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In this installment, I perform a variety of very awesome and rarely seen modifications to a SCPH-7501 that's lived a rather hard life. I'm confident that a few of these modifications are things that most of you have never seen done before! I hope everyone enjoys this and learns a little something!
Track List:
1: Battle Arena Toshinden: Theme of Rungo 0:00
2: Battle Arena Toshinden :Theme of Eiji 1:08
3: Battle Arena Toshinden: Theme of Cupido 4:06
4: Battle Arena Toshinden: Theme of Sho 7:07
5: GB Battle Arena Toshinden: Theme of Eiji 10:45
6: GB Battle Arena Toshinden: Theme of Uranus 13:41
7: GB Battle Arena Toshinden: Option Screen 16:33
8: GB Battle Arena Toshinden: Theme of Gaia 19:25
9: GB Battle Arena Toshinden: Cutscene 22:20

[@xxx_ray]

Never thought I'd be watching a PS1 modding video in 2018

[@jordanhuntley8394]

AlphaAsFuark! Me either

[@JoeyC4D]

same

[@rolliseventeen]

same

[@AndrewWilson1991]

No kidding eh. Childhood memory express

[@EduardoRivera-cz4od]

AlphaAsFuark! bro im 13 and i got that ps1 plz call my sag daddy xD never thought id say that lol cant call me a lame child gamer i play old ps1 games i love that one spyro riptide game if thats wat its call? i donno its been forever since i last played it the disc doesnt work 😢😢😢😢😭😭😭😭😭

[@koozmusic]

Seeing that 5-wire chip tucked in there took me way back. After successfully modding a few friends' consoles, I started having them hand out flyers to everyone they knew at my high school. Every day I would go home with a stack of consoles and bring them back modded the next day at $35 a pop. They took under 10 minutes each and I had a bag of like 50 chips at bulk prices so I was making some pretty serious dough for a 10th grader, haha... good memories.

[@Qballl]

what would the 5 wire chip be used for? I assume playing pirated games

[@volkergraf9598]

Nice

[@DankyDankerson69]

It would be cool if showed what the mods actually did to the gaming experience.

[@arvsastasulans2981]

AequitasVeritas yea

[@GroundConnection]

Yes, or at least tell us what they do..

[@thebasketz]

Cooling solution

[@Sword420]

Pretty sure it lets him play burned PS1 games. As most mod chips do. Doesn't take a genius to figure that out .

[@dantemeriere5890]

​@@Sword420 It also doesn't take a genius to read the title and realize that assuming the mods "do what most mod chips do" isn't exactly befitting the context.

[@problemenauto]

I expected the ps1 would run ps4 games at the end of the video.

[@alexanderconnor9004]

for that it would need more ram and better gpu, not simple chips xD

[@edwardmakabling418]

Just getting attention. You got mine.

[@garciajr.frederickb7964]

@@alexanderconnor9004 r/slash whoosh

[@hangc10]

Lolz at least play ps4 in pixel mode

[@alexanderconnor9004]

@@garciajr.frederickb7964 :(

[@Zxvc2]

🔴WARNING This mod will void your warranty🔴

[@alpon6]

Best comment here hahaha

[@mohahmd2775]

Don't worry about warranty of ps1 u must care about if someone still use this ps1 or no

[@osearthesp]

Wish I'd read that beforehand... I guess this solder-spooge incident just cost me my _Opt-sin Extenuated Wrongratty with Acid-Mental Dat-Minge Pro-stretchin' for full uncoverage your hole Wife-[two]-time_ that I had gotted in Radio Snack and for only just double the cost of barely 2x original MSRP! ;] Who's the moron now, I outlived them all muhwhaha!

[@doomlaboratory6548]

No, it will int your warranty.

[@1Naif]

Thank god you remind me.

[@pirobot668beta]

When I worked at the Nintendo Kirkland facility, we saw all kinds of oddment. The best was a WII with two customed-designed daughter-boards running a DVD burner. It could still play games... Wires everywhere, yet the damn thing worked. The customer complaint? DVD playback was set to the wrong region.

[@anewzack78]

lmao!

[@gabrielshepard]

Lolz :D Guess you can't please everyone

[@hc_ox4842]

they were just showing off

[@woahnut]

Did you guys set the region correctly?

