Cleaning and Restoring an Original PS2 - Adam Koralik 

Finally, the upgrade from 480p that we needed.

If the orbs aren’t flying around on the bios screen it means the CMOS battery is dead and the clock isn’t set.

Now that I'm done, two things to mention. One, the blue disc games are supposed to sound a lot louder than other games, so yeah even that is perfectly normal. That PS2 is perfect. Second, the reason why nothing was moving in the Bios is because the clock needed to be reset, as it's probably chilling thinking it's still 2000. Doesn't even have to be a dead battery, that just happens sometimes. Nothing major. $13 is not bad at all!

Nostalgic is right, this is the OG series that I subscribed for back in 2012 I followed your video and my NES is still going strong 🔥

Im real glad you decided to do another ps2 cleaning video! Cool pickup too with the network adapter by the way!

this video reminded me I kept my first PS2. currently in the process of cleaning mine. surprised how well I took care of my stuff as a kid cause this thing is spotless

Your restoration videos are like ASMR for me, very soothing, calming and satisfying lol

Console restorations are right up my alley. Thanks for the content

7:36 yeah this is definitely a later revision model. Most of the original models including my main one have the power/eject button attached to the top case with a ribbon cable that's fairly easy to yank out by accident. I accidentally did to one of my other PS2s I have. (Come to think of it I think your original video was like that as well) I noticed one of the ports on the front were missing too so that's a more obvious clue that it's a later revision

Great video Adam! I remember the original video as well! Still cool to see your helping the gaming community when it comes to cleaning and restoration! This is why I subbed! 😎

This is great. I was looking to clean a few fat PS2s I have. Fantastic video, as always Adam.

Always stoked to see a new restoration video. BTW, it's 4:30 AM as I write this and this isn't the first time I've pulled an all nighter binging your stuff. 2 weeks ago I binged your 5th generation recap series throughout an entire night. Your voice is just so nice to hear this late!

Just found a ps2 at a garage sale with all cords and controller. So this is perfect. I use your n64 video to this day to clean the n64 consoles I find. Thank you.

I've been cleaning some ps2 consoles myself lately and a common issue I'm encountering is the disc drive grinding when opening or not opening at all. Messing with that mechanism can really be a chore but a quick and dirty fix is just loosening up the screws that hold the tray in place a little bit and most of the time that fixes it for me. Regarding the laser, sometimes it's just worn out and very old to a point where it will load up games but it will be very slow and laggy and glitch out the game. GTA games are actually the perfect games to benchmark a ps2 laser as there is a lot of data streaming going on in those games. Sometimes you'll notice buildings not loading in properly and stuff like that.

Nostalgic series from you Adam! grade school days now im on my 2nd year of college!

Haven’t seen one of these in forever. The one you did on the N64 back in like 2012 is actually what got me interested in fixing game consoles.

Dude, this video couldn't come at a better time. I literally have just started gaming on a PS2 that I bought in 2003 and abandoned ( went drinkin' for a few). I'm having a blast playing with the thing but have not done a deep cleaning as I'm waiting on some white lithium grease for the noisey tray. Great video. Cheers! :)

Thank you for these videos Adam love watching you fix up these dusty beasts while also giving great advice

Good for you for restoring one of these old beauties. I remember my teacher gave me one he found in the garbage. Within 20 minutes of giving it a proper cleaning it worked like new. If you come across these machines or anything until 7th gen like Xbox 360 and ps3 it’s best to save them. It will get harder and harder to collect systems and games

An awesome video as per usual, Adam! 😄👍👍 Just like with your previous console cleaning & maintenance guides I appreciate you for taking the time to make them very easy to follow along as well as being very helpful & informative. 😁👌🎮 Cheers to you, my man! 🥃🥃

This is what got me to your channel in the first place. And I stayed for the content.

Nicely done Adam, came out looking brilliant

Just found your vid now 2 years later lol.. recently got a ps2 and going to try and follow your vid one of these weekends thanx!!

The reason why the orbs were still was because the CMOS battery is dead in the console, it powers some of the BIOS when the console isnt on.

"avon skin so soft" also gets stickers off pretty well. also doesnt leave any chemical shine like googone does

I like how you Mentioned the Follow Up on the 1st Video from December of 2013: I was 15 and a Sophomore in High School. I was Finishing my 1st Semester Finals Around that time that Video was Uploaded. It was a Month before my 16th Birthday. I'm 23 now. I'll be 24 in January. Now that I look back to 7th Grade through Senior Year it seems like it hasn't been that long since I was a Teenager then.

Great find! I have had no luck finding consoles at Goodwill. Manifesting that one day I will! Thanks for the breakdown

Nice - got a couple of “For Parts” PlayStation 2 from ebay a few months ago. I took them apart all the way to the motherboards for a 100% deep clean. installed new clock batteries and got new cooling fans from amazon. Both PS2 are looking like new and running quiet like they were just taken out of the retail box now.

