@@Kabodanki DK Oldies could only dream of refurbishing consoles this well! They would have wiped down the outside with Windex and then listed it as “like new” $400 😂
+1 absolutely would love to see more of this. No big mods or soldering stuff, just restoring the original heart and soul of old consoles and showing how you deeply clean them from the inside out (the fact he even took the fan appart is just amazing to me).
My favorite thing to do as a collector is buy a system, clean it, and repair it myself. It not only lets me get systems for cheaper, it helps build a sorta bond to that system I just got.
I got a Junk black PS2 slim from a friend, who got it out of a dumpster. I’m gonna use this as a guide to clean and replace the broken door on it, wish me luck!
The PS One and the ps2 slim are my favorites in terms of form factor. I really wish Sony would go back to this style. Compact, easy to carry around, great to maintain, and doesn't require a lot. Plus, they look amazing on the shelves.
Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder, I really like the PS design, except the PS5 and PS3 slims (the very last), but I respect them for trying, because a black box is a bit sad. I really like PS2 fat, I have one Sakura, one snow white.
Dude, whenever I watch you disassemble a device, I feel like I'm watching an adult movie from the 80s, especially with the jazz music in the background 😂
Well, the music is right, I saw lots of hair, lots of screwing, plus it's not something you'd let your children watch out of fear they will try to do it themselves.
I don't even care that much about restoring/modding old consoles (Its still a worthwhile thing to do, but not anything I'd ever do) but I just love your videos for how calming the music and your voice are. It's like hanging out with a great friend as they work on a hobby.
Thank you so much 🙏 I’m so happy you feel that way. That’s the exactly the type of environment I try to convey in the video. Calming and relaxing. Cheers my friend!
@EthanBB it does not support all games. Also, to play PS1 games, each game needs to be in a specific converted format different from the original one. This is why some people would prefer an ODE like the one used for Dreamcast, PS1, and Gamecube.
@@EthanBB I have OPL with an SSD. Trust me when I say only specific older versions of Free Mcboot models will even play PS1. Also, many good PS2 games won’t play or load. Some have issues with frame rates and have other problems like freezing and no sound.
@@ResidentXombie That is why i have a modchipped PSOne. But I think 'll get a PS1 fatty and put a TerraOnion MODE in it. I did that for my Dreamcast and its fantastic.
9:55 Kimtech wipes are a standard item when working with electronics, if anyone is planning to work on electronics long term I recommend buying some but you can often get away with using coffee filters. They're thicker and stiffer than kimtech wipes but are lint free and still much better than trying to use paper towels, toilet paper, or tissue paper.
there is no comparison to this smooth jazz console information, modification, history, future and refreshing these video game legends. thank you for taking the time to make them.
i think i had refurbished my own consoles for the last 6 years. theres a bunch i would love to restore in the future when i have the place and materials. just seeing this stuff helps me keep my systems running like the day i bought it. great stuff!
Holy shit, this video reminded me that my PS2 disc tray had an issue staying shut and at the time of it happening, I wasn't that confident taking stuff apart. By the time I was, I had long since forgotten and started playing PS2 games on an emulator. I think it's time I finally take care of it.
Thank you Tito. Hope to see a series about this. Love it! Also, I hope you can do a video showing the different materials and tools you use. For example, a video just for soldering tools, one for cleaning, one for disassembly and reassembling, one for and other tips for when working with specific things. Thanks again for the hardwork and great quality production.
Love to see you went the extra mile with disassembly; just like auto detailing your final result depends on what you can see and scrub clean! Compressed air is good for 30% but you went wild. Another gem from this dude that thing will run like factory condition for another 2 decades.
Dude. I love your RU-vid channel! I was going through depression and your video just cheered me up. Your videos are so classy and professional. You inspired me to persevere Tito.
I typically reserve the retro renew intro for modding videos but these types of videos definitely do fall under the title of retro renew. I was trying to differentiate the types, mods vs restorations. I’ll have to figure something out and maybe make a better intro for restorations😅
8:00 I remember that on the first playstation, the grey one, the lens rail was in plastic and with time it can wear out and I had to play with the console upside down. Good to see that even on the budget version of the PS2, they kept a metal rail
His videos are just so satisfying to watch. ^_^ The only thing I would've done differently is I take a fine tipped Sharpie and write the date on the new battery.
