TwistedZeon
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My First Ps1 Case Mod
This is my first attempt at a Ps1 case mod, I've gone through many different ideas and it's sat around for over a year before I finally got around to doing it. Here I will be going over what possibilities there may have been, any progress that is currently done, and lastly any progress done after this will be added later.
-Before the project started
When I first came up with this I had different ideas before coming to the final version. Some of these were, a trans am styled ps1 case with t-top disc cover, and a final fantasy 7 styled case with the ff7 meteor logo on the cover. I ultimately came to the conclusion since this was my first time and I really didn't have much to work with both in tools and money that I should go for something more simple. This is when I came up with the final version about a year later. Until then I had disassembled it, cleaned it up, and left it in a box.
-A year later
After having my Ps1 disassembled in a box for a year it was time to finally get this thing done, so I finally got it out and began work on it.
The first step was to get her painted.
I also did a controller but due to bubbling and not wanting to redo it I've scrapped it for now.
After letting it dry I got it all clear coated.
Now I ran into problems where I forgot to dremel things so I've had to make touch ups and what not. The mistake of a first timer.
This is where things really got fun! This is the part where I add the lights, of course there was more work before this but I only took so many photos besides that I'm sure you'll notice changes along the way.
For the lights I really didn't have money at the time to buy the appropriate leds so.. I used a webcam that had lights on it with a dimmer. I used a ProLynkz World Cam PWC-010.
This is it.
After a lot of researching the mother board and power board as well as running it power issues. I looked online and found out there was a 5v line on the motherboard. After hacking the Heck out of the webcam and painting the white leds with a clear blue. I hooked it up to that line and to my surprise it worked!
After tapping the wires out of the way and making the other touches I needed to like cutting a hole in the side of the case for the dimmer, I finally put it together sort of.
Now after putting some more finishing touched on it and putting the disc covers spring mechanics back in I took a picture of it at it latest stage!
Surprise! There is also a video!
So as of right now this is as far as this Ps1 is in progress. The ps1 logo still needs the final touch and I still would "like" to add plexiglass but that may come at a later date. The only other thing needed is to buy another working ps1 and replace the laser in this one, I have tried pot tweaking it and I can't making it read much better. So other than that it's almost done.
Let me know what you think so far and give me any criticism you think is needed.
