Steve's Ps2P Worklog

TechSteve · **Posted:** Mon Jul 11, 2011 6:49 pm

Ok this is the start of my Ps2p Worklog,No disk drive loads games from usb (Could i use an external drive? that DOESNT have a power supply?)using an scph-79001 and a zn40 case. and now pics!

βeta · **Posted:** Mon Jul 11, 2011 10:03 pm

Why not power your USB HD off of the same thing you power everything else on? (Batteries, presumably.)

Kyosho · **Posted:** Tue Jul 12, 2011 6:07 am

He's probably planning to use a 7.4v battery. A lot of (older/larger) external drives use a 12v PSU.

TechSteve: These days, most SATA-based external drives can be run straight off USB. For instance, I myself have this enclosure. It [almost always] requires two USB ports because one alone typically doesn't provide enough amperage. Though on some PCs, one is fine (seems to be laptops that don't put out the amps). Not sure what the PS2 puts out. But you could just use two of the ports or connect directly to your battery with a 7805 or something.

You wouldn't even need an enclosure really. You could just get something like this.

TechSteve · **Posted:** Tue Jul 12, 2011 10:03 pm

Ok i bought this http://cgi.ebay.com/USB-2-0-SATA-IDE-CABLE-HDD-H173-/250852206888?_trksid=p5197.m7&_trkparms=algo%3DLVI%26itu%3DUCI%26otn%3D4%26po%3DLVI%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D1306434229984729318 hopefully it will work i am using a 2.5 inch old 250 gb pata hdd it only needs 0.7 amps so im hoping(crosses fingers) that it will work without an external power supply.

TechSteve · **Posted:** Thu Jul 14, 2011 6:17 pm

Update! ok got my case in the mail its the zn40 and its awsome and very sturdy ,pics now.....also i want to somehow implemint a hdd into this build...somehow....

ShockSlayer · **Posted:** Fri Jul 15, 2011 9:47 pm

HOLY GIANT PICTURES, BATMAN!

SS

TechSteve · **Posted:** Sat Jul 16, 2011 8:35 am

Yeah sorry i didnt think they would be that big. next time ill resize them.

TechSteve · **Posted:** Tue Jul 26, 2011 10:51 am

UPDATE got screen and buttons and stuff made and well pics...

ShockSlayer · **Posted:** Tue Jul 26, 2011 11:14 am

Lookin pretty good so far!

TechSteve · **Posted:** Sat Jul 30, 2011 2:01 pm

Update! ok got my ide to usb in that mail and......IT WORKS! it works!!!!! yeah!

i really didnt think that the ps2 would supply enough power but IT DOES! that means that ill have a 250 gb hdd in my ps2p! thatll hold around 50+ games at 4gb a piece so yeah ok i still need to wire up rgb and wire controller it wont have batteries YET because the batteries i want to get are gonna run me 250+ dollers so for now itll run off of wall power ok i got a lot of work done and now pics.

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