[@sonjoestar3182]

daniel finley-pesti Wtf lol

[@Bemaritohtori]

I still rememember the day my dad brought me a PS1 with modded capability to read burned discs. Damn that Symphon Filter was an amazing game!

[@lutyanoalves444]

lol you remememember

[@llluuuyyyooo]

"OMG Gabe you killed a CBDC" XD!

[@DevilrainJ]

one of my faves

[@Link8342]

Hehe, my favorite part of Syphon Filter was the taser strong enough to set people on fire

[@philipjustintomacruz2583]

me my fave, and unforgettable scene is fighting final enemy. at the train, and you only need to do is to go on top of the train then assassinate the hostage taker. p.s may dad was playing, i was only watching because that time i can't play i was only 8 yrs old back then..

[@zoesdada8923]

We live in a world where PS1s go for $2 at a flea market. Man, I'm getting old.

[@hopalongcassidy4260]

Lol I said the same about original NES a long time ago!!!

[@johnlucas6869]

This takes me back. Rent a few games at Blockbuster, then burn them onto cheap cd's. Those were the days

[@alvydasjokubauskas2587]

You can download same stuff on internet at least nowadays...

[@HGChannel2020]

LOL thats why they closed down

[@anewzack78]

there's still ONE open ...in oregonj haha

[@stagger9660]

@@alisdairherd9501 wouldn't they still be around if they took advantage of the internet

[@paulybeatz3688]

Did that with Wii games and the whole city-library

[@e8tballz]

Ummmm... the saying is “strap in”... not “strap on”. That’s something a tad different.

[@davidbristoll195]

It wasn't just me thinking that then lmao!

[@heyderzlawson9700]

Charms434 I'm quite sure he knows the difference 😂😂

[@jumbo6498]

No, sit back and strap on

[@jumbo6498]

He had a message

[@e8tballz]

HamQM ummmmm... ok.

[@calebtaylor854]

“Sit back, strap on, and let’s do it to this PS1” Legendary

[@OliverMorales]

Legen.......Wait for.......dary.

[@TheRealSeiferoth]

I had a similar experience. I picked up a job lot of about 7 PlayStations for around £20 (think it was 5 originals and 2 of the smaller ones). I was testing them all to see what was wrong with them (most of them turned out to be perfectly fine) but I just happened to be chatting to my wife about copy protection and I popped a burned disc in the first one to show her that it wouldn't boot and it did. So I was like well that shouldn't happen, unless this console is chipped. Sure enough, I opened it up and found a 4-wire mod chip inside. Very poor quality job with stupidly long wires but it worked nonetheless and was an interesting surprise...

[@wojiaobill]

$2 is an amazing deal but, why in the f would they write with marker on the console @_@

[@clarenceboddicker6679]

So whoever buys it will never forget the amazing deal they got.

[@yukisaitou5004]

It's easy enough to remove, just go over it with fresh marker then wipe it all off before it dries.

[@Stoppskylten]

Or just go over the entire machine to have a free Yaroze! An even better deal.

[@SMGJohn]

+Robert Smedley No joke my grandmother had cancer, so I injected her with WD 40, the next day she went to the doctor she no longer had cancer its amazing this stuff how it works

[@ryutenmen]

William Hetherington because the PS1 is so cheap they consider is not worth the investment of putting a sticker with the price on it, you know - cost-benefit ratio :))

[@JamieBainbridge]

What an absolutely pro install. Hidden wires, floating SMD resistor, reusing the removed cap as a filter, clever RGB LED mod, using a hot air gun on heatshrink, all explained really well with super clear video. Plus, solder is pronounced properly. Awesome video!

[@atomicskull6405]

I would have stuck it down with a blob of non corrosive electronics grade silicone between the board and the chip underneath but that's from the perspective of doing electronics on RC aircraft so there might be a reason you wouldn't do that here.

[@JamieBainbridge]

"Connecting processing chips with wires will break it". What? Whether the copper is a well-supported wire or a PCB trace is not relevant. I agree poorly-supported moving wires are not good for any electrical join, IC or not. But just soldering a wire to an IC pin is not inherently bad.

[@Liquid_Mike]

BULL! it's "sodder" all day, every day

[@JamieBainbridge]

Memeception, voltage differences have nothing to do with soldering a wire to an IC. I can feed a socketed or SMD chip the wrong voltage and cook it without any jumper wires. Just admit you're wrong instead of doubling down on your nonsense statement, you will come out looking better by admitting your mistake. Nobody is right all the time and that's okay. Better to learn than to prove your ignorance.

