Soldering sucks
 

So, I got one of these PS2 modchip deals. Friends always call me to solder their ---- b/c I always do such a nice job, so I figured installing a couple chips on a Playstation would be cake. Nothing could be further from the truth. Long story short, I finally got it installed after about 4hrs of work. Had to redo most of the solders. Anywho, heres some pics. (this is the slim PS2 btw)


http://67.33.14.41/ps2a.jpg

http://67.33.14.41/ps2b.jpg

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holy ----. did you solder all the red wires in there? ---- that ----

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yeah. it was ------- crazy. had to smoke a lot and use a magnifying glass and cuss a lot.

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LOL, PS2 pwnt. How would someone reverse engineer a playstation like that for all those wires, espicially for almost zero gain. A source code or design plan must have leaked out.

Very nice soldering, what sort of tool did you use for things that precise, what sort of desoldering tool did you use aswell, the suction type or the braid? :)

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holy ---- thats worse then when I put my locks in my bell express view(like dish network) recievers for free porn 8)

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Thanks. For desoldering I just used some old wire to soak up a bit at a time. I've got a suction type, but it doesnt have precise enough of a tip. For the soldering, I got a 15w iron from Radio Sack and filed it down to a razor point tip. I used that soldering flux paste and it makes a huge difference. Basically doesnt work at all without it.

So far I've tested the following
Rumble Wresting - half naked chicks wrestling. I bet its cool when their boobs touch.

Initial D - for the JDM fanboy in all of us.

About to test out Kaido Battle which is like a semi-ricey Japanese racing/drifting game.

P.S. the above post is a joke, I would never download games off the internet, because its illegal. ::)

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Nice :)

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It isn't easy, but it is worth it. I have done a few PS2's and X-boxes and bell boxes. It is all worth it though. I would never do that crap for anyone else without a little compensation.

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Old wire, never though of using that, thats a good tip :D

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Very nice, two of my friends have burned at least 3 ps2s by trying to mod them; whenever they would screw up on one they'd go to Walmart and buy another... then return the broken one in the packaging. ;D After their experience, I was pretty happy when they just got me the swap magic disks and a slide card. Works perfect for me, and no modding. :P I think the 17 wire ps2 mod chips are about the most complicated i've seen.