(WIP) Starting my first case mod. PS2 slim. Help and feedback greatly appreciated!
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man, and i had just decided to do a similar build. i wasn't planning on re-purposing and original parts of the ps2. I was going to purchase a purple clear ps2 slim case and just stuff the pi 3 into it and run the cables out of it and maybe fill in any unused holes. i just dont think im skilled enough to do the soldering or anything you are doing.
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@Eastwind4869 Nahman, I am not particularly skilled at soldering or anything, just determined I guess. If you need any tips on wiring or anything, hit me up, I'm a pro now! J/K. I also got the snail shaped fan to work as well, but I don't have any room for it.
ANYWAYS, now comes my favorite part of the build, design and painting. The pieces of the case are currently in the garage drying, as I have painted them as close to the original silver color I could find at the hobby store. Now that I will soon have a clean slate, I am thinking on how I want to address the logos and stuff. I whipped up a few concepts in Photoshop, let me know what you think and which one you like best!
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@Sturo a couple suggestions. First is to to turn your cpu heatsink the other direction. The wifi and bluetooth seem to have more interferance with the heatsink faced that direction. The other thing is that you cut off the airflow to the ram on the bottom. It gets quite hot. You might want to find a way to get airflow to the bottom of the pi.
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@edmaul69 Wow I never knew the heat sink orientation was an issue, crazy! I've used the Pi pretty extensively, both the Wifi and bluetooth and haven't run into any huge problems with interference, so I may leave it as is for now.
As for the ram, there is a gap underneath the board to allow it to breath a little. If it becomes an issue, I can find a place for the PS2 fan, and/or drill holes underneath the Pi's location for more breathing. Thanks for the suggestions!
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@Sturo yeah not everyone has issues with their heatsink acting as an antenna, but some people do. I would definitely put some holes under the pi. As your ram starts to heat up it will also start heating everything above it if the heat cant escape fast enough.
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@Sturo this is what i think :
Concept1 is look like very to the original that is BIT funny
Concept2 is beautiful this is my best choice
Concept3 is weird i don't like it. -
Painting is going slow! I managed to make a splashscreen video. It's not perfect, I had to learn how to use a new software and I trudged through it, but I like it. It has that awesome sound!
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Hey everyone! For now, I am tentatively done. I've hit a good stopping point, I just need to figure out some small stuff on the software side. I will hopefully be back in the future after I fine tune the project and get it to exactly how I want it. (And maybe start a new project!) Thanks for everyone's help! If you have any solutions to the issues I mention in the video please feel free to give me a shout!
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I'd try to get a higher amperage power supply to your pie, see if that fixes any of your controller problems (not really sure if it's the cause, but you'll want to get a higher power power supply anyways).
oh, and congratz on your progress so far!
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@Wulf I hooked it up to the original power supply and the controller was still acting up. I am going to hook up my old PS2 fat and try a game out on that to see if the controllers are bugged out. If not, it's the adapter and I am in a bit of a pickle.
UPDATE: So I hooked up the ol' fatboy and tested both of my controllers. They both work flawlessly. I dismantled the usb adapter from the PS2 slim and hooked it up to the computer, and I got similar (bad) results that were on the Pi. One controller doesn't work at all, and the other has button issues. So I am assuming the USB adapter is shit. The good news is my controllers work okay, and I don't have to buy some off ebay, the bad news is that I need to order another USB adapter....
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