get a standalone mic, that will allow me to keep some distance from it when I breathe, so I can speak more comfortably. But that's for the future.
I'll continue until the time is right to stop. I have a few projects already underway. Feel free to sub to see 'em when they're ready. I'd say they're somewhat interesting, lol. Also, thanks.
Great mod, but I think it is probably outdated since you can just use a MX4ISO (SD on memory card) on the slim, also the memory card transfer rate is faster than IDE.
@@thegreator Hi! I'm aware of MX4SIO and actually own more than one! I might make a game loading speed comparison between that, IDE, USB and Ethernet in the future, to put everything into perspective, but for the time being, I'd like to note that IDE is definitely faster, and it should be, by far. MX4SIO is just a small step up from USB, but it's not even up to par with the standard DVD reading speed. Where did you get that from?
From my experience, FMV on hdd tends to stutter but not on mx4sio. I immediately turn on my ps2 after posting this and I can confirm that.... I was wrong. I was using an old OPL this whole time. Sorry, should've check before posting.
@@thegreator No worries. Glad we set that straight. Feel free to stick around if you wanna see some more projects I'm working on. I'll have a tease in my next video.
@@panospanagiotopoulos4682 The USB ports on the PS2 are limited to 1.1 speeds (=~ 1MBps). This results in some games lagging. I've personally played lots of PS2 games through USB and can say that it's an okay experience, at least for the games that I played, however, if you can do or a get a console with this mod, this is by far superior.
Learning English from Playstation games...that I've never heard before..whatever works..seems to have been a success..like your IDE modification..way too much work for me..I now know why I stick to the FAT consoles..free McBoot with OPL/ HD loader..an adaptor with IDE 3.5 HDD..and a dozen or so games..I use the original Sony version..not Gamestar..the Sony adaptors are expensive if you can find one nowadays..I have 6 FAT consoles..4 with no working optical drives..one plays CDs and DVDs fine..another just CDs not DVDs..another played DVDs till recently but didn't play CDs..now it doesn't load any disks..and 3 others..2 with no optical drives..and a box of spares..a 7th motherboard..and power supply board..yes..I'm a PS2 addict..I collect unloved PS2's like a cat lover collects stray cats..smashed/ bashed/ trashed with holes in the cases..whatever I see cheap on eBay is considered if no bidders or buyers..
That's a big collection! Have you polished them up, externally at least? Tbf, I believe my accent's not great, but I will take the compliment, thank you very much! You can try adjusting the potentiometer in the one console that reads CDs but not DVDs. I've had some luck in the past doing that, though it's not a permanent fix.
It was a combination of problems, if I remember correctly. One of them being the point on which I had initially connected the wire for power (after a lot of looking around, I came across this post on Twitter: x.com/VajskiD/status/1700807128120955316 and copied this guy's points, which ended up working), and uLaunchELF needing a custom build that had better compatibility with the Slim IDE functions (4.43x_isr).
@@golimonkey Consider getting this: arthrimus.com/product/iflash2ps2-flex-kit/ It can make the soldering work a lot easier, as well as allow you to use SD cards larger than 128GBs.
@@Woodnsus Tnx for suggestion, but its much to expensive for me. I can buy two good PS2s with controllers with that much money. I will diy it just need to find cheap 7000x ps2.
The ending scared the cheap outa me. Had headphones in
@@joman104 Yeah... It came out louder than I expected and I didn't notice at the time because I was exhausted. I will pin your comment as a way for more people to see it, and through it I apologize to you, and everyone else. I hope it was just a jumpscare and your ears didn't hurt.
I would suggest watching this at x1.25 speed
I’d say 1.5
For the record, I appreciate how hard he worked to speak clearly. It's amazing that even at 1.5 he's that understandable.
@@megan_alnico no 100% he's definitely doing a fantastic job, however for a native speaker it's more comfortable to listen to
Thanks 😂
Stop being mean
That blue is a nice color for a PS2 Slim. Nice mod.
Thanks! I sprayed it myself, with help from an old friend. Unfortunately, I've scratched the paint off in a few places, but I might repaint it in the future.
soldering around those smd resistors is freakin PITA!! glad you managed to get it working in the end 🎉
@@babixillo Thank you. It's a transformative experience if you're a rookie. Really heightened my sense of soldering, but definitely not the best area to gain experience at. Not the worst either.
great video my guy. reminds me of my childhood man i miss those days
@@nedflanders9250 200%. Thanks.
that is some dedication you have my friend
I try. Thank you.
I miss my old ps2 slim, i left it at home when i moved out to study abroad just to learn that my parents unfortunately got rid of it.
it's not like i would have done this mod to my personal childhood machine, but I definitely want to try doing this mod to expand on my horrible microsoldering skills. Hide your ps2s ebay users, here i come.
also great video btw, keep it up!
@@kasiorap Thanks mate. Parents throwing out your things without permission sucks. Good luck on your hunt. You can also check local listings in your country (in apps and/or websites like Facebook Marketplace). Some people have these laying around and don't even know their features. You can just ask for a photo of the bottom of the console, or its model code. That should be easy to provide.