[@fl6stringer]

He uses the UK English pronunciation.

[@chupathingy5862]

Hey I've been watching your videos for a while, and finally got the courage to try some fine pitch soldering. Tonight I put a mayumi v4 in my playstation, and it worked first try! It may not be worthy of the Voultar hall of fame, but it's no hot glue enema either. Thanks for the knowledge in your videos, they helped immensely.

[@Jacket430]

"mods you've never seen before" "anyway I'm gonna be doing the same mods from my psone video"

[@The_Mimewar]

At least with those cold solder joint, you know that things never been dropped

[@FaSMaN]

Hi Voltar, talking about psone mods people have never seen, back in the day I use to install VCD mods into the psone , because it had no parrelel port the card was a 12 wire install combined with a socket that piggy backed off of bios, end result was VCD playback, aswell as a action replay :)

[@Voultar]

That's VERY cool! Yeah, the bus is still exposed, fortunately. But that's a HUGE effort. Awesome!

[@exidy-yt]

That's seriously hardcore modding. I am impressed!

[@BeckoningSage]

Thank you very much for this upload, very in-depth & easy to understand. I learned a lot of great solder techniques I desperately needed to learn.

[@RacerX-]

Just found your channel and I am glad I did that was fantastic. PS1 modding in 2018, I love it! Thanks!

[@MrMario2011]

Good stuff on this! I still have yet to ever stumble upon a hardmodded console accidentally while out in the wild. First time I've seen one of those purple cases as well, how did you manage to find that?

[@madfinntech]

Weird, all the units I have come across pretty much has been chipped. Well, that was a pretty much essential thing to do in Europe because they didn't bring so many great games here so we had to import them. Yes, we modded our systems to play imports, not backups.

[@swagamotherfr.6696]

MadFinnTech that's true most of my systems that I've found had chips in them

[@BigDom1002]

actually bought a PS2 5000x not too long ago and wondered why my FMCB card wouldn't start, when I took it apart I noticed, that it had an old modchip inside ,I redid all the solder joints and put a switch on the power cable so I could turn it off and while I was at it I did the Laser mod like Mario did on his 5000x console!

[@Voultar]

Believe it or not, old stock online!

[@edamjone-hash3626]

link? please

[@itsgoocifer]

My heartrate escalated at fingernail clippers.

[@Princegweedo]

Haha. Love the Toshinden music. And the Saturn Remix too! Niche as Hell!

[@richardatkinson7288]

Thanks for uploading, that was really cool. Makes me want to get back into modding.

[@shaunhall7894]

I could care less about any of this. Don't know how it showed up in my KZbin feed. I watched it for the hell of it. You're brilliant. Awesome video.

[@shaunhall1681]

Exactly this and my name is Shaun Hall too. That is just odd!

[@shaunhall7894]

Shaun Hall's must think alike.

[@molin1310]

Let's assemble an army of Shaun Halls!

[@Brismo7]

I wish I was a Shaun Hall... :(

[@johnjesus971]

You could care less? Or couldn't care less?

[@agent_447]

One of the rare times when KZbin recommendations actually get you to qualify stuff..

[@nooraimanrazak7010]

Yeah dude

[@Freedomhorde]

yeah and event though i didn't understand a damn thing he was doing, it was delightful... i was wondering how much of a sex scene was this to someone who completely understand it... weird

[@jonathan_emmanuel]

yeah its due to the "youtube algorithm". welp, God bless the blue-shirted kid.

[@zen7089]

I could never skip forward with that solo👌🏽👌🏽

[@benfennell6842]

This is 100% David Hayter' s secret KZbin account

[@Petey-cr5ql]

Really nice use of the LED, I like that a lot :-)

[@abdbach379]

LOL you also use nail clippers, been using those for years, I found out they're the perfect job for clipping and stripping conductors in tight spaces. Also what kind of program is in the mod micro-controller ? would you mind explaining what it does in detail?