Dude! That IPA squeeze bottle with the metal top for soaking q-tips, where did you get that?! I wouldd love to have one of those! Fantastic restoration!
honestly this would be a great new series for your channel. I picked up a ps3 slim not too long ago and would love to know about "mods" i can do for it which would help reliability and quiet operation. I definitely do plan on picking up and eventually giving similar treatment to other older consoles.
I once bought a junk ps2 from the street and it was rusty and not playing disks. I was able to fix it and give it a new life. It was a really nice and funny project.
a friend of mine gave me his spare PS2 Slim that he said wouldnt work with discs (he had already replaced his) and when i took it apart, i had discovered that it had a VERY dry worm gear on it's optical drive module. I grabbed a bit of spare gear grease i had from an Initial D model kit and worked it back and forth. It worked perfectly after, so i just threw FreeMcBoot onto a card and went about my business.
Just be aware if you try to follow this as a guide that there are many different revisions of the slim model with some notable differences. E..g, some use a proprietary battery, not a standard CR2032.
a trick i found is you can cut open the sleeve for the proprietary battery, pry off the metal contacts with a knife blade, put them on a new cr2032 battery, and wrap it in electrical tape. works just as well and cheaper
Loved this restoration and how it went back to basically a truly pure white as it originally was. As just a quick advisory thing, it's also important to test the different disc types, or at least CDs and DVDs separately. Audio CDs, PS1 black discs (CDs), PS2 blue discs (CD PS2 games), and PS2 silver discs (DVD PS2 games). Any of them might have issues reading, and it is incredibly often that a PS2's disc drive might simply stop reading one or the other type of disc, CD or DVD.
Great restoration job! It's awesome how well a system can be brought back to life with a little elbow grease and care. Well done! That said, it hurt my OCD soul a little bit when you put the warranty sticker back on a different screw cover than what you took it off of. It doesn't make a difference, and I'm sure literally nobody else out there would care though. But I noticed! 😅
Man, that thing looks so pretty in white. I have my brother's ps2 slim in silver that I need to restore someday. I might just have to do a shell swap too ❤
This is how I imagine myself while buying severa useless cassette and microcassete audio recorders to fix. Except I have no idea how to do it and they're disassembled in a drawer since last year. Neat work and neat video production
This kind of inspires me to clean up our phat PS2 since the disc tray kind of makes noise when opening. Also I love seeing you use a wireless dongle to use a wireless controller so I’ll have to get something like that instead of using the first party controller and extension cable that is currently in use.
Awesome job, need to do this to mine and it gives me some more confidence seeing how it all comes apart. You do such clean work, it's all in the fine details and I love that. Btw looking forward to meeting you at RWE in August.
These videos are my comfort food almost therapy. Relaxing music, professional, informative, and inspiring. I've always been into preserving and restoring my own consoles; but now I've taken to buying cheap broken consoles off Facebook Marketplace and breathing new life into them. I learn more and more with every video, and with patience and know how I've had great results. Currently picked up a super clean fat PS2 and turns out it just needs a power supply. Also your video on using a Raspberry Pi to load games onto slim PS2s is inspiring me to take one of my slims and my Pi3b so I can load games preserving my lens and collection. In fact my goal of my retro game room is focusing on original hardware that can play every game. So yeah super excited about the flippy drive for my GameCube I learned of here, as well as that new Pico to mod my original Xbox (acutually have picked up 4 Xboxes as of late and brought them all up to functional other than the optical drive, so again very excited about that project.) Please keep up the great work, I love your videos and approach to retro gaming and preservation!
I work on these almost every day where I work and I like to make sure that it can read PS1, PS2 CD, PS2 Single Layer DVD, and PS2 Dual Layer DVD games. Easiest way to tell if a DVD is dual layer is it'll have two identifier barcodes in the inner most ring of the data side of the DVD.
Great video as always, Tito. Parts of this video will be helpful for me, as I've been working on my PS2 fat. The DVD drive has some issues but cleaning the assembly and bars might do the trick. Otherwise, I have backup lasers if it still doesn't work. Hopefully, I can fix the grinding click issue that it currently has. Much appreciated. Keep up the great work!
