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Step 5Playstation
Now that the hard part was done, I decided it was time to put in the Playstation. This layout was going to be much easier to work around than the Nintendo systems, so I set it up without having any other systems in place. This way I could just place and cut instead of working around things. Since the Playstation is made of several different parts, this made the layout much easier. Also not having to worry about cartridge slots was a nice change.
Before you do anything regarding mounting the Playstation, go ahead and take the N64 out. I put mine in a Wal-Mart bag to keep the finished parts together, safe, and separate from the other systems. Then I put that bag in a safe place.
The first thing I did was to test and make sure that the system worked outside of its case. To avoid the static electricity of my carpet, I put everything onto a piece of cardboard. If it does not power on, don't worry. There is a small button on the main board that tells the system when the lid is closed. I have marked it in my pictures. To fix this problem, I just put a piece of Scotch tape over it. Now it should work without a case just fine. As for the disk you practice with, use a trash/extra/unreadable disk. This disk will be scratched up (probably very scratched) by the time you are done.
The mounting process was so much easier than with the cartridge systems. Besides the standoff holes, the only holes I needed to cut were for the power button, the reset button, and the disk reader. Now cutting the hole for the disk reader was actually quite challenging. Mostly because the area of the monitor that I wanted to put it was not perfectly flat. After much debate, I decided to put it near the top edge so that I would only have to worry about half of the disk making contact with the new case. See the pictures to see what I mean.
Cutting the hole was actually kind of hard too, because it is an unusual shape. I had to use my dremel, jigsaw, and drill to get this hole to work right. The rest was very easy. At first, I was going to mount it in place with screws, but no matter how hard I tried, my practice disk would not spin. Since I was not ready to set this part in place permanently yet, I tried holding it at certain angles. After a few tries, I found the proper angle to hold the disk reader so that my disks would spin freely. I figured when it came time to mount this, I could just put a lot of epoxy on it and hold it in place for a while till it dried.
IMPORTANT - Do not permanently attach any parts yet! If you do, you will be getting everything all messy when you cut the holes for the other systems. You might even ruin the Playstation all together.
Before you do anything regarding mounting the Playstation, go ahead and take the N64 out. I put mine in a Wal-Mart bag to keep the finished parts together, safe, and separate from the other systems. Then I put that bag in a safe place.
The first thing I did was to test and make sure that the system worked outside of its case. To avoid the static electricity of my carpet, I put everything onto a piece of cardboard. If it does not power on, don't worry. There is a small button on the main board that tells the system when the lid is closed. I have marked it in my pictures. To fix this problem, I just put a piece of Scotch tape over it. Now it should work without a case just fine. As for the disk you practice with, use a trash/extra/unreadable disk. This disk will be scratched up (probably very scratched) by the time you are done.
The mounting process was so much easier than with the cartridge systems. Besides the standoff holes, the only holes I needed to cut were for the power button, the reset button, and the disk reader. Now cutting the hole for the disk reader was actually quite challenging. Mostly because the area of the monitor that I wanted to put it was not perfectly flat. After much debate, I decided to put it near the top edge so that I would only have to worry about half of the disk making contact with the new case. See the pictures to see what I mean.
Cutting the hole was actually kind of hard too, because it is an unusual shape. I had to use my dremel, jigsaw, and drill to get this hole to work right. The rest was very easy. At first, I was going to mount it in place with screws, but no matter how hard I tried, my practice disk would not spin. Since I was not ready to set this part in place permanently yet, I tried holding it at certain angles. After a few tries, I found the proper angle to hold the disk reader so that my disks would spin freely. I figured when it came time to mount this, I could just put a lot of epoxy on it and hold it in place for a while till it dried.
IMPORTANT - Do not permanently attach any parts yet! If you do, you will be getting everything all messy when you cut the holes for the other systems. You might even ruin the Playstation all together.
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Sep 29, 2009. 9:54 PMNicoliden
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Omg it spins outside of the tv?! What a sweet idea!! Dangerous but Wicked.
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Nov 18, 2009. 7:34 PM
Ben Harden
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Ben Harden
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Did you say...
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Feb 26, 2011. 9:45 AMtriton37
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Lol.
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Feb 9, 2011. 3:45 PMmechaninja
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Sep 30, 2009. 10:08 AMskittlespider (author)
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Yeah, that idea turned out harder than I had thought it would be, but I like it. This is much easier than trying to include the big closing lid mechanism.
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