[@rockzter9287]

Dallagen nigga what

[@pwnmeisterage]

@Dallagen ... Sony made (or licensed) game discs all used a special "wobble" track for copy protection. Consumer CD burner hardware couldn't access (or write to) this track so any burned copies of PS1 game discs wouldn't work. I think that normal CSS and region locking DRM features were also embedded on the game discs. A mod chip either spoofs the copy protection (reports that it's present when it's not) or it bypasses the copy protection code (basically replaces the conditional runcode with NOPs or just has it report valid outputs regardless of inputs). Either way the machine thinks it has a legit copy-protected disc, not a fake (copied) one. There were many different mod chips and mod approaches on the market, some primitive and some impressively sophisticated. They all let you play burned/copied game discs the machine would normally reject. They were popular because people could copy a borrowed/rented game or burn a download game without having to buy it.

[@dooronron69]

I loved fitting modchips for people back in the day, I got so quick at it and did so many I didn't need any instructions and I could start and finish within 15 minutes, used to do around 4 to 5 a day which isn't a lot but I loved doing it.

[@alonelypotato2788]

did u get paid for it?

[@sayrex130]

I do not know what all these mods are for, but you seem so passionate and expert, the precision of your camera and your movements...i watched until the end, great job !

[@FabioGnecco]

but..... what those mods do ?

[@Azzlanoid]

FabioGnecco idk

[@ruka6246]

maybe play pirated games

[@exidy-yt]

FabioGnecco, First one was to play discs bypassing the copy protection and/or region lock. Second was to clean up the video output signal for better picture, 3rd was to make a flashing LED under the power button.

[@DrumFFx]

if it doesn't work you just end the video and say it's done, thanks for watching!

[@FabioGnecco]

thanks for replying ! i enjoy watching these videos a lot, but i'm not familiar with ps1 mod scene

[@GameSack]

LAME! I thought you were gonna mod away the awful dithering that infects so many PS games. Nice Toshinden music though. I have MiniDiscs full of that crap.

[@Voultar]

And I thought you were coming over to the hotel room the other night for that meeting. Dracula's coming to get you tonight, too. And yeah, Toshinden might be a lame-ass PS1 release, but the music was ballin'!

[@GameSack]

Yeah Toshinden 2 had some great music as well.

[@shroomie108]

Game Sack I was amazed how good ps1 games look on a raspberry pi 3, that is how I play most my ps1 games to help save the disks. I have mostly rpgs and they get quite pricey now a days. The prices are the worst part of being a rpg fan.

[@wojiaobill]

Game Sack youre the only person in the world who still has MiniDiscs!

[@Stoppskylten]

No, best format ever. I wish games were on MDs too.

[@jewnersey7413]

Dude, I have to thank you for the amazing tracklist. Picking up an electric guitar tomorrow, so you already know the first thing I'm jamming along to🤘

[@Frank-re3qp]

Your right!! I didn't know about any of those mods!!

[@HardwareHackers]

nail clippers as wire cutters, a man after my own heart, the most treasured tool in my toolkit!

[@nicholasfinch4087]

I thought I was the only one!

[@AndrossUT]

At least use the convex ones. I get that paying $2 for end cutters sucks, but damn.

[@ErikMm5]

there are convex nail clippers? where are these people with caved in fingertips?

[@AndrossUT]

Erik Mm they are usually for toes and people with "flat" nails.

[@ErikMm5]

Drew DuBois huh, I'd think if you had a more square nail bed straight edged clippers would make the most sense

[@Gartral]

on that original case... did it have a black smudge on the injection molding point on the underside of the lid?! I think you may have my old PS1, and if you do, you're entirely correct on that solder job, except I was 11 and I was using a radioshack pen! sorry about the cheap tape if that WAS mine btw.. at least it didn't leave adhesive everywhere >.>

[@SianaGearz]

I thought it wasn't terrible, it's not one of those appallingly bad mod consoles you see once in a while.

[@Chansmart95]

Dino crisis ? You're a man of classic culture and i love it

[@CaseyMongilloYT]

This was so fun to watch. And the Toshinden and Toshinden S music made it even better. What a nice surprise! :D

[@immasmashyourface]

What exactly did all that do to the system? I get the video sync and LED. What was the first chip installed and what does it do?

[@LaithKhalil]

First chip was a mod chip. Lets you defeat region lock and copy protection.

[@immasmashyourface]

Thanks for the info.

[@stevejennings3960]

Watching you soldering is as soothing as a cold cider on a hot day

[@braydenbellotti6639]

Ciders are aids, so I guess I’ll agree with you

[@stevejennings3960]

Brayden Bellotti erm.... aaaaaanyway

[@Alcazar0017]

Welcome back to the past !! Great mods thank you for sharing.

