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    Part 2: The Teardown
    I used my iFixit Pro Tech Toolkit and the official iFixit Teardown Guide to take apart the PS3.
     
    I put a PET Recycling bag on the floor in my room to catch all of the dust and most importantly the disgusting brown smoking debris. I had the Window open all the time and wore Latex gloves in the whole process. I cleaned my iFixit tools afterwards with Alcohol screen wipes. It took me around 2 hours to take the Console completely apart as I had to take breaks to conduct the Guide and make sure I won't break anything as this was my just my second Teardown of a Console. 

     
    My trusty tools: Black powder free Latex gloves, tools from the iFixit Pro Tech Toolkit and the iFixit Projects map and my Dyson V11 Absolute Extra with the amazing HEPA Filter at the back (the purple thing). 

     
    Managed to Tear it down without breaking anything, even all of the annoying plastic clips are still all intact. 

     
    The Motherboard:

     
    Didn't know there were Thermalpads until I inspected the Board close up. Yes the Thermalpaste is Hard af.
     
    Tracking all of the Screws:

     
    Since I don't yet have Isopropanol Alcohol to clean everything it'll have to wait for that. Because the Components and even the Screws have this disgusting smoke smell I put them each into a PET Bag and sealed it close with a Zip tie. I then sprayed a bit of Air Refresher in my room and left the Windows open to get rid of the disgusting smell and made sure the floor was clean with my Dyson. 

     
    To my surprise there was very little dust and no Bugs (dead or alive) inside the Console, just brown dust yikes. I've done this in my room since I needed to be concentrated despite the bad smell and couldn't afford to be distracted by my dogs or family members. Now to wait till I've got money again to spend on cleaning supplies, the actual cleaning of each Component with Isopropanol will of course be done Outside and not in the House. 
     
     
    Don't smoke and never even try it out ! 
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    Part 1: The Loot
    So here we have:
    Playstation 3 Slim Model CECH-2504A, confirmed in working condition. Two Controllers, the Blue one has tape on it with the Black one being the more disgusting looking. I'll probably just end up buying a new one instead of trying to clean these if they turn out to be way too much of a pain. High Speed HDMI Cable USB 2.0 Type B charging Cable for the Controller(s) Special PS3 Connector to S-Video (or RCA) plugs Cable  48 Games with just one of them without a retail Case: Batman Arkham Origins Complete edition Fracture Stuntman Ignition Superstars V8 The Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion anniversary editon Juiced 2 Pacific Rift Assassins Creed Revelations Sacred 2 Hellboy the Science of evil Fallout New Vegas Farcry 4 Limited edition Gran Turismo 6 Darksiders Essentials Darksiders 2 Portal 2 Doom 3 GTA IV Farcry 2 Diablo 3 Sega Superstars Tennis Farcry 3 Dead Island Riptide The Last of Us Red Dead Redemption Sacred 3 S3K 08 Batman Arkham City Turok Assassins Creed the first one Paradise Ultimate Midnight Club Las Angeles Assassins Creed 2 Metalgearsolid 4 Fallout 3 Prologue 5 Sims 3 Undercover Grid The Orange Box with TF2, Portal 2 and Half Life 2 Episode 2 Another Assassins Creed Borderlands 2 Operation Flahspoint Dragon Rising (is the one with out a Box) Fuel Tomb Raider Splinter Cell Blacklist Deadspace Deadspace 2


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