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PlayStation 2 Teardown

Device	PlayStation 2
Difficulty	Moderate
Time	No estimate
Steps	8

This guide is by Victor Mendoza 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 >>

my pictures don't explain much but my captions are going to help a lot.

Tools: Phillips #00 Screwdriver; Metal Spudger; Phillips #1 Screwdriver

Step 1 :: revealing the stcrews

• first what you need to to do is take all the plastics of the bottom of the device which will reveal the screws.

Step 2

• loosen all the screws with the hillips 00 Screwdriver and then take screws out.

Step 3

• After taking all the screws off the will loosen. So then what you do there you pull it up then forward or away depending were your standing.

Step 4

• Once you've open the device you'll see 4 copper screws. Unscrew the front screws to unlock the bottom case of the device.

Step 5

• next loosen the screws with

Step 6

• now unscrew the 2 copper screws to be able to make the bottom case will come out reveling a copper screw

Step 7

• now flip the device to reveal the bottom. Now as soon as you flip you'll see 4 more copper screws, then your going to need to unscrew them unlocking the motherboard.

Step 8

• slowly pluck out the motherboard without braking no ribbons form the device. And that's how you take the motherboard out.

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