[@johnnyherrera4010]

$2?.......$2!!!!!! That would be one of the most treasure finds

[@armyofninjas9055]

My gf's mom got 4 complete ps1's with a dualshock. One for each kid. $5 each. They were also basically new. School sale. They had a brief program for educational games that fell through. So one day, I'm looking for ps1 controllers to use with a modded og xbox. She's all "oh I have controllers." And she pulls out 2 complete ps1's lol.

[@JeffReeves]

I'm so jealous of your steady hands and good equipment. My fingers and hands have been shaky since I was a kid. It's not very noticeable unless I'm actively trying to do something requiring very fine motor skills. Trying to solder and the tip starts bouncing a good 2-5 mm. I have to work around it by relaxing my hand completely (not even gripping), resting it against the desk, and then using my arm to move everything together. Also, it's funny that people keep bugging you about the nail clippers. Lots of professionals repurpose tools for their needs. I find using a decent pair of scissors works better than any wire stripper I've ever used (except for the $100+ professional ones), and the control I have with them allows me to strip the insulation while keeping the conductor untouched.

[@big5th159]

2 dollars?! What a disrespect .

[@STILL_TESTING]

eh? That's what she said

[@luisl173]

She?

[@mahtism]

original mods and beautifully executed, well done!

[@wotwathorigl5446]

dude thats some insanely good content- great video!!!

[@janne6657]

It was horrifying watching you use nail clippers to peel cables, oh the anxiety

[@JodBronson]

I use the Nail Clipper 90% of the time... It's actually make a CLEAN CUT !!!

[@JodBronson]

+whoesub sknsi - You should try it! Funny thing is.... People make FUN of this..... The Nail Clipper actually helps me make $50,000.00+ Per Year in my Business!

[@jimboss1982]

@@JodBronson you must cut alot of nails than

[@JodBronson]

@@jimboss1982 - Yes I do! If you call " Nails " that is on a " PCB " boards!

[@jimboss1982]

@@JodBronson it was a joke

[@iCach0]

The *climax* of PlayStation restoration and modding. Adam would be proud.

[@LeshmuttRecords]

Great video - classy work ;)

[@zacdunn1014]

Do you have another video that shows you playing that play station 1 that you modded?

[@BrainSlugs83]

He played it at the end of the video.

[@rikschaaf]

I do understand what the led does, but what does the other mod do exactly? How does it change the way that the ps1 works?

[@beefcurtainz69]

Rik Schaaf clean video signal that shows up as better quality picture on screen and able to play back up games

[@toniyourcuzzin]

Dude when you soldered those orange wires I almost cried

[@aleksandarvojta9475]

Fantastic! And finally a decent solder job on KZbin 👍

[@sameerrishi8548]

that was amazing im gald i watched this b4 the year ended :)

[@Access.Denied]

Ohh god that transparent case for the PS1... i want something like that

[@bestmedever]

C'est la nostalgie mon ami ! 🤙

[@supertrollmaximush9689]

I heard talk about "tip" and "jam". It got me excited.

[@mariuszfuchs2010]

Fantastic job plus a very good explanation

[@johnroal1351]

i from Costa Rica, i want send you greetings and congratulations, i like this video, you work is amazing...sorry for my poor english, but a little bit i know your lenguage, i decided to writte you and say what i think, pura vida!!! keep going doing videos like this.

[@aeciosxtnr]

Kkkkkkkkkk i cant speak english too. Here in BR nobody can do it. We're all dummies. Ps. Those lots of "k" are the BR,s way to write something like "lol" kkkkkkkk. But great video at all .. . Um salve dos BR, povo fudido, pra os gringos do mundo afora. Kkkk🤣

[@CsykKrit]

K ch t mae

[@aeciosxtnr]

LT GLITTER kkkkkkkkkk so i'll use PT-BR. Esse bixo do vídeo é foda. Bom bagarai 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@aeciosxtnr]

LT GLITTER 🏃.....👮🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@mettalero66]

LT GLITTER reporting you to the police for telling someone to commit suicide.

[@KWKBOX]

Any PSX with a serial port and I/O port is for me. I need to pickup a few extras while they are still cheap since the flash cards use the I/O port and I still enjoy the serial port games. On a side note can you install a serial port on a PSone model so I can use the lcd screen with it? I really hate how they dropped the port on that model. Also once again thank you for fixing my Duo R from dujance. It is still going strong. You are the best man!

