xStation Installation Service

If you're unhandy with a soldering iron and don't want to risk damaging your console, I offer a professional xStation installation service. The xStation QSB installation is a delicate procedure that requires careful preparation and soldering. I will take great care servicing your console and returning it to you safely once the work is complete.

Also included is a complimentary high-quality 3D-printed SD-card mount to give your console the polished appearance and fit that it deserves.

What's Included

• xStation Installation

• xStation 3D-Printed SD-Card Mount

• Console Health Check

The xStation hardware itself is NOT provided by me. The customer must provide a compatible xStation unit with the console. You may purchase the xStation from Gametech-US.

Because the xStation is customer-supplied third-party hardware, my warranty applies to my installation workmanship only. I do not manufacture, warrant, or guarantee the xStation hardware, firmware, software, compatibility, or future operation of the device itself.

Compatibility

The xStation supports specific PlayStation motherboard revisions. Compatible systems may include certain SCPH-100x, SCPH-5xxx, and other supported revisions depending upon the motherboard installed in the console.

I strongly recommend using an SCPH-5XXX system when practical. Some console model numbers were produced with multiple motherboard revisions, so the exterior model number alone may not always confirm compatibility.

The customer is responsible for confirming compatibility before shipping the console. If your particular model requires physical disassembly to identify the motherboard revision, that verification should be performed before the system is submitted whenever possible.

How To Order

• Add the installation service to your cart and select the desired options. Select "Pay Later - Installation Service" at the payment screen during checkout.

• Once checkout is complete, your service order will be submitted to me. When I am ready to receive your console, I will respond via E-Mail with shipping instructions.

• Do not ship your console until shipping instructions have been provided.

• Pack your PlayStation carefully. Send only the console and the xStation hardware required for installation. Do not include games, controllers, cables, power supplies, memory cards, accessories, or unrelated items unless I specifically request them.

• The console MUST be fully working unless an existing fault has been disclosed and approved in advance.

• Write your order number clearly on the shipping box. I must be able to identify your property once it arrives.

• Do NOT send your console using Signature Confirmation unless I specifically approve it in advance. If special arrangements are required to retrieve or sign for a package, an additional $20 handling charge may apply.

• Shipping an incompatible system may result in a $40 inspection and handling charge, plus applicable return shipping. Please verify compatibility before sending your console.

• The customer is responsible for all return shipping charges, including optional insurance, signature service, expedited delivery, or other requested carrier services.

• Once the work is complete, your invoice will be updated to include the cost of return shipping and any other previously authorized charges. Tracking information will be provided after payment and shipment.

Service Commitment and Cancellation

Once your console has been shipped or delivered to me for service, the service order is considered committed and non-cancellable as provided in the site's Terms & Conditions.

By shipping your console, you authorize the inspection, testing, disassembly, modification, installation, repair, and reassembly reasonably necessary to perform the service selected in your order.

Once the console has been shipped for service, the order may not be cancelled merely because you change your mind, no longer desire the modification, sell or replace the system, or because the estimated turnaround period has been exceeded.

Nothing in this section is intended to restrict any right or remedy that applicable law does not permit the parties to waive.

Turn-Around Time

I will not sacrifice the quality of my services for a break-neck turn-around time. Under normal operating conditions, the estimated turnaround time for this service is 7-10 business days after the system has been received and entered into the service queue. Many systems are completed sooner.

All turnaround times are estimates only and are not guaranteed completion dates. Turnaround may be extended due to workload, unusually high order volume, illness or medical emergency, staffing limitations, parts availability, supplier delays, technical complications, undisclosed problems with the system, equipment condition, shipping delays, or other circumstances that reasonably affect normal business operations.

The estimated turnaround period is not a "time is of the essence" contractual deadline. A delay beyond the estimated turnaround period does not, by itself, cancel the service order or create a right to cancellation or refund, except where otherwise required by applicable law.

I will make reasonable efforts to complete all accepted service orders as promptly as possible while maintaining the quality of the work.

If a condition is discovered that materially changes the scope of the requested service or requires additional customer authorization, reasonable efforts will be made to contact you through the designated support system.

Payment and Return Shipping

Payment for this installation service is not due when the console is initially submitted. Once the authorized work has been completed, your invoice will be updated to include the service charge, applicable return shipping, and any other charges previously authorized.

The customer is responsible for all return shipping charges. Return shipping is not included in the advertised installation price unless expressly stated otherwise.