So satisfying to see a restoration like that - when I used to work at People Play Games that was the best part of the job - just cleaning video games all day. I would suggest Simple Green instead of pledge since simple green costs like 10 bucks for a jug and you just dilute it into a spray bottle. Cleans all the nerd grime off and doesn't leave a residue. Kind of makes me want to go to a thrift store and get some stuff just to clean it lol.

Have missed this kind of videos from you 😊👍

Thanks for another enjoyable cleaning video, Adam 🤘🏻

Thinking my brothers broke my console I never played on my ps2 again; years later and recent events made me want to finally go back down memory lane; thank the lord I never sold my baby! Ima try to clean it and this video was all I needed to see, thanks 🙏🏾😭

I’m glad that this is a video of some kind and not no kind

Hi Adam! For the permanent marker on the modem i would suggest using "isopropyl alcohol". I use it all the time on marker and it gets rid of it realy good without acting up with the black from the plastic - but be aware with stickers and paint! It will clean it off too. Have a nice day!

Not sure if 2021 or 2011. Great content still, keep up the good work Adam!

I’m more impressed that after all these years since the original black sheet is still black and hasn’t faded with the years of washing that has gone through.

Nicely done, looks good as new! Great video.

Very nice! I did a fairly satisfying clean of a Fat PS2 a year or so back, I should post it on the discord sometime.

I remember seeing this come out for the first time back in 2013, and remember watching it despite not owning an original PS2, back in 2013. Time flies...

Happy 21st birthday PlayStation 2🎮👑 Cool video Adam👍

A console cleaning video, not many more of these left to see. Always good to see a Adam Koralik going old school. Also where's my Cleaning video BINGO Card?

My PS2 is a 30001. It is the launch model. The heat sink is different and has two main boards soldered together by 5 pins. You have to desolder them to separate the 2 boards and you also have to desolder the pins in order to change the cmos battery. I wish I had this model in the video. But mine still works and love playing games off the hard drive with free Mcboot.

Need to clean two that I have with the adapter. Thanks for the video will reference it when I get to it.

The advice to use Glade has served me a lot since the first video you made

I actually used ur old PS2 fat cleaning video the other day when I’m opened and cleaned mine

There’s another potential option for cleaning off permanent marker that worked on my SNES carts. Use dry erase markers that are made for white boards. Just cover the area with any colour of dry erase marker, then wipe it away with a cloth or tissue. It might take a few tries, but it worked for me.

Awesome. Thanks for this one Adam.

I scored my PS2 from Gamestop somewhere around 2009-2010, the laser lens was dirty, and that was about all that was wrong with it, other than a little dust cleaning, then did the ol' quick swap DVD trick to install Free McBoot, which allowed me to put in a small IDE (2.5") 120 GB HDD I had lying around with an adapter and the broadband adapter. One of these days I need to hook it up and play with it again, though I'm sure my PC can emulate it better today.

Started to pick up old consoles again and got a pretty good example just the inside needed to be cleaned.

for stickers you can also use alcohol pads. transpore tape is also helpful, you tape it onto the glue residual and pull, do it several times to clean

Wow this takes me back!!!! #Nostalgia Thanks Adam! :)

Adam Remastered a classic video! Coming soon to Home Video and DVD.

I remember the video you did on the slim one I cleaned mine when I got first got it and haven’t had a problem since. Good shit

I've heard of people hiding cash (or drugs) in the HDD bay, so I got a little excited when I noticed a used PS2 I recently bought was full of something... It was a fat stack of bus passes (from Quebec) and someone's old house keys. 👎

I'd suggest using isopropyl alcohol instead of Magic Eraser. ME is basically sandpaper, and can erase the surface of plastic. I see it on quite a lot of cartridges. IPA will take that silver ink off very easily.

a lot of PAL and Japanese versions of this console the power and eject buttons are mounted to the top shell and connected with a ribbon cable so you have to be careful when taking the lid off to not tear the cable. Also paints easier to get off with a Qtip and some surgical spirit, the magic erasers can really dull off the plastic if you're not careful but are great for taking off scuffs or dirt ground into texture like on top of a nes.

Great video thanks man!!

You can wash fans with soap and water just need adequate drying time before use. That's how I clean my cpu fans on everything.

Finally... A new 'Cleaning and Restoring' video. And is curious because I'm thinking to buy a FAT PS2

Thank you Adam I got my ps2 looking brand new again, Thanks to your advice. But what I do when I wash the shells is I put them in front of a fan and let them dry like that.

Hope all is well with you adam!

Very helpful video as I need to replace my ps2 shell with another one

Quick tip, use isopropyl alcohol for sharpie instead of the magic eraser, to protect the finish

I recently did this & changed the RTC battery.

I’m doing this as I watch .. just needed some more detail about the thermal paste I forgot .. does the ps2 have some type of pads .. or can I just add some mx4 thermal paste on it with out ruining the console .?

These are such a great resource. I know your methods have changed over the years; are there any other of these videos that might need a revisit or have you taken care of that?