[@karelpipa]

they dropped the port on some fat models too

[@KWKBOX]

The I/O port was dropped but I am pretty sure all fat models have the serial port at least.

[@runouno]

KWKBOX not all, just 2 out of the 3 fat models.

[@anewmodeisunlocked3600]

Nice pro pic.

[@Dant2142]

I don't think you can add a full serial or parallel port, but I think the PSIO flashcart can be modded into a PS One, maybe.

[@_baller]

Amazing how 80s 8 bit computer sounds matched up to the guitar riffs, what a time for happy tones

[@Hoahmarufugudoku]

Wtf? Why dont you explain what the MODs actually do?

[@matricxs3271]

Friday Gustav because he already made videos on them, which he mentiones in this video

[@g19mx]

@@matricxs3271 thanks for that

[@thebasketz]

Probably mod to his car for extra housepower

[@poosydestroyer6545]

Irgendein Account he never links them, though. You shouldn’t have to do homework to watch a video

[@rabitec.]

@@poosydestroyer6545 You haven't done your homework, because that video is in the fckin info card.

[@morozoffv]

"I'm gonna drop a little no clean on that joint." **spill whole fucking bottle**

[@basileus9343]

The first time i opened my ps1 a couple of years ago that laser power supply cable connector came straight off the board. The side anchoring tabs are quite small and i was paranoid about melting the plastic but i managed to do it without problems

[@DankRedditMemes]

same, except i lost the connector

[@nerb6833]

excelent choice of music man def 2 of my favorite soundtracks!!!

[@1151simon]

Nice clean job its been a very long time since i saw one of these open 👌

[@TheDrakenZ]

ahahaha sick! i recognized that dino crisis screen right away. great times.

[@rubencentro4974]

+xsavier not at the start it says it contains expicit gore etc that is exclusive to Dino Crisis. YOU FOOL!!!

[@NoNameJustWords]

It actually says the same thing on RE2.

[@warlockd]

I remember going to a good will and finding a chipped Original Xbox. It had the mod where the games could be installed on the hard drive and had a 20 gig drive installed. I only recognized it because of the odd switch that was installed in front with hot glue. Eight bucks haha. I spent more on the cables and controllers than the xbox.

[@silverwindspirit]

I wish I was that lucky

[@theycallmedday1645]

Hmm, I own a purple PS1 See through case like that 🧐 it was entertaining watching you mod this even though I have no idea what half the things you explained meant 🤔

[@rafaelmacas]

Top quality!!!! Only missed the link with the mod tests :)

[@laharl2k]

A fricking nail clipper! Interesting how my 9001 doesnt have the rf shield. Hey a question, mine has a worn rack on the laser mechanism, i always wanted to change it for a metal one like i understand later models had, do you know if they are compatible or if there's any better solution than just buying a new one and see how it wears like the first one?

[@Stoppskylten]

Shorter circuit paths of the smaller boards, optimised component layouts, make shielding less needed. But above all, it saves cost of course.. ;) And yes, the drives are not very picky about what machine they are attached to at all. As it happens I have transplanted a 9000 series drive to a 1000. No electrical issues. But the mechanical fit was quite different, so new supports for the suspensions had to be made, and either the machine shell or the drive have to be trimmed a bit to fit. All easy though.

[@laharl2k]

Cool, good to know, ill see if i can find a good laser then to put on my precious toy. Thanks! :D

[@Stoppskylten]

NP. Though I should mention the wear on slide was addressed with hardware redesign as far back as 5000 series. This doesn't mean that could not your problem of course. But Id check if the thing is really tilting first. Trying the old upside down PS trick and see if that helps, then it probably still is worn.

[@laharl2k]

Yeah, mine has a lot of play, so much i've seen it move to a position only to fail and try moving back like 1 mm or more some times and that really shows when it has to load lots of files in different positions as sometimes it wont correct and just give up iirc. Back when i was a kid i used to put it on its left side and that would make it read ok. I took a look and mine has a KSM-440AEM, and reading a bit yeah found what you said that this is supposed to be the fixed one, and that the metal parts werent the rack and pinion mechanism but the slider on the other side. A pity.....wish i could make them out of bronze or something. I have a 3d printer but im not that good at making gears and even then im not sure i could print something so tiny good enough that it would be better than the worn one. And machinists are expensive af and most dont even have a cnc mill that can to these things. Where is china when we need it!?

