Got me an idea

**zabolyx** · 10-24-2004,01:55 AM

check out this idea....

buying a second nonworking PS2 and cutting the top out of it an mounting the working one down inside of it....

adding a swap bay for a second HDD, 4 port powered USB hub, 4 port iLink hub, drive selector switch and modding the crap out of it to be all pretty....

this should give you an idea of what I want...

**eight_heads** · 10-24-2004,10:08 AM

you would double up the height, is that what you mean by cutting the top out of it and mounting the working one inside? because you would have to do something like that to have enough room.... there isn't really that much room inside the ps2 so you'd have to add some if you wanted to have two hdds, plus some pretty good cooling

**zabolyx** · 10-24-2004,04:06 PM

yeah... that extactly... the bottom half of the working unit would fit down into the top half of the shelled system.... and give me an extra 2 inches of space on the bottom of the system.... for the second drive and cooling setup... plus a second PS2 PSU would run the lights and crap.... I'm sure it can be done... and with ease.... but I can't drop $200 bucks on that right now.... so I'll buy a few things here and there to complete it.

**zabolyx** · 10-24-2004,05:40 PM

OH YEAH

forgot to mention... the LEDs in the two bottom buttons from the shelled system will be a HDD activity light and a NA activity light... I'll probaly change the colors of them too.... I'd like to use reand and a yellow one.

I also liked the MC access lights that have been floating around here... anyone have tried this on a MAD CATZ MC.... That's what I have.... and soon plan on getting a Datel 64MB card (and this one should be fun to work on as well).

Tempted to get some fiber optic wires to do some interesting things as well... can get small bundles for cheap at the loacal $1 store here in town.... have those little flashlights with them on it...each fiber about 8-12 inches long and about 30 to a light....

**EspI69** · 10-24-2004,11:27 PM

where else sells them... ive been intrested in doign the fiber optics for a whiel but cant find them

**zabolyx** · 10-25-2004,08:30 AM

that's a good Q.... I haven't really looked for them... give me a minute... you live in the US?

that was nonproductive.... can't find a thing online....no even at the stores website.

**EspI69** · 10-25-2004,01:37 PM

yea i live in the US. NY to be exact..... and i can find them either.... if u find anythgin online let me know cuz ive been searching for them for awhile

nagravision2 · 10-26-2004,02:03 AM

thinking to mod the ps2 casein similar way , but to use multiple drives.
basically i ll get/make a cable from back of the ps2 to the nework adaptor connector and put a drive selector switch in between.
xbox got 3 x 200 GB harddrives in external case with switch.
hehe
figureing out ps2 connector layout is going to be a pain in the azz.
anyone with schematics of the adaptor port layout or a layout or internal pics of the ps2 network adaptor.

**zabolyx** · 10-27-2004,01:40 PM

I was thinking of doing a three drive setup.... but the IDE cable craps out the signal at about 6 inches (15cm).... so I'm doing a dual drive one permenent and one in the swap bay.... should be able to keeep the cable down to 3 - 4 inches (7.5 - 10cm).....

also I'm hoping I can find the right shaped USB and iLink hubs to use... found what I think will work for a USB for $10....

**zabolyx** · 10-27-2004,01:42 PM

hey ESPI69.... try this... Dollar Tree is where I found them.... Seems that my store is out of them at the moment....heres the company's store locator

http://www.dollartree.com/site/fr_locator.cfm

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