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PS3 Opened For Pictures

Posted by Hemos on from the purty-pictures dept.

An anonymous reader writes "As all of you surely know by now, the PS3 has just been released in Japan. What you might find interesting, however, is that among those 80 000 happy PS3 owners (or self-appointed resellers) was at least one who decided it was his or her sacred mission to crack this puppy open for a peek inside. About the article, it is in Japanese. Someone who knows enough of this fabled language of wonder well enough would do well to offer some translations, although I don't really suspect that the story is the most important thing here..."

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  1. Translation by dada21 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Ugh. Japanese is annoying, hah.

    November 11th, the Playstation 3 was released.

    People are talking a lot about the quantity initially available, etc, but the product is also gaining attention because of positive features such as the Blue Ray drive and other hardware (CELL?).

    The 60GB hard drive version can be purchased, so you'll see information on it right now.

    First the site will discuss all the basic information of the product, and then go into detail on each section.

    1. The package is heavy.
    2. Here is the list of contents in the package.
    3. Here's a picture of the box open
    4. Here is a list of what comes with the package.
    5. Here's a picture of the back.
    6. Here's a picture of the left.
    7. Here's a picture of the right.
    8. Here's the memory card reader.
    9. You can access the HDD slot.
    10. Here's the 60GB Seagate hard drive.

    Note
    When dissassemblnig the product, you lose the manufacturer's warranty.
    The PC Watch editorial staff is not responsible for any damage that my might occur if you take apart your model. It will damage the unit.

    The editors of PC Watch will not answer any questions submitted about taking apart the product.

    More photos:

    1. The warning seal is similar to the PS2
    2. When the seal is peeled off, "VOID" becomes visible.
    3. Under the warning seal is a special screw which must be removed to get the cover off.
    4. When you remove the large screw, the cover can be opened.
    5. The cable which is connected to the cover goes to the memory card reader.
    6. Removing the case shows you the BD drive and power supply.
    7. Look at the power supply. It is a direct 100V power supply. The power supply is small.
    8. The baseplate on the front side of the power supply is likely for separating the wireless networking from the power supply, along with the necessary cables.
    9. When the BD drive, power supply and wireless networking system is removed, you can see the motherboard seal and the heatsink.
    10. The the bottom of the case is removed, you can see the huge cooling fan who is not visible from outside the case.
    11. Difference angle of the cooling fan. There is approximately 16cm of contact area for the fan.
    12. You can see the fins for the heatsink and cooling system.
    13. The cooling fan removed.
    14. The heatsink removed, you can see the cooling piping.
    15. Here's the motherboard top.
    16. Here's the motherboard bottom.
    17. Here are for big chips. The leftmost side is probably for the PS software emulation.
    18. The next chip is the graphics chipset.
    19. Under the seal of the graphics chipset, we see 4 chips.
    20. The graphics memory is made by Samsung
    21. The right most chip is a Sony CXD2973GB.
    22. Not sure what this says, but it is connected with a lot of wires.

  2. I am used by cucucu · · Score: 5, Funny

    I am used to surfing sites where the pictures are the important thing

  3. Translated page by SgtPepperKSU · · Score: 4, Informative

    Translation by Google

    1. Re:Translated page by MagicM · · Score: 5, Funny

      "The HDD slot can access the user"

      Made in Russia?

  4. PS3 Disaseembled video by Skaber · · Score: 4, Informative

    View http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHS07EFGZ3g&eurl= to see japaneses opening a PS3 with nothing more than a screwdriver !

  5. Looks pretty but.. by johnlcallaway · · Score: 5, Funny
    ...how the hell are you supposed to stack anything on top of it?? Why can't engineers make something that is pretty AND functional. Including enough space for front-to-back air movement.

    Oh ... I understand. Marketing got involved.
    • Marketing: Let's make it neat.
    • Engineer: But that takes up too much space.
    • Marketing: But it's cool.
    • Engineer: But it still takes up too much space.
    • Marketing: To late, it's already in production
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    1. Re:Looks pretty but.. by abradsn · · Score: 4, Funny

      Engineering: I don't like pretty or neat stuff.
      Marketing: Do you like to get money?
      Engineering: Do whatever it takes, I'll make it work.
      Marketing: Okay, Thanks.

  6. Thanks! by blackmonday · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hey, thanks for the circuit board pics. I just figured out where to solder the modchip!

  7. English Takeapart by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    There's already takeaparts of the US version, in english.

    http://dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=4908

  8. This OPEN PLATFORM thing appeared too... by thatguywhoiam · · Score: 4, Interesting
    ... for interested linux people: check this out. Just a teaser, but looks promising.

    PLAYSTATION®3 allows any desired third-party system software to be installed on it besides its system software provided by Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. Details will be posted on this site soon.

    Interesting, no? Add that to the fact that there are 3rd party memory cards supported, and no wacky media formats in the PS3's OS (its all MP3/AAC/MPEG2/MPEG4), and makes one hope, distantly, that Sony may be changing their ways...

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  9. Google Racism? by alohatiger · · Score: 5, Funny

    Google translation: "Memory card leader"

    Is that some kind of ethnic humor?!

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  10. If Zonk had submitted this article .... by level4 · · Score: 4, Funny
    It seems that Sony is not content with forcing hundreds of foreigners to wait in line, in the cold rain, just to earn a few dollars for food .. now it's taunting disappointed fans worldwide by pulling apart a perfectly good PS3, taking pictures of its wrecked insides, and just posting it on the web to get page views. Is this sickening snuff photography par for the course in this godless age, and will the degenerate hoots of paedophile basement-dwellers clicking furiously from one voyeuristic desecration to the next drown out the heart-wrenching sobs of the child you know whose Christmas dreams have been forever ruined because of this soulless, wretched visual excursion into the depths of Sony's capitalist depravity?"
    Looks like the PS3's actual value is about $1.50 in plastic and metal. Nicely done.
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  11. Re:Slashdotted in Japanese by hal2814 · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Srashdotted" maybe?

  12. Translation: powdered men. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    "They forgot to comment on how shiny it is. You know that shiny sells."

    Well then, bald men should be leaping off the shelves then.

  13. Emulators? by Dan+East · · Score: 4, Funny

    What I really want to know if any software PS3 emulators are out yet. I'd like to try this thing out on my Inspiron 6000 to see what all the hoopla is about. Sure, it might have to skip a frame every now and then, but I can live with that.

    Dan East

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