Absolutely Justin! Glad you found the video helpful! Clicking cd drives is definitely a sign of a dirty track or dried up grease. I’m sure you’ll be able to fix the issue my friend! Cheers buddy!
Loved this video. I have 4 ps2 slims and 1 phat because I kept buying ps2s to replace the ones that wouldn’t work(and to play Japan games). Hopefully I can follow your steps and renew some of them.
FYI. The laser sometimes requires adjustments on it's pots to put it back into spec. Overtime the power delivery to the laser falls off spec. Adjusting the pots while checking using a multimeter helps put it back into spec. This can drastically improve the read performance of the laser and help with loading speeds.
Nope, it isn't necessary. Also, you're wrong with adjusting the pots, because in Slimline models they're not a common problem, but faulty and tricky Mechacon, the DVD/CD drive controller, which can slightly weak the DVD, or CD laser beam, burn the specific one totally, or broke itself, so replacing the laser wouldn't even help in that last case. But to prevent it, you can install laser fix. There's 3 popular and effective laser fixes which are very useful. There are many ways for a DVD drive to fail, so there's no clear solution. It's all a matter of diagnostics and knowing what exactly went wrong.
Tito, ever thought about adding a few more details during the steps. Examples could be the flux being used, solder details, temp of iron, wire gauges etc. obviously this would increase editing time to include this info! Maybe worth trying a few episodes and get feedback! Personal I’m always curious on more technical stuff! Thanks
Excellent work! I would love more restoration videos like this from you. You have such great camera work and everything is lit perfectly. Id love more information on the grease you used, I have always used Lucas White Lithium grease, my knowledge on various grease types is almost non existent. Why is that DOW grease that you are using the correct grease to use?
Tito is a tapehead too! Should’ve guessed. What’s your main deck? Great video, these white PS2 Slim models are so sleek. Nice job on the repair, that disc reader assembly looks especially clean
@@MachoNachoProductions for sure, I’ve restored a number of CD and tape Walkman models. I’m rocking a Sony TC-K611S, it’s nice but I wish it was a dual capstan. Three motors and Dolby S though!
13:06, you have tools for repairing/restoring other devices not related to games like cassette decks? I am curious if you have any videos or another channel with any of these restorations and I am a fan of any form or retro items being restored! Nice to see your hobby/work expands to more than just what we see, a real passion :)
Not sure about lubricating fan bearing with a liquid oil. It may leak out later. Usually, those fans are lubricated with something more gel-like from the factory, so I would propose more thick oils.
In this area, we have "bulk trash pickup" twice a year, where the city will haul away almost anything you put on the curb for free. I've found a few PS2 systems. The first one I found was a fat model, but it wouldn't load any games .I never got around to trying to take it apart and seeing if I could fix it. I've also found 2-3 slim models, but of course none of them had the power supply with them. In general, if something needs an external power supply, there's about a 95% chance that it won't be there. Well, unless it's a really generic one, like a 5v wall wart, those always seem to be there.
The last couple weeks i have been restoring Ps2s Xbox ogs one wii and gamecube i found them free and fixed them to work again all but one ps2 and 2 others need laser ribbon cable really cool video!
IN South East Asia its Around $10-20 for parts and repair Ps2 units. Same price for the wii. They are cheap nowadays. Good thing for the ps2 and wii, Even when the Disc Drive is busted you can still softmod them and play via USB/SMB/Harddrive. I JUST love these consoles
Titto keep playing these jazz beats when im making dinner. Lets just say me and the wife ate dinner a couple hours later 😉. Great video of course i learned alot 😂
I have a ps2 slim that still works, everything except the disc drive making some horrible noise and not reading. I was considering junk since it got caught in a flood years ago. I seen your ps2 mini video and now this video, makes me want to attempt to make it a ps2 mini after seeing what clean up it may need
Hope you make a video like this on the original xbox, always hated how if your disc drive breaks on the original xbox you'd need a doner drive from another xbox.
Very nice and thorough job! I was also interested to hear you service cassette decks. Do you have a second channel for the work you do on other electronics?
@DKOldies take some notes. When testing a ps2 laser, you want to test with blue and silver ps2 disks, as well as a ps1 game, to check for full compatibility.
I tend to recommend using compressed air dusters on fans. Just disconnect them from power first so you don't generate a current or anything and zap the PCB it's connected to.
