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Sony Playstation 1 LED Change

Myrddin · 2009-10-25 11:02:38

Another of my revisited mods, badly performed as a budding moddist, and redone recently. Im not sure why I originally did this mod, if it were today I wouldnt have done it as I like my consoles looking original, with any tweaks purely done on the inside. Anyway the original green LED is long since gone, so Im stuck with…

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25-10-2009 12:02pm

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Myrddin

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Another of my revisited mods, badly performed as a budding moddist, and redone recently. Im not sure why I originally did this mod, if it were today I wouldnt have done it as I like my consoles looking original, with any tweaks purely done on the inside.

Anyway the original green LED is long since gone, so Im stuck with the one I added in (badly). Basically when I playtested the board, I noticed the power LED wasnt lighting at all. Upon investigation, it was cold solder city. The iron I used must have been too hot and it lifted and broke the track on the PCB where the LED was supposed to make contact. So I had to find an alternative pad further up the original circuit. Snipping the legs of the led itself was also a must. Few mins later and presto...a shiny blue LED.

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