Just a word of Thanks from a novice

I would just like to say a big Thanks to all the contributors of this forum (You know who you are) for all the invaluable advice I have found having just successfully installed a Messiah 2 in my son's PS2.

I took note of all the threads saying this is a specialised job and should only be attempted if you are proficient in the use of a soldering iron. The only thing I had soldered previously was the LED that kept falling off my TV remote control but decided what the heck.

It WAS difficult as I was told and did take me over a day to complete. In actual fact having bought all the kit to do it myself probably did not work out much cheaper than a professional install.

Having said that what a great feeling when not only did it power up but to my amazement actually did what it was supposed to do !!!

Needless to say it would have been impossible to do without the guides and FAQ sticky's in the forums for which I am extremely greatfull. Maybe I was lucky I'm not sure but if I can do it I'm sure anybody can.

Thanks again guys please feel free to criticise my soldering skills (piccy's below)
PS Does anybody know where the one spare screw I have left is supposed to go :)) It's the one that isn't shown in the guide behind the power switch. But hey it still works !!!

Another :))

Last one !!!

Looks good. Good job!

Good work.
Why dont have striped wire in CLK ???
And why use this clk point ( this is alt from v5 )
The ground wire need more soldering in mobo location

Congrats! Kinda ugly, but hey, it works, right?

Noticed some of your solder points look rough. If you do this again in the future, try putting some flux on the wires and tinning them (touch the fluxed wire with the iron tip so that a little solder coats the tip of the wire).

Then put some flux on the solder points and touch the wire to the point. Then touch the iron tip to the wire and let the solder flow from the iron tip, to the wire, to the point (pad, resister, etc).

If you do that, you points will look much cleaner, smoother, and you shouldn't have globs of solder building up.

But like I said, if it works, you're golden!

Good point usafa92.
But carefull use only FLUX IN PASTA no liquid.
If use liquid need after soldering flux off spray to remove flux from mobo.

missing screw
most obvious if its a large one is underneath fan
should have been put in while ps2 was upside down,before replacing the fan ,screw it in from the underside (really the top if the ps2 wasnt upside down)