PSP UMD door Mod: See your PSP's insides

Posted Nov 19, 2006 at 2:33AM by QJ Staff Listed in: Mods Tags: cannae45, PS2, SIG, Sig-550, Trooper, YouTube
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Sometimes, it's the simple things that rock. The Swiss-made Sig-550 assault rifle for example swapped out standard issue tin rifle mags for a clear-plastic set, which not only made the gun lighter and more reliable (plastic doesn't dent like tin, hence less jams), but also allowed the trooper using it to just take a glance at the mag to see how much ammo he had left without having to rack the bolt and yank out the mag, as with what Solid had to do in his trailer (You know you want one, Snake).

As far-fetched as it sounds, we were thinking that when we picked up this short video clip cannae45 posted over at youtube. Nothing fancy here - he just remade his PSP UMD door with a viewing port, which allowed the user to get an eyeful of the UMD's metal cradle, and the title of whatever game he pops into the console. Sure, it ain't as pimpin' as a light-up door, or even a PSP port of the PS2 analog stick, but like we said, there's an elegance to subtle but practical mods like these we love. Enjoy the vid.



Via youtube.com

 
 
 

Comments

by - 2006-11-19 03:05:39
cooool

this is coool :D

by - 2006-11-19 03:06:39
sweet

im gonna do it

by - 2006-11-19 03:07:08
nice

Cool I guess. Hopefully the laser doesn't shine through (I know I've seen red while closing the disc door before.) This should come with a disclaimer so the n00bs don't go blind.

by - 2006-11-19 03:07:25
nice

wow, That looks cool. But is it strong?

by - 2006-11-19 04:38:45
Hang on...

There's a reason why its covered, its ugly!

by - 2006-11-19 06:48:51
Sweet

Thats a pretty good cut and it looks like there's no sign of modding, but cuz I know I'm gonna ***** my psp up with 95% chance, I try that later ;)

by - 2006-11-19 07:47:41
looks rad!

I just got 3 smashed psp given to me, and the doors are still intact, guess what i am trying when i get a minute. Anyone have an idea what type of plastic? It must be pretty thin.

by madhive - 2006-11-19 07:53:16
Plexiiglass

If you use plexiglass, yes it is very strong.

by - 2006-11-19 08:51:23
hmm...

why the f**k would you wana do this to your psp? looks like a pile of sh**

by - 2006-11-19 08:54:02
hmm...

why the f**k would you wana do this to your psp? looks like a pile of sh**

by - 2006-11-19 10:10:20
acidmods.com

This mod was done first at acidmods.com

by - 2006-11-19 12:25:32
nah

this is old as hell, lamma.com started this **** acidmod.com is new

by - 2006-11-19 13:38:07
no

acidmods.com isnt new. They have been around for a while. If you really think so go to acidmods.com and talk to them.

by Mentality - 2006-11-19 14:27:55
UGLY

This is quite litterally the ugliest mod I have seen yet, why would anybody want to make their PSP look as ugly as that.

by toxic-snipe - 2006-11-19 16:04:06
Uhh

To make it unique perhaps?

by - 2006-11-19 17:21:57
This is Lame

This is really gay! Why would you want to do that? Get a free psp! http://www.xpango.com?ref=90049183

by - 2006-11-19 19:01:55
stfu

Shut the ***** up spammer.

by xche78x - 2006-11-20 01:27:01
its a foreign language forum site.

oh the things you would have to do just to get a preview of a nice emulator on its early development stages. judging by the video i think its running at 5-12 fps, yeah not yet playable, so we have to wait! the bad thing was if you want to download and preview it, you have to learn such language. didn't the author know thats its not just their own kind of people thats interested in such a nice software? why didn't they consider a worldwide release? why restrict download for only those who can read their language? access refuse

by xche78x - 2006-11-20 01:31:23
please delete my post above

please delete my post above, wrong topic!

by - 2006-11-20 04:59:45
LEDs

it would probly look pritty sick if u could put some LEDs on it

by RaiderX - 2006-11-20 05:15:40
This mod looks AMAZING when you put LEDs in there!

They shine through and make a nice circle around the window

by jrfhoutx - 2006-11-20 12:52:54
eh...

This is kind of a cool mod, though if you kept the UMD door mechanism covered and just left a small window that shows the disc and none of the metal it would be a much more cool mod.

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