PC in my PS2?

Pyr-O-Rgasm · Post by **Pyr-O-Rgasm** » Fri May 13, 2005 1:56 am

Alright, after one of my randon Google Image Search voyages I came across a wallpaper which consisted of nothing but the top of a PS. The original one. I found it odd that it perfectly fit the resolution, but, whatever.

I sat and stared at it for a few minutes. That's when it hit me. I want, for no reason except fun, a complete Sony computer((besides the guts, those can be anything)). Actually, to make it more specific, a Playstation PC. For obvious reasons, fitting my PC into a PS1 case would be alot harder. So I decided on the PS2 casing.

Wow, a quick Ebay search found me SIX PS2 cases for 5 dollars. Wow, cheap, and provided room for error. It might be a bit nice to salvage an old PS2, though. I mean, some of the innards I might want. Like the DVD-drive. THAT might come in handy AND save me some time and crap.

Ok, that bid ends in 2 days. Plenty of time. Should I go with that and give myself as much open-ness as possible AND trial and error products? Or should I salvage a cheap PS2 or two from some game store or pawn shop? Also, anyone here have any tips or would like to help with any errors I might run into?

I will, of course, have the assisstance of my trusted computer companion, Shawn P. And, of course, if I finish it the whole entire process will be made into an article exclusively for my favorite sites, as I did with the PSP article((technically only you guys published it, but I did post it other places)).

t3h comment, Yo!

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Triple6_wild · Post by **Triple6_wild** » Fri May 13, 2005 5:22 am

sounds kewl BUT can you turn it into a working PC and make sure it still can run psx/2 games? lol

and did you know theres a linux kit for the ps2?

LINK

might be able to get it on ebay tho the kit is no longer being made

i want linux on my ps2 but i dont wanna mess up my ps2 by trying to find away to put linux on it without using the kit

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Pyr-O-Rgasm · Post by **Pyr-O-Rgasm** » Fri May 13, 2005 1:57 pm

That sounds cool. But I'm not sure if I'd still be able to run PS2 games. I could try to do that as well. It won't be a main priority though.

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richardj · Post by **richardj** » Fri May 13, 2005 4:20 pm

I want to build my own PC into an Alienware case.

NOW THAT'S KOOL!

Anyone want to DONATE one?

LOL

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Pyr-O-Rgasm · Post by **Pyr-O-Rgasm** » Fri May 13, 2005 4:34 pm

Er... There are WAY better cases than Alienware. That's not what this topic is about, though. This is a PS2 PC mod.

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Fri May 13, 2005 5:15 pm

Hmm would be a cool concept, but would be hard to find the components that fit. And no way you can keep the PS components in it.

BUT you can take out the PS components and make a case mod for that as well. Never opened one so not sure whta kind of setup we're talking about here. Probably very far from PC looking.

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Pyr-O-Rgasm · Post by **Pyr-O-Rgasm** » Fri May 13, 2005 5:45 pm

Yeah, it's crazy looking. Let me pull up some Google Images for you.

Thanks to Stuffo((How Stuff Works)) for these convienant, but not very usefull images.

The DVD Drive((think I'd be able to salvage it?

The massive heatsink.

The Emotion Engine.

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Fri May 13, 2005 7:13 pm

Are all these components connected with a ribon cable? If yes it gives some options to move them around a bit for modding.

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Pyr-O-Rgasm · Post by **Pyr-O-Rgasm** » Fri May 13, 2005 7:19 pm

Doubt it. I'm probably going to have to completely strip it, and just use mini peices. Like what they did with the NES PC.

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richardj · Post by **richardj** » Fri May 13, 2005 7:24 pm

Pyr-O-Rgasm wrote: That's not what this topic is about, though. This is a PS2 PC mod.

SIGH!

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Fri May 13, 2005 7:35 pm

richardj wrote:
Pyr-O-Rgasm wrote: That's not what this topic is about, though. This is a PS2 PC mod.
SIGH!

I think it sounded worse then how he wanted to make it sound like.

Glad to see you posting around here.

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rip_phreaker · Post by **rip_phreaker** » Fri May 13, 2005 10:55 pm

dude, i have had an awesome idea for s TRUE GAMING MACHINE!!!! get all the innards from a ps2, Xbox, and game cube, get an awesome lan case of some sorts then place all the innards inside the case and wire everything up, if you are really good you could wire it all up too 1 dvd drive, also think about the ndroppingin a normal mobo for actua; [c gaming, it would be a gamers heaven, also think about it if you where to connect the xbox and the ps2's innards to the same hd could u then run ps2 games thru the xbox hard ware circuits? lol, give it some thought

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Pyr-O-Rgasm · Post by **Pyr-O-Rgasm** » Fri May 13, 2005 11:20 pm

Possible. Maybe you should go a make a topic for it. It would be ALOT harder than my idea, but it would make for one hell of an article.

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Triple6_wild · Post by **Triple6_wild** » Fri May 13, 2005 11:31 pm

i dont think this matters in your case pyro since your gutting the thing but be very carefull when removing the top cover cuz there is a ribbon cable going the the power button thats a real beatch to get back in place when putting it back together lol

i should kept my old cases and parts lol woulda came in handy right about now

also you may want to use the ps2 dvd drive since the harddrive from your pc parts can fit in the stock HDD location right under the dvd drive and it will still look like a stock ps2

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Pyr-O-Rgasm · Post by **Pyr-O-Rgasm** » Sat May 14, 2005 12:44 am

Yes, that was my idea. It's what I'm going to try first.

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