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Tiger

 posted on 14th Aug 06 at 20:31

quote:
Originally posted by John
That'll come in handy then.
I attempted one with a far too big bit.
Made quite a mess.
I then watched a guy doing it and it was actually a needle he was using.
Looked like he had filed a bit down himself.


I tried to file one down, didnt work though coz the actual soldering tip is just a lead alloy tip injected into a hollow case - once you file too far it just goes through to the tip casing... Although the smaller tips (while not needing filing if you already have a needle point) are probably solid.


abdus

 posted on 14th Aug 06 at 19:08

quote:
Originally posted by Tiger

Im an electrical engineer, soldering is like a second nature :)

I ordered myself a 0.1mm and a 0.25mm tip from work, jobs a good one.


easy job then, my friend who was an electric engineer did it in 15mins:!


John

 posted on 14th Aug 06 at 18:42

That'll come in handy then.
I attempted one with a far too big bit.
Made quite a mess.
I then watched a guy doing it and it was actually a needle he was using.
Looked like he had filed a bit down himself.


Tiger

 posted on 14th Aug 06 at 18:29

quote:
Originally posted by John
Unless they have changed things since last time i tried to chip a ps2 i would make sure you are ver very good at soldering and have a soldering bit like a pin.


Im an electrical engineer, soldering is like a second nature :)

I ordered myself a 0.1mm and a 0.25mm tip from work, jobs a good one.


Cavey

 posted on 14th Aug 06 at 17:47

I wasn't confident of soldering something onto the board, so use the swapmagic, bit of hassle, but easier than messing up your playstation.


John

 posted on 14th Aug 06 at 16:56

Unless they have changed things since last time i tried to chip a ps2 i would make sure you are ver very good at soldering and have a soldering bit like a pin.


abdus

 posted on 14th Aug 06 at 16:48

quote:
Originally posted by Russ
quote:
Originally posted by abdus
yeah, but even some mod chips come with a swap disc...(well in my country)

but a modchip would be the better option.
kent is still in england...


:lol: yeah,but I had my ps2 modded back in my country ;)


Russ

 posted on 14th Aug 06 at 16:45

quote:
Originally posted by abdus
yeah, but even some mod chips come with a swap disc...(well in my country)

but a modchip would be the better option.
kent is still in england...


abdus

 posted on 14th Aug 06 at 16:42

yeah, but even some mod chips come with a swap disc...(well in my country)

but a modchip would be the better option.


Tiger

 posted on 14th Aug 06 at 16:31

That swapdisk thing is ok if you get the openlid case instead of the standard one - all seems a bit complicated to me. Much rather just solder a new chip in.


abdus

 posted on 14th Aug 06 at 16:24

lol, I had mine fitted almost 2 years ago now...maybe more...works a treat, I'll have to get the name of it....so long I can;t remember it

no swapping discs etc...plays all.


Tiger

 posted on 14th Aug 06 at 16:19

Can anyone recommend from experience which one they are finding the best?

Im looking at installing very possibly the latest Matrix Green Dot but there are a lot of price differences throughout the modchip range. Good thing about the Matrix is it has 512kb of flashable memory for all future software versions.

Ben.