Horizontal stand with integrated mutitap, HDD fan, USB card reader/hub

[urbigbro]

The attached pics show the Sony official horizontal stand I modified to contain a madcats slim mutitap, HDD fan made from a 60mm CPU fan, USB card reader/combined hub, made by Vakoss (model# TC-R723-UK).
http://shop3.outpost.com/%7Bzbv8GUpB...H:MAIN_RSLT_PG

The card reader/hub is compatible with SMS, ulaunch elf and sony USB devices. (eyetoy etc.) It also is USB 2 compat for PC use. I made the hub removable so I can use it to read all the flash cards I have when I travel.
The stand is secured to the PS2 by way of hot glue "pegs". I removed the rubber feet on both the PS2 and the stand. The hot glue pegs in the back were made from a makeshift mold so they would fit into the holes the the rubber feet were in.
The multitap bottom was removed and I drilled some holes in the stand and attached it by means of longer screws into the multitap's original screwholes.
To find were the HDD vent holes should be drilled, I used the holes in the HDD cage as a template, scribing the position with an ice pick.
The fan is powered by the 5V of a USB cable I soldered a 3 pin connector on to. It is attached to the stand by hot glue. Space was left underneath it so the air can exaust.
One of the USB cable's plug end was modded to be a right angle to the right by disassembling it and bending the housing to the right and hotglue applied to the outside. In the future the USB cable ends will be modded to turn left.
These mods are purely functional, work well, but are not exactly "pretty".
If you would like to do any of these mods and have questions, feel free to inquire, and or post your results here.

Update: I have recently fixed my right angled USB cord to go the left and under the PS2. I have also velcroed the stand and the case together so it stays on during transport. I'll have new pics soon of the changes.

[TechGuy]

Very nice. I like seeing people with functional mods. Do you run linux on that bad boy or is it just for gaming? Mine's just pretty for now but as soon as a get a working mod chip I'll be doing some fun functional stuff too.

[urbigbro]

The card reader is for loading elfs for EMUs, backing up saves, running homebrew softs like SMS and ulaunch or the modified codebreaker elf. I don't run Linux as my PC is much more powerful and functional for computing tasks.
Thanks for the comments!

[cyrbanen]

Vent holes for the HDD...brilliant! Why didn't I think of that...? :P

[urbigbro]

The vent holes were quite easy to do as there isn't really any measuring needed. I may further mod the HDD area by totally removing the drive cage bottom and plastic, and replace it with the wire mesh used for speaker covers. Hopefully this would get enough ventilation to my blazing hot 160 gig seagate.

I have already had two seagate drives die due to overheating this summer! It makes me wish that WD would just change their dang jumper spacing so I could use their drives as they appear much cooler to the touch during operation.

[Cloudhunter]

Well I use a WD, you can modify the network adapter to fit one... It doesn't have to be permanant either.

Cloudy

[urbigbro]

I finally got around to making the net adapter mod today, thanks for the reminder

[Junior04]

Very nice good job.

[micpet1997]

I have already had two seagate drives die due to overheating this summer! It makes me wish that WD would just change their dang jumper spacing so I could use their drives as they appear much cooler to the touch during operation.

I have a 160gB Seagate also but never had any probs with overheating , do u leave it on all day or something?

[zabolyx]

how can they not overheat. The PS2 has crappy circulation. Even my 5400rpm (in my PC) drive gets way to hot. If the drive is warm to the touch it is overheating. The maxtor 300GB 7200rpm drive in my PS2 gets ridiculously hot.