[@SianaGearz]

There's always Shapeways, you can test a print with yours, and get a final part in Nylon that has the same performance and material as original gears in all the better and more resilient drives. And you can sell/dropship them via Shapeways too. I have never seen brass gears used throughout an ODD sled mechanism and they might not be suitable - more inertia, higher friction, etc. But then if you can get the Z-wobble out of your printer and get a smaller nozzle, and print slowly, it stands to reason that your own prints could be perfectly fine? PLA is pretty wear resistant! What printer do you have anyway?

[@THE_RAMALAMADINGDONG]

SOTN music is still awesome in 2018!!! Thank you for the nostalgic flashback!!!! I was 17 again for a min ....

[@Hushpuppysox]

That was battle arena toshiden music my dude

[@kedorte]

@@Hushpuppysox Thanks for the tip! I knew it wasn't SOTN, but it did remind me of Castlevania. This is very good though!

[@davidhunt3161]

This gye is fantastic, i love a talented guitarist

[@MrSEA-ok2ll]

It amazes me how a gifted solderer people like you are...I try and get by, but completely suck at soldering...especially with tiny IC points that you make look so easy....

[@alonelypotato2788]

I don't even knw the hell is IC points

[@nixietubes]

the difference between a novice and expert at soldering is flux

[@kotoko556]

That SWAT KATZ style music, keep on teaching how to fish. Lovely work😁

[@CardboardSliver]

SWATKatz fan, are we?

[@PTClaws]

Why not keep the capacitor on the same orientation and isolate the pad under it for the composite sync mod? (Shorter wire, cleaner look)

[@rajathbhat2]

I am an Electronics Engineer and I must say, Your soldering capabilities are outstanding good sir! Especially where you soldered a 560 SMD resistor 🔥 You are one brave man 😂

[@a125xwar]

Rajath Bhat yep, i agree, in the early 2000 i work in a Panasonic ensamble factory, i Was only 18 Years old and work with those resistens Was a pain in the ass. your pulse Must be like iron one.

[@baxkill]

Wait how old are you? You look way too young, dang

[@rajathbhat2]

baxkill I'll take that as a compliment.. 😃

[@baxkill]

I meant Kaelum because he sounds like a pedantic douche and he might be bullshitting us, but you look fine tho

[@samuwall]

Kaelum lmao what’s your problem dude just said he has steady hands

[@retropulse03]

I had no idea how fascinating this would be to watch... Please sire, may I have some MORE!?

[@StrayGoose]

this was insanely relaxing to watch.

[@SianaGearz]

I wonder if old, working mods made by teenagers shouldn't possibly be considered like rare antiques and preserved as they are for their historical value?

[@Alexander_l322]

Hans I used to go to markets and swap meats and always see atleast one guy offering to fit mod chips for ps1 and PS2 and then xbox psp you get the idea :)

[@televisionandcheese]

nah

[@justmechanicthings]

mmm...swap meat

[@Alexander_l322]

I have beef to swap for chicken or similar

[@notabanana2914]

Hans think longer scale. It has historic value, it's the type of mod the people would do, your average guy. What professionals sold isn't nearly as historic as what random kids and teens did.

[@smithincanton]

I was think you could take a small file to the nail clippers and file a grove in them and make the wire stripping a bit easier.

[@maxpower9790]

Very cool man!! Only want to see the trial too!

[@cornflake75]

I was quite intrigued of the craftsmanship...and then came the nail clipper ! Anyway, nice video(clip) ;)

[@shaunjones8964]

Nice pun

[@lacroix1976]

try it one day on something you dont care to scrap , the nail clipper . actualy it s a good idea , very good idea , you feel when going thru the rubber/plastic and starting to touch the wire inside then you pull .^^

[@gavinbelton9401]

I loved your soundtrack Choice battle arena toshinden was one of my favorite PlayStation games

[@fredb3400]

Wasn't toshinden the first game on PS1? I remember seeing PS-0001 on its side

[@RMoribayashi]

Umm, shouldn't that be strap *_in?_* Strap on is definitely NSFW.

[@vampirewitchfate7202]

RMoribayashi 🤣

[@Klaevin]

well, I didn't need a strap-on to do it to that PS1...

