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Sony PlayStation Teardown

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  • We lift the lid off of this curious console, secretly hoping that gems will come flying out for us to collect.

  • Unfortunately we are left empty-handed in the gems department, but there is some pretty cool stuff in here. No dragons, though.

  • First things first, let's carefully dispose of this power supply before we get zapped.

  • This internal power supply is an absolute unit, taking up roughly 20% of the console's footprint. But despite the PlayStation's relatively small size (compared to modern consoles, at least), Sony was able to cram this thing in here seemingly without breaking a sweat.

  • Speaking of breaking a sweat—90's silicon didn't run as hot as today's hardware does, but it's still impressive to see an internal power supply, a whole optical drive assembly, and everything on the main board (more on that later), all running in a fanless configuration.

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