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| |  DualShock 2 Teardown |
| Device | DualShock 2 |
| Difficulty | Moderate |
| Time | No estimate |
| Steps | 5 |
This guide is by zachary on iFixit and is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0. ByteRot mirrors it for non-commercial preservation: formatting changed and photos resized for old browsers; full-size photos and the text are on the FTP in /DOCS/REPAIR. Original guide >>
Tools: PlayStation Toolkit |
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| Step 1 :: Removing the Screws | ![[step 1 photo]](40772/step01-1.jpg)
• On the back of the controller there is screw holes
• Using a Philip Screw driver remove the screws
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| Step 2 :: Separating the controller pieces | ![[step 2 photo]](40772/step02-1.jpg)
![[step 2 photo]](40772/step02-2.jpg)
![[step 2 photo]](40772/step02-3.jpg)
• Using a pry tool separate the two controller pieces
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| Step 3 :: All the buttons | ![[step 3 photo]](40772/step03-1.jpg)
![[step 3 photo]](40772/step03-2.jpg)
![[step 3 photo]](40772/step03-3.jpg)
• First remove the buttons
• Most of my buttons fell off. Then left up on the sensor and set it aside.
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| Step 4 :: DualShock support | ![[step 4 photo]](40772/step04-1.jpg)
![[step 4 photo]](40772/step04-2.jpg)
• When I lifted the controller out of the chassis one of the dual shock motors fell off it soldering. I removed the other one.
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| Step 5 | ![[step 5 photo]](40772/step05-1.jpg)
• What you are left with
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