Einleitung

First, I would like to apologize for my poor English, I am from Brazil, but I love this site, especially because I have loved to disassemble electronic things since I was a kid. My mother always freaks out, but I always assemble everything back. Sometimes I even fix some things.

I'm writing this teardown to try to win the PSP GO or the PS3 slim, so please look with care, it was made with care. (editor’s note: WOOOOW This article is outdated. I hope you won your PSP GO or PS3 Slim.

In this teardown, I will show how to disassemble a Sony Playstation 2. I was already planning to disassemble it to clean it and fix a small issue.

Later in the repair guide, I will show how to fix a small problem I had. I sent it to a technician because the rumble effect was no longer working. He says that there was a problem in the motherboard and he needs to change it entirely, but the model is a SCPH 39001. It’s an old model. In fact, it was one of the first in the market. He says that the price to fix it was expensive and that it’s better to buy a PS2 Slim to replace mine. I remember when a bought my PS2. It cost more than R$800, almost US$400. I decided to stay with it anyway, and despite the problem, I even bought an ethernet adapter to continue playing it.

Later, talking with some friends, I found out that there is a fuse that controls the rumble effect and all that I needed to do was change it. I found out that the fuses in the mainboard are very small and fixed in the main board. It’s almost impossible to change them. The same friend gave me a tip that I can use a glass fuse and take the internal wire to use in the main board. I decided to try it and it works perfectly.

So, let’s start the teardown. Enjoy!

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    • Here we have the system console fully assembled.

    • The USB Ports.

    • The S400 ports

    • The Optical Drive

    • The reset button

    • The eject button

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    • These are the only tools that we will need. 4 screwdrivers and a tweezer.

    • In the next photo we can see the console, the joystick, the wires and a memory card.

    I don't have. A flat head sturdriver

    myjiki -

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    • In the Back, in this case we have a Ethernet adapter, to play online and to use with a Hdd.

    • And the cooler,

    • The power switch

    • The AC in.

    • The Av out

    • And the digital output (optical)

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    • Lets start the teardown. At first we use a Flathead screwdriver to remove the ethernet adapter.

    • Remove these 2 screws with a Flathead screwdriver.

    • And is quite simple to pull.

    I have the ethernet adaptor with mine but no hard drive, how do you get the hard drive to work in it?

    Chris Green -

    Zitat von Chris Green:

    I have the ethernet adaptor with mine but no hard drive, how do you get the hard drive to work in it?

    it is a mod. you can look it up

    DustySeven -

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    • This is the expansion bay, where the hard drive goes.

    I got my ps2 from flea market and it didn't have a lid to cover up the expansion bay is that ok to leave it like that

    Plushbeatzz gaming -

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    • Turn the console upside down.

    • Using a small Flathead screwdriver, remove the screw protections. In this model, we have 8 of them.

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    • Under the protection, suprise! a screw!

    • Remove all eight (8) screws with your Philips "0" screwdriver.

    • Yes, hard work!

    Hello, nice review! Can you help me out with a question i have? I have this PS2 Fat, i miss those big long screws that hold the outside shell, i need to buy them (if i can) so i can only find long screws from the PS3 4000, does those screws fit into PS2 Fat aswell? Do you know?thanks!

    Cheerious -

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    • Put the console in the normal horizontal position, and pull the top cover from back to front.

    You will need to pull back the anti-tamper seal along the rear left corner.

    Wade -

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    • This model has a flat cable to the reset and eject button. Take extreme caution to not destroy it.

    • Remove the button structure just pulling with a small Flathead screwdriver.

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    • The button structure comes out of the case. It have some tape to prevent a new destruction. Yes, I already destroyed this flat cable.

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    • Remove the two screws with a Philips "0" screwdriver to deatach the controller port.

    I've tried cleaning my memory slot ports. They look fine. I'm wondering if I just have crap luck and got 2 bad cards or do I need to replace the part.

