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Live Stream was on March 12, 2017: 12 PM- 5PM US CDT - Thanks for Watching!

Join in with Part 2! Live Stream: Help Ben Heck Fix a Rare Nintendo Playstation Prototype - Part II!

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In this special live stream event The Ben Heck Team asks community members for help fixing a rare Nintendo PlayStation prototype. In a previous episode of 'The Ben Heck Show' Terry and Dan Diebold presented the team with the prototype, thought to be the only one left in existence, so they could do a teardown and fix it. Now the team is asking for help from the community as they attempt to make history!

Watch Ben's Previous Attempts to Fix the Nintendo PlayStation Protoype:

Episode 246: Ben Heck's Nintendo-Playstation Prototype Teardown Part 1 Episode

Episode 247: Ben Heck's Nintendo-Playstation Prototype Teardown Part 2 Repair Episode

Episode 265: Ben Heck's Nintendo PlayStation Update at Portland Retro Gaming Expo

Terry and Dan Diebold:

https://www.engadget.com/2015/11/06/nintendo-playstation-is-real-and-it-works/

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cstanton over 7 years ago

Make sure you join livestream part 2!
Live Stream: Help Ben Heck Fix a Rare Nintendo Playstation Prototype - Part II!
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lnchang2k over 7 years ago

I noticed the drive managed to display the TOC when Ben tilted it up.
Maybe you can remove the round spindle magnet from the center of the topmost metal cover and lock the disc down with the bare tray/cover off, that way you will be able to observe how the red laser dot focuses during spin-up.
Also you might wanna inspect whether there is radial and tangential skew adjustment mechanisms inside the assembly.
Last but not least, check if there's a haze on the optical lens, as the intensity of the laser diode itself may have worn out over the years.
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sharif over 7 years ago in reply to makerkaren

That sounds awesome! I hope this isn't all too challenging, a lot of the issues seem to revolve around the disc drive, and having to reverse engineer the driver or communications between the CD and system could be quite tasking. Best bet is documentation of Sony CD-Roms of the exact same era, and how that might fit into the SNES architecture against the actual prototype itself. Worst comes to worst, copying the circuit design from the prototype and printing a new one with fresh parts could add a lot of insight into where all the possible points of error are. That can be quite time consuming. I hope there's a simpler solution!
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makerkaren over 7 years ago in reply to klatlao

There is no current plan to edit this footage, no. Since Ben has his hands on the console for a few weeks, he is working on it between other projects, and that footage will get edited and released later.
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klatlao over 7 years ago in reply to tariq.ahmad

Is this going to be edited and posted to YouTube?
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cd_will over 7 years ago

for the 5th time can we have pictures of the drive controle bored and any info that u have on it
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cd_will over 7 years ago in reply to knightrdr1

it was on youtube
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cstanton over 7 years ago in reply to knightrdr1

It was easier for the team to keep track of comments and replies to pass along to Ben.
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knightrdr1 over 7 years ago

Why isn't this on you tube I think you lost a lot of viewing by having this threw element 14 only
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plasticrelic over 7 years ago

You can get a free account with openlibrary and borrow the following book for your repair adventures:

https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1808368W/Troubleshooting_and_repairing_compact_disc_players
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