Payment must be completed before the finished console is returned. Completed equipment may be retained until authorized service charges and applicable shipping charges have been paid, to the extent permitted by applicable law.

Authorized Use and Copyright Compliance

The xStation is installed as a hardware development, preservation, testing, and replacement optical-drive solution. My installation service is provided solely for lawful uses of the customer's hardware.

I do not provide, distribute, sell, install, configure, or support unauthorized copies of copyrighted games, ROM collections, disc images, ISOs, BIOS files, encryption keys, or other copyrighted software for which the customer does not possess the necessary rights or authorization.

I do not provide technical support for obtaining copyrighted game images from unauthorized sources, downloading infringing software, bypassing licensing restrictions, or using the installed hardware to infringe the intellectual-property rights of any third party.

Any software, disc image, ROM, ISO, backup, homebrew application, development software, or other digital content used with the customer's console is supplied and controlled solely by the customer.

By ordering this installation service, the customer represents that any software or digital content they choose to use with the installed device will be used only where the customer has the lawful right or authorization to possess and use that content.

The customer is solely responsible for complying with applicable copyright laws, software licenses, terms of use, and other legal restrictions concerning any software or digital content used with the modified console.

The installation of the xStation does not constitute authorization, encouragement, or approval to reproduce, download, distribute, possess, or use copyrighted software in a manner that violates applicable law or the rights of the copyright owner.

Communication

For questions or support regarding an existing order, please use the integrated ticketing system.

The ticketing system is the designated support channel because it allows your communication to be associated with the correct order and console.

Messages sent through social media, Discord, YouTube, forums, private messages, unrelated E-Mail accounts, or other unofficial channels may be missed and should not be relied upon for order support.

If the ticketing system appears to be unavailable or malfunctioning, please use another contact method published on the website to alert me to the problem.

After Sales Support

The original PlayStation is vintage electronic hardware, and I cannot guarantee the continuing reliability of unrelated original console components.

I do, however, stand behind the workmanship of my xStation installation.

If you need support relating to work I performed, please submit a support ticket.

My installation warranty does not constitute a warranty of the customer-supplied xStation hardware, firmware, SD card, software, game compatibility, or functionality that is controlled by the manufacturer or another third party.

I am not responsible for problems caused by unrelated aging hardware, pre-existing faults, third-party modifications, customer modifications, defective or incompatible xStation hardware, SD-card failure, incompatible storage media, cables, power supplies, displays, video processors, accessories, software configuration, improper use, or other conditions outside the scope of the installation work I performed, except to the extent otherwise required by applicable law.

Disclaimer

I strongly recommend that you do not drop-ship a system directly to me from eBay or any other third-party seller. You should personally receive, inspect, and test the system before submitting it for service.

I cannot verify representations made by a third-party seller regarding the condition, functionality, completeness, authenticity, motherboard revision, compatibility, or repair history of a system that has been shipped directly to me.

Only send the console, xStation hardware, and any items specifically requested for this service. Do not include games, optical discs, memory cards, controllers, cables, power supplies, storage devices, accessories, or unrelated property unless specifically instructed to do so. Responsibility for unsolicited or unnecessary items cannot be guaranteed.

The customer is responsible for accurately representing the condition and revision of the system before shipment. Systems received with undisclosed faults, previous modifications, corrosion, physical damage, missing components, improper prior repairs, incompatible motherboard revisions, or other conditions outside the scope of the ordered service may require additional inspection, labor, parts, or handling charges as permitted by the applicable service terms.

The original PlayStation is vintage electronic equipment. Original components may fail because of age, deterioration, corrosion, prior repairs, manufacturing defects, electrical stress, or other conditions unrelated to the service performed.

I do not guarantee the future reliability or continued operation of original console hardware or components that are outside the scope of the work performed.

Any warranty provided by me applies only to my installation workmanship and any hardware specifically supplied by me, as described in the applicable service or warranty terms. Customer-supplied xStation hardware remains subject to the warranty and support policies of its manufacturer or seller.

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, I am not responsible for indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages arising from service delays, loss of use, loss of data, storage-media failure, third-party hardware or software incompatibility, or failures unrelated to the work performed.

This service page is subject to the site's Terms & Conditions. In the event of a conflict between these service-specific terms and the general Terms & Conditions, the service-specific terms will control with respect to this service only, unless applicable law requires otherwise.

Nothing on this page is intended to waive, restrict, or exclude any right, remedy, warranty, or liability that applicable law does not permit to be waived, restricted, or excluded.