I had trouble wiring to those same resistors awesome that you found the traces to solder to definitely gonna give it a try thanks!!!🔥
@@FearHeyZeus Happy to offer something to the community. Good luck
This was a great video. I especially liked your ending notes, it hit deep. Subscribed
@@watchinyoutube8919 Thanks!
@@watchinyoutube8919 Have a few more projects coming up that might interest you since you liked this one. They just need lots of editing and it's an exhausting process.
@@Woodnsus can't wait brother!
There is the Ps2 Slim IDE Resurrector from Gusse that does exactly that, in a much tidier way.
Did that, works like a charm and i used a microsd extender that i put on the vents on the front side, looks almost as an original feature!
I'm aware, though I wasn't when I started gathering the parts, years ago. It is indeed an excellent, and much more preferable choice, and if I ever get to do this mod again in the future, I know sure as shoot I'm getting one of them.
Same story here. Was planing to do that for few years, lacking energy, even same 7000 model of ps2
Do yourself a favor if you ever decide to do it, and get one of these: gusse.in/shop/ps2-modding-parts/ide-resurrector-flex-cable-for-spch700xx/
It'll make the process 90% easier.
im happy i found this ill give it a go..
Cool! Good luck mate.
I love amongus
@@hamsteerio Me too
Wahhh, I love Michigan Report From Hell, I want to own that game so badly!
@@GAnimeRO Don't remember personally playing that own, but it looks cool.
Nice mod, did not you were in Greece. Best regards from Bulgaria :)
@@NikolayGenov-u9k Thank you neighbour. Stay tuned. There's a few more projects to come.
Respect
@@grakka72 Thanks!
Thanks bro!
@@bigbank7350 You're welcome!
For us indonesian a ps2 is our youth and beloved console even it has to be owned or Trough Renthal culture we loved our PS2 so much that even in 2024 we still had people dedicated as repairman to ps2 and we still have many studio Renthals to people who didnt wanna afford it yet but wanna hangout and play it.. 😁 back in early 00s ps2 was a console that every kids in indonesia played it even much more played than ps3 and ps4😁 we had ps5 nowadays but the demand of ps2 still there and repair homes for it still operates and more people fix ps2 since it was basicly rouhgly always played old consoles now 😁
I'm always up for some PS2 1v1s. Even nowadays. It'll always be a part of my life.
Holy mother of God, what a rat nest! lol I would definitely suggest trying to use less wire next time.
@@tatecheddar Indeed. The wires didn't need to be that long.
@@Woodnsus Great job getting it up and running, though. PS2 mods are not very easy. I tried doing modchip install and everything was going fantastic, until I had to tac one of the wires onto the CPU legs. Accidentally bridged 2 legs, then lifted the leg and bent it a bit trying to remove solder. I took a break on that one. Some day I'll go back and finish it.
@@tatecheddar Thanks. Feel free to share any pics or vids with me. I'd love to see how it looks.
I hacked my fat PS2 a while back but for the past few months we've been playing it a lot with my friends, like if it was 2005 again ah ah INCREDIBLE console
Simpler times
For anyone who lost any resistor block or capacitors on any ps2 try shopee we had a lot of sellers here in indonesia.. try ask the seller will they shipp to another apps or online store such ebay or something else.. we had a lot of ps2 modding and repairing folks here in indonesia even in 2024
That’s awesome! Thanks for sharing. I’m currently learning how to solder on an old computer board…. Let’s just say I’m learning a lot of what not to do 😂 I’m definitely gonna do this mod but first gonna do the rgh3 on my Xbox 360 first… Luckily it seems a lot easier than this mod so will be good practice 😊 looking forward to seeing more videos. Maybe a hdmi mod next on that?
Well, no HDMI mod planned for the time being, but, do I have a surprise for you. I'm gonna do an RGH 3 as well, on a Trinity (?) 360 S that I got recently.
That mod is definitely easier than this, and probably one of easiest hardware mods ever.
Thanks for dropping by!
@@Woodnsus noice! 👍 looking forward to seeing it
congratulations! What a hard mod that was. How do you figure out which point is number 1 on your SD card reader? I mean, I'd probably mess that up from the get go.
Thanks! It's marked on the PCB. From there, you just count forwards. ibb.co/mH45QkF
Good, but let me give you an advice, get some sort of microphone filtering, either physical or from software, so the air that you produce when you say a word, doesn't get recorded.
I'm currently using a HyperX Cloud Alpha headset and its microphone to record, and while it already has a small piece of foam or whatever that is, it's inevitable that some of my breathing will be heard.
I try to manually remove it during the editing process, but I may miss a few spots. I have not yet found an algorithm that I am happy with, to remove that automatically.
I think I'll just get a standalone mic, that will allow me to keep some distance from it when I breathe, so I can speak more comfortably. But that's for the future.
Very nice. I also learned English from -and for- playing video games.
