Tiger
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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.
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abdus
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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.
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Tiger
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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.
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abdus
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yeah, but even some mod chips come with a swap disc...(well in my country)
but a modchip would be the better option.
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Russ
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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...
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abdus
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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...
 yeah,but I had my ps2 modded back in my country 
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John
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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.
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Cavey
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I wasn't confident of soldering something onto the board, so use the swapmagic, bit of hassle, but easier than messing up your playstation.
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Tiger
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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.
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John
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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.
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abdus
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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
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Tiger
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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.
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