Lifting pins is scary business, but I managed it and now one of my PlayStations is rocking an sd-loading Xstation ODE!

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@SuperSelena64 Is that one of those that uses the parallel port? I always kind of wanted one of those using a memory card. I wonder why the pins have to be lifted?
No, as you can see in the second pic the SD loader is replacing the laser assembly, it's not through the parallel port. And the pins are lifted from the CD processor chip in order to bypass CD verifications

@SuperSelena64 Somehow you didn't tag me, but I saw this anyway somehow.

This is very interesting. I did not know this was a thing! Now I kind of want this, but I absolutely don't need it. 😆