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parkie
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Post by parkie »

Well i first joined this forum thinking i am going to build a portable, a ps1p. So after some money was spend and knowledge was expanded I started.
Its a ps1p and i using all the usual gear: psone, psone screen, handmade case.
Basically i started off with an old modem case with i thought would be perfect.After looking at playmad a lot i used a lot of the same techniques he used in the way he made case. Its going to be running off a rc 7.2 battery. Have a av out, phone heads, Second controller. You know the usual.

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Front shot above and below a nice angled shot of the case,sorry about the level of light.

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After doing some planning and waiting for parts to arrive i got right into it First cutting the ps controller up with my dremel :lol: and then cutting the case. After this was finished i went and got some orange juice and refreshed myself :D
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Just seeing what things should look like and just thinking how cool it is to be making a psp.
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After cleaning the case up a bit i super glued all the button holes in.

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After getting to this part i had to go out and buy some more sand paper and putty. i had a look of what everything looked like inside
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The psone screen Mbo is sitting in a werid spot and will not be sitting there, it sits a bit over the edge over the case but i am doing something with that ;). The grates in like the middle below the screen hole,I am not sure what i am going to do with that. It was going to be for speakers, But there is not room for them there, so i am thinking i am going to cut it all out and replace the area with the plastic that i cut from the screen cut to shape and then sand and putty it till its Not noticeable. I am also painting a colour much like the ps2 colour.
At the moment i have puttied most of it, i havn't started the back where the cd drive and the r1 and r2 buttons are, But by next week i plan to have the primer on it.
i will continue to update this topic with whats going on.
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Post by schmellyfart »

Awesome! Keep it up.

For the PSOne screen, you can LED mod it and chop off the top part of the screen mobo.

Oh also, for the grates you can fill them in with bondo if you want. :)
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Post by tom61 »

Not a bad start. Looking good so far.
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Post by Twisted Warthog »

Hell its better than I'm ever going to do in this Forum. And I'm almost up to my 300th post. :shock: But seriously good job man i like the case design you got going there.
parkie
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Post by parkie »

WAIT are you saying after i led mod it i can cut off the top half of the Mbo? Holy shiiz man thats So good. Thanks for the heads up. I started cleaning the case up and bit and cutting the cd-rom and r1,r2 out and like i said i plan on having the prime on by about sunday.
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Post by dragon »

thats looking very good.
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Post by schmellyfart »

Yeah you can. I was going to post a link but I forgot :oops:

Its in the Screen info sticky. I saw a good picture a while ago, but I cant seem to find it now...

Once you LED mod the screen, anything above the lcd unit, you can chop off.

Now I havent tried this myself, but this is what I remember reading[/disclaimer] :)
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Post by bmire1985 »

heres the thread where it talks about how to make your PSone screen even smaller
http://www.benheck.com/phpBB/viewtopic. ... one+screen
parkie
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Post by parkie »

Well so far nothing more has happened due to school getting in way..../ not really , its my last year so i put aside the psp for the exams i am in. But holidays are in 4 days, i am hopefully going to finish it then.
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Post by Life of Brian »

schmellyfart wrote:Yeah you can. I was going to post a link but I forgot :oops:

Its in the Screen info sticky. I saw a good picture a while ago, but I cant seem to find it now...
:D You mean this picture? Probably not, but I made this pic a while ago to clear up any confusion about how much you can take off of the board after LED modding:

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You seriously can get away without any of that stuff on top after you mod it.


If there's some way to keep that grill on front, do it! Even if you aren't using it for anything - it looks cool! Perhaps your speaker doesn't need to be right under it, but it would be the place where sound comes out. I'd try a couple of tests to see how that sounds - just don't place the speaker flat against the underside of the case and I think it'll work just fine.
dragonhead wrote:sweet. ive spent a third of my life on benheck!
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Post by parkie »

Ok so an update on whats been happening with my ps1p:
I have puttied a lot of the holes and things that were there from its previous life, Being a modem. And now i am doing the final cut and clean up
Things i have to do:
-Finish the cd-rom hole ( just clean it up a lot)
-Cut the 2 shoulder button holes , glue and putty them
- Cut on/off buttons, Controller 2 port, Av out , Dc in and Headphone jack
and then i can get into the wiring :lol: Which i have started making the controller with tact switches on a pcb.

Heres some pictures of where it is up to, I have been lazy lately
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Thats just the front of the case with a non sanded putty look..
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that is just the back, notice the hook shape on the bottom right , i do not know why that was there but i had to fill it in and i have not finished sanding it yet

and this picture is just an overall look of it standing up
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Post by khaag »

Looking good brah!
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