@@davemoore7808 Cool, lol
Let's play CTR
@@Nomad_Wanderer What's the process? I'm not up to date with the whole thing.
Great video, man! Keep doing tech stuff. (If you like to) 😃
I'll continue until the time is right to stop. I have a few projects already underway. Feel free to sub to see 'em when they're ready. I'd say they're somewhat interesting, lol. Also, thanks.
Και αλλος Έλληνας; Ωραία μετατροπή!!!
@@frankgile1996 Σ'ευχαριστώ πολύ συμπατριώτη!
thanks will try
@@treea4155 Good luck!
Nice job man !
@@dragac90 Thank you very much!
Great mod, but I think it is probably outdated since you can just use a MX4ISO (SD on memory card) on the slim, also the memory card transfer rate is faster than IDE.
@@thegreator Hi! I'm aware of MX4SIO and actually own more than one! I might make a game loading speed comparison between that, IDE, USB and Ethernet in the future, to put everything into perspective, but for the time being, I'd like to note that IDE is definitely faster, and it should be, by far. MX4SIO is just a small step up from USB, but it's not even up to par with the standard DVD reading speed. Where did you get that from?
From my experience, FMV on hdd tends to stutter but not on mx4sio.
I immediately turn on my ps2 after posting this and I can confirm that.... I was wrong. I was using an old OPL this whole time. Sorry, should've check before posting.
@@thegreator No worries. Glad we set that straight. Feel free to stick around if you wanna see some more projects I'm working on. I'll have a tease in my next video.
Hey my ps2 doesnt take any controlls from the Controller, its red and all but i dont know what to do? Can you help?
Have you tried using the controller on another console or PC, to make sure it itself is not the problem?
Just you can play with external usb hard disk
@@panospanagiotopoulos4682 The USB ports on the PS2 are limited to 1.1 speeds (=~ 1MBps). This results in some games lagging.
I've personally played lots of PS2 games through USB and can say that it's an okay experience, at least for the games that I played, however, if you can do or a get a console with this mod, this is by far superior.
Learning English from Playstation games...that I've never heard before..whatever works..seems to have been a success..like your IDE modification..way too much work for me..I now know why I stick to the FAT consoles..free McBoot with OPL/ HD loader..an adaptor with IDE 3.5 HDD..and a dozen or so games..I use the original Sony version..not Gamestar..the Sony adaptors are expensive if you can find one nowadays..I have 6 FAT consoles..4 with no working optical drives..one plays CDs and DVDs fine..another just CDs not DVDs..another played DVDs till recently but didn't play CDs..now it doesn't load any disks..and 3 others..2 with no optical drives..and a box of spares..a 7th motherboard..and power supply board..yes..I'm a PS2 addict..I collect unloved PS2's like a cat lover collects stray cats..smashed/ bashed/ trashed with holes in the cases..whatever I see cheap on eBay is considered if no bidders or buyers..
That's a big collection! Have you polished them up, externally at least?
Tbf, I believe my accent's not great, but I will take the compliment, thank you very much!
You can try adjusting the potentiometer in the one console that reads CDs but not DVDs. I've had some luck in the past doing that, though it's not a permanent fix.
quedo bonito el mod
Muchas gracias.
Ωραία δουλειά, θα μπορούσες αρκετα καλύτερο cable management. Τσεκαρε Arthrimus για ένα καινούριο κιτ που βγηκε
@@Gerasimos.Panagatos Ευχαριστώ. Ναι, πλέον έχω ενημερωθεί για τα kits και καταλαβαίνω τι παίζει. Άλλη φορά λογικά κάτι τέτοιο θα κάνω.
@@Woodnsus για το 70000 υπάρχουν πολλά ωραία mods διαθέσιμα πλέον. Τσεκαρε και το Methylene.
@@Gerasimos.Panagatos Έγινε.
Why wasnt it working?
It was a combination of problems, if I remember correctly. One of them being the point on which I had initially connected the wire for power (after a lot of looking around, I came across this post on Twitter: x.com/VajskiD/status/1700807128120955316 and copied this guy's points, which ended up working), and uLaunchELF needing a custom build that had better compatibility with the Slim IDE functions (4.43x_isr).
@@Woodnsus Tnx, looking to do one myself soon.
@@golimonkey Consider getting this: arthrimus.com/product/iflash2ps2-flex-kit/
It can make the soldering work a lot easier, as well as allow you to use SD cards larger than 128GBs.
@@Woodnsus Tnx for suggestion, but its much to expensive for me. I can buy two good PS2s with controllers with that much money. I will diy it just need to find cheap 7000x ps2.
@@golimonkey That's alright. Good luck!
try a ide to cf card board
I'll keep it in mind if I find another one of these. Feel free to sub to see it if I ever do it.
Loading via lan is stil faster
@@telostia Every test I've seen, LAN (both SMB and that newer method) is slower. Where did you get that from?
spend $20 on a pop filter for you microphone
I plan to get a better microphone in the future. I'm currently recording with a HyperX Cloud Alpha headset.