ps2 slim w/ internal 2.5" hdd?

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  1. Evangelion-01

    Evangelion-01 Officer at Arms

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    Has anyone ever seen anyone do this? mcboot with hdloader and a soldered 2.5" hd?
     
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    _SD_ Resolute Member

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    Never seen that before, I assume you would mean replacing the DVD drive assembly with a HDD? There is the HD Combo kit which lets you use a 3.5 HDD. I've no idea if these are still available anywhere, but I think it's pretty cool looking, especially in white.

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    Barc0de Mythical Member from Time Immemorial

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    The white one reminds me of the Snow White design Apple had starting with Lisa series 2/ Mac II. Very 80s, I approve!
     
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    madhatter256 Illustrious Member

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    I see no reason to NOT put a 2.5inch HDD into one of those things. You just need the converter.
     
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    You can't just do it with any-old PS2 Slim. You need a version 12, or version 13. Version 12 has a laser problem, so you'll probably want to do a fix for it as well. Version 13 doesn't have the problem since Sony fixed it, but it has BIOS compatibility issues which prevent some games from working correctly. Like Tekken 5 for example.
     
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    Barc0de Mythical Member from Time Immemorial

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    the Phat PS2 are superior in quality in my view. I love mine, although I rarely use it - it just looks so awesome.
     
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    It's all about space saving... I got a 3.5 on my fat, but i want a slim with an internal 2.5, just wondering if anyone ever saw one with one internally.
     
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    Where is there room?

    Maybe instead, an IDE->CF converter?
     
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    i was thinking about using a dremell to shave down the heatsink a bit, or maybe even use one of those ipod hard drives....
     
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