Heavily modded PS1 console project progress report (picture heavy) :)

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[TD]Hi, I'm new to the forum. I joined because I wanted to share some of my modded console projects. I have already posted some pictures of the first two PS1 consoles I have modded if you want to check them out and I think I'm going to post pics of my modded Xbox 360 too, but this thread is going to be a progress report on my latest project which is to heavily mod another PS1 console better than I've ever done before, I LOVE PS1's!

Anyway, the mods that I have planned for this project are:

1. Perspex window in the top lid.
2. Mod chip.
3. Custom paint job (undecided on colour yet).
4. Replace power LED and analog controller LED for ultra bright blue LED's.
5. Relocate power light and fill and smooth the hole from the old light.
6. Wireless official Sony PS1 controllers (this will be the best part)
7. Custom paint job and colored buttons/thumbsticks for wireless controllers.
8. Added blue LED's to go inside the console with a switch on the back to turn them on & off.
9. Custom paint jobs and blue LED's for console accessories like memory cards/game shark.

And that's about all I can think of for now but I will probably add more mods as I go.

And this will also be a very picture heavy thread!


Here is the standard SCPH-5552 console before I did anything to it:



Disassemble:



Got the mod chip installed, I've tested it and it's working well:



The areas I have marked in red are going to be filled with filler and sanded smooth to get a nice smooth minimalistic look.







I marked out where I'm going to cut into the lid using a compass.



Once that was cut out and finished I used some sand paper to de-grain all the plastic parts for a smoother finish when its painted, sanding the parts also helps for the paint to stick, if you don't sand things down before you paint them the paint is likely to flake off.





I then filled and smoothed all the gaps in the console:





I started to get the power LED ready for relocating:





I then started to mark out where I need to cut holes to relocate the power LED:



It took me about 40 mins to drill and file out the holes, this was quite hard to do because of how small the holes are.



The LED's fit in nice and snug





I then got it all wired up but the LED's were far too bright



So I installed 2K variable resistor to the circuit and it worked a treat!







That's all I've done on the console so far, it's all ready to be painted now but I haven't got any paint yet so that will come later. For now I will show you the progress I have done on the wireless controller.

I bought A pair of cheap knock off wireless PS2 controllers and they work on the PS1 but they are very cheaply made and you have to push really hard on the buttons to make them work and the thumb sticks are really stiff so I decided to try and make a hybrid of this cheap controller and an official Sony controller. The plan is to take the motherboard from the cheap one (because it has the wireless receiver built in) then put it into the Sony shell and then solder all the buttons/components from the Sony controller onto it. I will then have a 90% official wireless Sony controller that looks feels and works exactly the same as a wired one.

Here's a picture of the two controllers I'm using:



As you can see this cheap one is almost an exact rip off of the Sony one:





I opened them both up to see what I had to work with and they basically have all the exact same guts, one is just made very poorly and cheaply:



After some cutting and sanding the cheap mother board fits in very well as you can see below, I have also soldered on the Sony L1, L2 buttons and they work very well. all the buttons on the front of the controller are also under the motherboard with the pressure pads and they all work well too



I am also having to use the thumb stick board from the cheap one as the Sony one wont fit back in once The internal battery's are installed, I just need to replace the cheap stiff thumb stick modules with good quality Sony ones:



I found this laying about and I am going to use this as the power supply to the controller:



It will be a bit of a squeeze to get this in but I think I can get it to fit. It will look something like this:





And that's as far as I have got so far with the project, I will post up more progress as I go. Please let me know what you think :

Peace.



















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Brilliant work son!

Atlease you haven't done over too much like some other do. I'm a Carpenter and also a Furniture maker, just curious what kind of Sandpaper grit you used? Surely must be fine grit sandpaper since it doesn't scratch the surface too much.
You could have use a very thin (4mm) file tool to create a hole and smooth the edge to get a good finish for LED light.

If I have time, My dream is to replicate exact same PS1 case but in real mahogany wood

Edit

Sorry you already did do with a file tool, I didn't read that part properly.

 

Nice job there!

 

Nice work so far. thank you for the in-progress pics and updates

 

Awesome Work

 

Nice work there, I thought the PS mod chips were much smaller.

 

Very nice work, can't wait to see what comes next

 

Wow looks great , how did you get the hole cut so perfectly.
also may I suggest something?
get a Perspex sheet for the hole and have the play station logo sand etched in the middle , and if you light the inside
the logo will glow brighter than the rest , just a thought that is all

 

Right here's a small update. The wireless controller is pretty much finished. All the good quality Sony parts are now in, the battery's are in and fit well, here are some pictures of some Of the case modifications I had to do:

I had to relocate one of the screw holes on the back by cutting the old one out and plastic welding it into a different place with a soldering iron.

Before:


After:




I know it looks a bit messy but i need to go over it with some filler to smooth it out, I'm going to be painting the controller anyway so it will all look much cleaner once its done.

I also plastic welded the hole up where the cable used to come threw:













I also filed out a hole for the on/off switch to come threw:



And that's it for now I just need to tweek a few buttons to get them working nice and smoothly, fill and smooth the plastic welded areas, cut out some holes for the power LED's then I will paint it. I'm also getting some decals printed up to replicate all the original Sony writing that is on the controller which I think will really finish it off nicely

 

Hi, I wrote up a tutorial on how to cut the window nice and smoothly, if you P.M me I will send you a link to the forum that I posted it on. I may also make a video tutorial soon because I recently got hold of another PS1 that I'm Planning to mod and sell. And I will be putting a sheet of perspex in to protect the lazer from dust, I do like your idea of sand etching the logo on it! I'll bear that in mind

 

Wow. Awesome work.

 

Very nice! Keep up the good work!

 

nice work, will look forward to seeing it when finished

 

The tools you will need:

1. Drimel tool
2. A rounded file
3. Sand paper
4. A compass

1. Remove the lid from the console.

2. Flip it over so you can see the underside of it, then there is a small circular dot of plastic in the middle, you want to get a compass and dig the needle of it directly into the center of the plastic dot, then use the pencil end of the compass to draw a circle around the lid so you now have a guide line to cut to.

3. Put a small circular cutting blade on your drimel tool and cut about 5mm away from the line on the inside of the circle all the way around until the middle section pops out.

4. Then you want to put a round sanding pad on the drimel tool and go around sanding away the unwanted plastic. You want to sand about 2mm away from the line this time but be very careful not to go over the line.

5. Then you want to go round it with the rounded end of your rounded file going directly up to the line this time.

6. Finally you want to smooth it down with some sand paper, start off using 180 grit, then go over it with 320 grit, then finish it off with 600 or 800 grit.

This is as best as I can explain it without making a tutorial video. If you didn't understand part of this or have any questions let me know and I will be happy to help.

 

Nice :]

For the battery on the controller, you could also use a soft cell rechargeable battery (an iPhone 3gs battery would do) and a small lithium charge circuit all of that should take up less room than the AAA battery holder. Also you won't need to open it to swap out the batteries either

 

I was thinking about this, it's a really clean mod but having to open to swap out batteries does kill it.

Keep up the great work shadaboot27!

 

very nice work,and great attention to detail. What mod chip did you use? Looking forward to the finished ​PS1.

 

You could use eneloop AA and a charging circuit too http://www.eleccircuit.com/automatic-ni-mh-battery-charger-can-make-by-yourself/

 

What is this witchcraft!! Haha, looks like a sound idea, I wasn't even aware of those.