Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Back To The Lab

Back in 2009, I spent way too much on my first stick: a brand new HRAP 2 SA.

Over the years, it's seen some serious abuse. It's survived more than a few drops, some packed bags/trunks, a complete and utter failure of wiring on my part that ended up frying the PCB it came with (at least I got to see it arc before it became toast!), and most recently, the TSA.

Bearing this all in mind, I recently figured it was time to breathe life back in to it. Sure, it still worked, but it wasn't all it could be.

I ended up getting a (much needed) replacement JLF, OSBF-30RGs to replace the aging OSBF-30s (more on those at a later date), and a PS360+ PCB, so I could finally ditch my old Xconverter, and so I can use it with my recently purchased PS3.

Pictures of the finished project will come later. For now, enjoy looking at what four years of abuse will do to a stick.


The shaft was bent.
REALLY bent.

PS1 PCB, hacked to hell to work with the stock HRAP wiring harness.