Project ARTO [PS2 Slim NetBook] Update 18-NOV

Yet another project underway, however this time of a different nature to my usual stuff.
Project ARTO (from the Latin word meaning compress, reduce or press together) is so named to emphasize compression of two devices into one tiny space.

So what is this tiny space? I here you say. Well ever since I got my first netbook for college. I always wanted to do something different in terms of personalisation.
Back in 2009, the Acer Aspire One with a USB DVD-RW I bought was a steal at £145 (around $230) and now in 2013 it has been gathering dust for some time. So I thought it was time I would give it a new lease of life from its old, mishandled shell. After some thought I decided on the challenge of forcing it inside a PS2…slim!

This is the main board inside the ps2 case;

Dremeled out screw posts

Nice fit

As you can see the mobo fits nice, except the challenge was not the mobo as I knew it would fit. The hard part was when it came to putting the DVD drive in too. Luckily the DVD drive was a flip lid drive just like the ps2’s which helped as the drive was just a reading mechanism (laser/laser stepper/spindle motor) and the PCB.

Ready to recive commands

The bluetooth is here