I restored this $7 Junk Playstation 2 Slim - Retro Console Restoration & Repair
In this episode I restore a Playstation 2 (PS2) slim which I got for $7 as part of a junk lot of consoles. Low end price for working device is typically around $50. Black consoles can be cheaper because there are more of them available. As a bonus I got a free game, DBZ Budokai Tenkaichi, it's quite common game and even in good condition not very valuable. But it's a nice addition to my collection, here is a link to my video of repairing the disc: uzworld.info/player/video/jYe7b9B6lrjXiXw
I started the restoration by testing the console. I was able to power it on. I think it wasn't supposed to work but the descriptions for these consoles are quite often inaccurate. However it was not reading games.
After opening the console I tried to see if I could repair the disc drive. The Playstation 2 disc drive is known for breaking quite easily. The laser just stops working. I decided to replace the whole disc drive. Only the laser part can also be changed. After replacing the laser I still had to do a little adjusting on the screws I show on the video.
After replacing the drive I continued to disassemble the console. I cleaned everything with compressed air, soapy water and isopropyl alcohol and removed a little yellowing with UV-light and hydrogen peroxide. Tutorial to the process here: uzworld.info/player/video/o528itagnremZaY&
The original model sticker was in bad condition so I copied it in photoshop and printed a new one.
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The startup sound reopened my mind new adventures
14:43 Oh no! It's a giant machine gun!! It's so loud!! BRRRRRRRRRR!!!! 15:05 Oh... just a little blower. LOL It's a comedy 😂
WHERE IS THE NEMO STICKER
Who else got a PS2😂
You should have found a Nemo sticker to put on it
It's not junk, it's a Fallout-themed PS2.
Besides of the dust in the Ports. The console looks great. I mean if you play "zombie" games on it. Maybe it can be altered to look old again after cleaning and restoring it.
this guy is that type of nurse who puts ice on everything except it's isopropyl alcohol
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why does it look like a Japanese toilet 9:53
We got this dude makin old consoles factory new
1:46 ; - ; now i know why my PS2 is fucked up
15:30 Satisfying
Where would i buy the alchohol needed to clean the lense? My ps2 slim might have the same issue
Only liked the video because of the DBZ Game
Nemoo NOOOO !!!
You know how long its been since ive seen an original jak and daxter game disk, probably about like 6 months but it feels like forever, it was a really good game
Do you take donations for videos? I have a few old toys from my old job that the kids didn't want. They don't work even with batteries and are pretty beat up.
Is so sad when the nemo sticker comes off
I have a PS2, but it's not slim and black. There are only 3 games that I play for my console, Ford Mustang: The Legend Lives, Gran Turismo 4, and Monster Jam (2007).
bro you can change another mic 😊
Nice job! Looks brand new!
That Nemo sticker got more attentive care in 4 seconds than my entire life has thus far had. *Questions Existence*
This console is not old enough to be considered retro yet. I bought one new at walmart less than 10 years ago.
How the fuck do you even let your PlayStation get like that
Feeling old coz ive played this game... and had already forgot its name. Ty for that.
The laser isn't always broken. Sometimes there is dirt underneath the lens. Why do you scrub so much? Let it sit for some days and dirt fells right off.
Did anyone else cringe when he put Jak & Daxter in there and it sounded like he was rubbing it on sandpaper? I was like "well, that one's badly damaged now too"
Where are you from?
Nice work
I'm sure you can get at least $10-$15 for it afterwards!
This hurts to see an amazing console just die
Who else was waiting for the cockroaches to scurry out? Lol.
This console is E X T R A T H I C C
This would be worth so much in the next 10 to 20 years. Treasure this.😊
this is the best game of PS2
Ah, yes. My first console was a PS2 Slim. I took damn good care of it. I sometimes wish I still had it.
Neemo
Blech, yuck!!! After working at a cable company store, I use to have people bring their modems and cable boxes back with roaches and roach eggs fall out of it.. looked a like the black “dirt” you had in there. This definitely gave me horrible flashbacks. Lol You’re brave for restoring that. 🤢
Imagine some isopropyl alcohol was left and it catches on fire
Junk? It looks better than the ps5. Ps2 is much better.