    My controller ports work fine though. Same cable I'd imagine

    AbsoluteQuinoa -

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    • Here we remove the screws from the cooler and the main power switch

    After reassembly, I have a fifth screw identical to the ones shown in Step 11 and Step 12 left over, any idea where it goes?

    Thaddeus Warner -

    When you remove the power/ac plug there is a spot for the screw underneath.

    Jeff Friesen -

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    • Pull the cooler up, but take care to not destroy the wire.

    • Pull up the fan grid.

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    • The power cable go to inside the case. Is better let to remove in a further step.

    • The fan wire also go to inside the case. Take extreme care to not destroy it.

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    • Lets turn the console upside down again, with caution because the pieces are locked, and just in the next step we can remove them.

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    • Lets remove the bottom case.

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    • This is the power source board. remove the 4 screws where I marked in blue.

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    • Looking from the back, pull up the board, releasing from the pins of the main board.

    • Finally you can remove the power switch.

    • And this is the power source board.

    • When working on the power supply, be very careful not to touch the capacitor leads or any exposed solder joints on the back of the power supply. Only handle the board by the edges.

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    • Now we remove the expansion bay grid.

    • And now is the time to remove the fan wire from the main board, using a precision tweezer. But.. I can't, it is simply stuck. I already removed this ealier, but now is harder, so I will try later, in the end of the teardown.

    I just broke the fan pins because you have to push the connector to the side and then up. There are 2 hooks that hold the connector in place.

    Sean Brownell -

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    • Remove the isolation cover from the metal case.

    • Remove the small screws using a thin crosshead screwdriver.

    • And release the metal case from the DVD player, as indicated, using a small flat screwdriver

    There are 4 more screws that you do not have marked that I needed to remove before this metal case could be removed in the next step. Three of them on this side same as the ones circled in orange. One of the is on the other side near the audio out connector.

    Jssamp -

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    • Now you can remove the metal case and find the main board.

    • Look, the flat cables! Now is the time to remove them. Be gentle please.

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    • There are 2 more and the DVD player is free.

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    • Now you can turn upside down again, and remove the metal protection.

    • This is the other side of the main board.

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    • Well, the try to remove the cooler wire was a total failure.

    • The plug is made to deatach, but it is old. The plug had turned into one piece, and broke the soldering.

    • Well, I'll find a way to fix it. I always do =)

    I did the same thing on my slim but to my systems battery. Will this prevent the system from working?

    NJBmusic -

    How did you fix same happened to me

    Francisco Torres -

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    • This is the end of the teardown.

    • From top, from the left: Ethernet adapter, Ps2 case, Hdd, Cooler, Cooler grid, bottom metal cover protection, screws protectors, screws, Controller board, Power swtich, Power source board, Plastic cover to isolate the power source board, top metal cover, DVD Drive, Expansion Bay cover, main board, reset/eject structure.

    You probably shouldn’t put electronics on cloth, but I guess its about 9 years too late for that.

    Johnny Danger -

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reverse procedures..step by step..

a to z cellutions belize -

Yep in reverse, take your time or you'll be like me breaking things and having to rig it haha. Put the shielding back together, drive, power board, the other shield for hard drive. Everything, plug all connections. Even power-reset buttons. Then put it on the bottom casing, connect controller ports and close it up with top casing.

juan hernandez -

How did you fix the flat cable?

Bigs -

If a cable is ripped or broken, unfortunately there is no way to fix it. You will have to replace the cable.

Molten Toast -

I put a lot of layers of tape on mine, the last owner of my system was very naughty and disassembled the system when it was still under warranty, so the cable was brokem

John Doe -

do you have the list of screws required for this? i am missing a few trying to locate the size specs

Corey Smith -

All i see is the 20 legged modchip-kraken lurking in one of those pics ;)

mgwara -

Hi, I have a problem with a hardly used PS2. When I turn it on it only displays some coloured squares. I don’t know if the video chip has gone. Do you have any ideas??

agfa gaevart -