[@agoradacerto]

Hahaha I was wondering if just me have thought it sounds like xvids...

[@mikeoxlong6468]

I got mine on, let's do this fellas.

[@drakespoon8488]

Swooosh!!

[@MoTheBlackCat]

That was some clean, sexy work, and a deep love for Battle Arena Toshinden, you sure got my like and sub.

[@clemceejayofficial]

Wow so neat and clean work Bro 🤩✌

[@1anre]

7:56 got me really confused with the castlevania music playing up in the background, took me back to my electrical circuit classes in school.

[@MickNJ1979]

What do these mods do?

[@bababa425]

Yeah, I watched the entire video, and while he explains what he's CURRENTLY doing really well, there's very little on the end-goal. The RGB and casing replacements were obvious, but what does the composite video to composite sync mod do? And I don't think he even mentioned what the first mod was for. Googling just returns modding jargon.

[@przemekkobel4874]

I'm not from PS world, but if you'd like to have absolutely top notch image quality on analog TV, you'd go for RGB signals via SCART connector (second best would be S-Video: separate chroma signal and composite sync+luminance, available for example in 8-bit Atari computers). In case of RGB, SCART's composite video pin becomes composite sync. Some old monitors also prefer such arrangement. What I like about this video: nicely explained steps, good job despite thick and dirty soldering iron. Maybe too much flux and that resistor initially was soldered too close to other pin, but overall quite OK. I don't like the fact, that essentially nothing new or interesting was done (a modchip was installed instead of... a modchip, and he pulled out a signal seemingly just for fun of doing it). RGB LED is nice, but in the good old days we had floppy drives that could display current track number, so I'm unimpressed.

[@freedustin]

Przemek Kobel SCART is a composite connector. He's literally getting the exact same signal that uses.

[@royalxpenny896]

lets you watch porn on ps1

[@privateeyeaerialimaging1486]

It lets you takeover Amazon's cloud systems

[@ABXstriker]

Loved it funny and superb soldiering skills nice to see a none shaker lol loved the mod

[@crystalchaos462]

I really wanted one of these clear PS1 shells when I was a teenager! I remember looking at them on eBay all the time. See-through electronics pretty much define the 90's.

[@CityStarrzz]

And prisons

[@Mentski]

The comments of this video are totally worth it to see a bunch of people have some kind of allergic reaction to the fact that Voultar pronounces "solder" with the British English pronunciation. It's as though the same word in the same language can have alternate pronunciations or even spellings based on where in the world you were born, and/or who raised you, or something.

[@mohammedsami7080]

Mentski I call it soljjjaar based on jarhead.

[@NitroAuto77]

His sodding iron gives me herpes just looking at it

[@ourobori1530]

It's almost like the word solder has a fucking L in it.... Hahaha

[@NoNameJustWords]

As a brit, I didn't even know Americans pronounced it differently lol

[@RoxusRemo]

Yeah they all say 'sodder'.

[@Nevakonaza.]

+1 for Dino Crysis too,That game scared the crap outa me back in the day :D

[@filipecastro3404]

Nice job!! Thanks for sharing

[@alenvanced944]

17:20 resistor looks different than in the previous shot. Did you redo the soldering? Just curious because that's just such an insane solder move!

[@Drev222]

Kudos doing fine pitch solder work with a fat tip like that... not an easy task. Also using toe nail clippers to strip wire... again... strange, but kudos all the same.

[@lain328]

I was amazed at the benefits of recapping a Sega Dreamcast, I use polymer capacitors but it's probably the same results for both. Mostly shock to discover that load time seem to have gone down, a lot.

[@adultmoshifan87]

James Carter would recapping my Dreamcast fix this problem I have? In Crazy Taxi 2, I can’t hear the cash meter beep as the game starts. All other sounds in all other games (to my knowledge) are fine.

[@lain328]

adultmoshifan87 it's possible that recapping can fix it, however it could also be the laser lens itself but if the games working perfectly fine it could be a section of the disc data slightly messed up aka disc rot. If you do replace the Caps I recommend using high-end brands, if you use polymer capacitors you'll have to go lower on some capacitors in terms of voltage, so you may have to double check the voltage going through the capacitor before deciding on a replacement.

[@trekkingretrogaming5350]

Fantastic work and perfect game choice. 👌