Love how this ps2 looks more advanced an the inside than my pc and probably runs better 🤣
poor fish
I have this same one
Where can i get a ps2 slim model sticker?
10:21, best part as always..
Every cut has a turbo stutter
Now sell it for the price of how many likes you get 👍👍
This is absolutely stunning!!
Looking to buy a PlayStation for my son, does this machine happen to play fort knight?
Wow that was somebody's childhoods i feel so old thinking about the ps2
i just started. but i already want the nemo sticker to stay. will update in 20 minutes. edit: sad.
*KEYTECH01*’ on !G is amazing on with his recovery thanks for your service
Bring back the nemo!
This is very ASMR.... ry
I am curious about how much it costed in the end
Hi! Can i have a favor?, can you restore my playstation 2 slim also but im from asia but if you can replace just reply :))
how dare you? You quit the nemo sticker? Men that's hurt :')
the red screen scared me...
It ain’t a ps2 without a nemo sticker
5:34 ah yes *Teh Laser*
If I'm not mistaken mine is the the same model number but it is silver and I live in Brazil. I never saw anyone with a model like mine and modded chips never worked on it. Some shady sellers changed pratically all the parts inside, at least the chassi is ye good old silver - With a rare silver coca-cola sticker in it!
been tinkering on mine too- there are quite some differences in the european version- the disc drive for example was fixed by 4 screws and data cabels were not pinned down by plastic
what is the game at the end? 22:30
19:03 that dirt made me very UNCOMFORTABLE
Speedruns game
19:04 ruined the whole video with that lil crumb
That's a badass little fan.
You tried to play on purpose just to see “the red screen of death” didn’t you? 😂😂😂
I wonder what's the story behind this PS2. The Nemo sticker, the scratched and abandoned disc, and the fact it was sold as junk. I don't know, maybe some "Ben drowned" kind of story.
Good
Can you turn my GTX1070 intro an RTX3090? It looks it won't be too difficult for you.
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Is it just me or it is really Satisfying
Nostalgia Ps 2
fucking kids destroyed this ps2
he made sushi out of nemo
Why didnt you play GTA SAN ANDREAS on it D:
0:48 nostalgia 🥺
"A little dirty" That thing looks like death
Make a merchandise PS2 from 3D visual? That a great idea
00:57 My childhood nightmare
Mine's Black... And Useless Lmao...
I want it.. please give me the console 😭😭😭
Although in the end "Odd" oftenb emerges with a new prodcut, it's not the main goal here. Observing or participating in simple repetitive behaviors/actions can have a calming effect. There is so little going on here in terms of color and movement that the frontal lobe--and even more so the hippocampus of the brain will tend to focus or fixate on the sense that is most effected. Here it the sounds. The wisk of the scrub brush. The quiet hum of the DVD spinning or the crips pop as plastic parts are, with a ecomony of force and preffure, popped from their snug fulcrum points. Probably 90% of the people that watch his videos all the way through don't quite know why. But if you askedthem I believe many would say they find it relaxing. Like coloring with crayons--same part of the brain. A simple action, but halfway through you sit up, realizing your nose was five inches from the paper and you are holding your breath at time in order to stay within the lines. This is an example of the same thing, it had gained popularity recently: uzworld.info/player/video/pYGvg9ejh6qnfog With this video, though, imagine how jarring and ruinous if he started talking. It would be worthless.
White does get yellow over time that maybe why the PlayStation look yellow
How is the battery still alive in this thing? See the swirly dots in the start menu? That means the clock battery is keeping tell clock in it going. If they don't move the battery is dead. Never seen a white one before I am jealous.
After all that cleaning he let a single crumb get in there D: (19:03) But love to see someone taking the time to repair this
rip nemo
Every time. That start sound is fing scary
Has anyone heard of EnotGlobal ?
how was this one cleaner than mine internally but mine looked almost brand new on the outside. :O
Yeahh lets play NFS mw and gta sa XD
I'm going to subscribe just for that Budokai Tenkaichi
You didn't replace it with a new nemo sticker? come on man
if you're using a computer, open a new tab for UZworld. Search up 90sFlav and play this while watching this video✨ you're welcome :)
Plost twist:he is howtobasic
I have some electronics to get restored, I wish I could send them to this guy lol 😆