Knight Rider PS2 Portable - Tools and Vision

[Tchay]

Looking good, shows promise! And are you ganna cut up the mobo cuz that case seems a little small...?

edit: so you're not sure about the battery yet...

[Tchay]

Yeah, sorry I meant what type of battery, but yeah Bens is good.

[Tchay]

Lookin good, lookin good! Any ideas as to how you're ganna cram the mobo into that casing? I am a big fan of mobo surgery personally

[AngelArm1110]

do you have any ideas for getting the ps2 mobo to sit in the case, be secure, but still removable??

[Tchay]

do you have any ideas for getting the ps2 mobo to sit in the case, be secure, but still removable??

Why removable?

[AngelArm1110]

for the same reason you make anything removable, so that if is breaks, you can take it apart and fix it.

[snowpenguin]

screwposts. or hotglue, that can be peeled off with a little more work.

[AngelArm1110]

So here i am doing an assessment within the ps2, taking measurements and figuring out what i can still use and what i cant...immediately i notice that the ribbon cable for the optical drive is waaaay to small...and i'm fiddling with the fan to see if i want to keep this one or use another one...like "Angel" said...i gotta find a way to mount the motherboard so that I can get to easy if something goes wrong....

the laser cable is probably the biggest challenge as far as soldering goes, i tried using 30 awg wire to extend the laser clip, which worked to a point, but seems to have quit on me (probably because the ends where shorting off each other). i have decided im going to redo my mobo after all, but this time im not gonna remove the original clip, im going to take 2 dead laser drives, and lift the clips off of them, and solder them together, making them into a ribbon cable coupler. that way i can just use 2 ribbon cables to give me the extra length i need

[snowpenguin]

I believe you can buy extensions.

[AngelArm1110]

pray-tell where, this could save loads of time

[AngelArm1110]

HOLY CRAP DUDE, NICE FIND!!!!!!!!!!!!! that is exactly the kind of thing that saves hours of toiling!!!!

[AngelArm1110]

those later A generation ones look even better than the H, lol

[Zeromous]

This looks like its going to be good!

Can't wait to see more progress!

[hailrazer]

Ps2 Lazer Knight......

Well it could work. LOL

[maxgezone]

You could call it
the knight doodle
PS2 night version
PSdoodle rider
I can't think of any more. You thought of three subjects that just don't sound very good together.
Post more if I think of any