Finally a new cleaning video

Take the heat sink off as well and change the thermal pad for the mother board. The original one is probably dried and cracked. Great video Adam $13.00 was a steal.

My Xbox One X Hdmi port went out a few weeks ago. Visiting my brother, he had a fat ps2 just sitting. He gives it to me because he says he never plays it anymore and with 10 mint condition ps2 games. A year before that, I started collecting ps2 games because "nostalgia" of course... even though I didn't own a Ps2. So I get home and realize its a little dusty... but no worries I clean it up a little bit. 😁 After hooking it up, I realize I had forgotten the controller!! So, pretty much since then I bought about 30 of my favorite Ps2 games, a Reto Fighters Defender wireless controller, a new electronic tool kit, and a few other things I might need. I know the system works and plays, but I havn't took apart a Ps2 in years. Coming from a guy who used to build Pc computers... I just wanted to take everything apart and have it all cleaned before I started playing to make me feel better. My dad growing up was an electronic guy, he loved and still loves gaming. I was the kid that had a 3D0 system too. Epic game console at the time...Anyways, I've watched several videos on different Ps2 models just to remind myself for an easy and satisfying take apart and clean. I enjoyed this video and subscribed. Thanks for making this vid! I

I say it time and time again , Adam the G.O.A.T 🐐

Thx for this video Adam! There is an easier way to remove warranty stickers, use ipe and a knife. It would not say void or break. The rings should move, but if they do not. The clock battery is dead

I had to double check the date. I thought it was one of your old videos. 🇬🇧

I just got a 30001 R system working. The disk wasn't playing the DVD games but adjusting the laser pitch fixed it and now both work fine. Heading to the store now to find some Pledge as the outside needs some serious help.

Yes! I love the Gamerade series!

I have two modchipped PStwo consoles, but they're both slims. One is a SCPH-75001 model, which I use more, but the other is an earlier SCPH-70012, which is the slim revision that has the same chipset as the phats, so there aren't any compatibility issues with the few PS1 & PS2 games that are affected. I have opened up my SNES to replace the shell with the clear one I ordered from Retro Game Restore, but when I put it back together, the fit is either too loose (the Reset switch can't reach the button on the main board so it cannot reset) or too tight (the Reset switch is constantly resting on the button, so it's always "resetting")

OG's remember the original video

Nice a 50001 model, those ones are my favorite models.

I missed this series

The fat PS2 and Sega Dreamcast, two robust systems that are easy to work on.

so i just got my ps2 from a gaem collecter place popped mine open mine has the silver ribbon attacheds unlike yours suprizingly mine also never been open , did exactly what u did an man im s thankfull for your video i can play bluedisks now an the ps2 is super healty 10/10 video !!

My disc drive opens very slowly. Is there some type of lubricant u recommend to use if I need to?

Go into a toy shop, there’s He-Man, Care Bears and Pound Puppies toys switch on RU-vid and there’s a PS2 cleaning vid…. What a nostalgic world we live in!!!!! Lol

I substitute Pledge with 303 Aerospace protectant (it is designed for plastics after all) and a microfiber cloth

Damn I remember these type of videos lol... I kinda missed them

nice job saving that original Sony PlayStation 2

i always use various ceramic coating car wax and car dash plastic protectant like meguiars and back in black black plastic restorer, car plastic polish

Great console cleaning video as always Adam! I think the CD laser is just loud on PS2 systems, because I know it’s louder then the DVD laser on the slim PS2. How did you hook up this PS2 to that Lepow monitor?

The case for the PS2 was taken from a 16bit micro called the Atari Falcon. The Jaguar case also famously became dentist equipment.

Its a good idea to replace the cheap thermal pads

I got gross dirt inside my ps2 console so I'm gonna get it fixed soon!

I like that you don't disassemble the console any further than is absolutely necessary to clean it. I would be interested to know which model of PS2 this is.

Its totally worth cleaning a original Sony PlayStation 2

Adam K's PS2 Cleaning Remastered

I watched this dusty gross video while eating my breakfast. Nice! :D I just replaced my laser in my PS2 but I will be using your guide to spruce it up. :) Glad you did a PSA for the kids. Have a good one Adam!

Hey bro love your videos I have a question so my ps2 when it starts up it’s fine no problems but it’s when I play a game the screen is glitchy and all broken up at first I thought it was the game but no I tried 5 different games same result then I thought maybe the HDMI converter is messed up nope I even tried the original hook ups same thing and I’ve watched your old video of trying to clean it and restore it that didn’t work either so maybe the laser is messed up idk give me a suggestion if you can please I would really appreciate it

Whats the name of your air compressor ? I can't find any decent air compressor .

The 5000 model

Its like he knew I was looking at PS2s.. 😯

Aaaaaah! I knew I hated touching magic erasers, didn’t know how much it Would drive me crazy to listen to someone else use one

I’ve seen you take apart and clean a bunch of consoles, you can totally repaste the motherboard 👀