XNZ printed a triangular housing for the power supply with holes for ventilation, putting a 250W GaN PSU in it. Right above that lies the fan compartment powered by a Phanteks T30 120mm case fan that will suck air through the bottom, blowing it toward the top, where the cooler block will sit along with all the motherboards.
(Image credit: 小宁子 XNZ on YouTube) (Image credit: 小宁子 XNZ on YouTube) (Image credit: 小宁子 XNZ on YouTube) At this point, you can see the console taking shape with all the different shells coming together. Everything was assembled to fit inside the final enclosure that would act as the player-facing chassis, kitted with a color-coded LED strip. This light would be controlled by a custom Arduino board dangling inside, responsible for the actual power (and display output) switching.
XNZ added a few decorative pieces like wooden accents and a "Ningtendo PXBOX 5" label on the device. The last addition was a large button on top, connected to that Arduino, pressing which would change between the three consoles. With the final product ready, XNZ tested it on her TV, and it worked perfectly.
(Image credit: 小宁子 XNZ on YouTube) (Image credit: 小宁子 XNZ on YouTube) (Image credit: 小宁子 XNZ on YouTube) It took about three seconds to switch from playing Dong Kong Bananza on the Switch 2 to booting up Ghost of Yotei on the PS5, but there's a catch. Remember the bit about not having two games running simultaneously? Yeah, you'd have to close whatever you're playing on one console before pressing the button to switch to the other one, or else the power supply will become overwhelmed and just trip.
Another caveat is the lack of disc drives on both the Xbox and the PS5, making this is a digital-only console. For PCs which are often the recipient of such modding, that's fine, but consoles are associated with physical media even as both Microsoft and Sony have disc-less options these days. At the end, though, it's still a brilliantly creative "AIO" that looks like something that came off a production line, rather than being milled in someone's backyard.
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Vojtak42 Making from a disc versions a disc-less ones… Great work! Reply
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