Here we have the system console fully assembled.

The USB Ports.

The S400 ports

The Optical Drive

The reset button

The eject button

These are the only tools that we will need. 4 screwdrivers and a tweezer.

In the next photo we can see the console, the joystick, the wires and a memory card.

In the Back, in this case we have a Ethernet adapter, to play online and to use with a Hdd.

And the cooler,

The power switch

The AC in.

The Av out

And the digital output (optical)

Lets start the teardown. At first we use a Flathead screwdriver to remove the ethernet adapter.

Remove these 2 screws with a Flathead screwdriver.

And is quite simple to pull.

This is the expansion bay, where the hard drive goes.

Turn the console upside down.

Using a small Flathead screwdriver, remove the screw protections. In this model, we have 8 of them.

Under the protection, suprise! a screw!

Remove all eight (8) screws with your Philips "0" screwdriver.

Yes, hard work!

Put the console in the normal horizontal position, and pull the top cover from back to front.

Remove the button structure just pulling with a small Flathead screwdriver.

The button structure comes out of the case. It have some tape to prevent a new destruction. Yes, I already destroyed this flat cable.

Remove the two screws with a Philips "0" screwdriver to deatach the controller port.

Here we remove the screws from the cooler and the main power switch

Pull the fan up carefully so you don't break the wire.

Pull up the fan mount.

The power cable goes further inside the case. It's better to remove it in a future step.

The fan wire also goes more inside the case. Take extreme care not to destroy it because it is very small.

Lets remove the bottom case.

This is the power source board. remove the 4 screws where I marked in blue.

Looking from the back, pull up the board, releasing from the pins of the main board.

Finally you can remove the power switch.

And this is the power source board.

Now we remove the expansion bay grid.

Remove the isolation cover from the metal case.

Remove the small screws using a thin crosshead screwdriver.

And release the metal case from the DVD player, as indicated, using a small flat screwdriver

Now you can remove the metal case and find the main board.

Look, the flat cables! Now is the time to remove them. Be gentle please.

There are 2 more and the DVD player is free.

Now you can turn upside down again, and remove the metal protection.

This is the other side of the main board.

Well, the try to remove the cooler wire was a total failure.

The plug is made to deatach, but it is old. The plug had turned into one piece, and broke the soldering.

Well, I'll find a way to fix it. I always do =)

This is the end of the teardown.

From top, from the left: Ethernet adapter, Ps2 case, Hdd, Cooler, Cooler grid, bottom metal cover protection, screws protectors, screws, Controller board, Power swtich, Power source board, Plastic cover to isolate the power source board, top metal cover, DVD Drive, Expansion Bay cover, main board, reset/eject structure.