My PS2 is open, and im bored, First Install

My ps2 has been open for 2 days now while ive been trying to mod it.. im getting bored now... The first day we had a powercut so basically the soldering iron was out of play, and today when i finally got started on it, its pitch black outside by 4.00! I hate this stupid short days of light, so i thought i'd vent off here...

Ive only done 7 wires ffs, 16 more to go... but most of the ones are are the smaller bios i guess the rest will be kind quick.. I am worrying about one of the legs on the bios chip that i had to solder to twice because fist time the wire came loose but I guess you guys have all done that at some point...

All in all im pretty happy how its going, i cant see any shorts with my little magnifying glass thingamydooda...

I dont know who exactly is going to reply to this, but if you have recently done your first installation i'd be happy to hear about it while im waiting for the sun to rise again so I can continue the mod...

HE HE your in the uk sucks these early nights dont it go get a nice table side lamp for lighting :)
EnTiTy

Yup UK , just about to go to pub... :D , I would go get a table and lamp but the stupid lamps we have are not the brightest, I wish i had a halogen type one, but all I got is the crappy orangy glowy light which is just crappy, plus since ive been doing it for most of the day i think i need a break , i recall you mentioning its something 'newbie' dont do, and i definatly think that if i tried to continue id mess up somewhere so i'll leave it till tommorow , where upon completion i'll post some pics, and then you can all reply on how messy my wiring is :)

i recently done my first second , third and fourth install

i first bought 4 PS2's and i though, well i have to do it, i dont care, im sure 1 of 4 will survive, but hey they all survived. so it was not that hard actually, after reading the forum the first time, i thought im gonna blow up my PS2, but its hard work compared to XBOX , ive done 200 xboxs and i was getting bored, thats why i started with the PS2 :D

Your absolutely a good and relaxed solderer Neccy! Taking the time that you need, and when I messed up my own Ps2 (the 1st that whent wrong) today, it's because I didn't stopped soldering after sunlight :( But what does braid mean, thanx for advice dude :)

soldering braid= draad waarmee je het soldeer wat overvloedig is,mee weg kan halen.
Je krijgt het bij de betere elektronika zaken het is eigenlijk desoldeerdraad.
Mvg Ironsights
ook uit nederland
Sorry guys for my language....lol

Hey, wat is je email?? dan kan ik met je kletsen op MSN, me PS2 werkt weer, dat noemen ze hier desoldeer litze ;)! Trouwens weet jij een zaak die goedkoop soldeerdraad verkoopt?? Ik moet AWG 26 hebben voor de power en ground anders werkt mijn chip niet goed. Het liefst een online shop

MVG

Ps2divx




Sorry guys, he is dutch and we talk a little ;)

I've chipped around 10 PS2 by now and I gotta admit, its no labour of love. Still it is interesting when a new board comes out, as long as everything works.

Well another day has passed and im still not finished , this time due to my girlfriend coming over , it seems sometimes they require more attention than the soldering iron does...

Just got the DVD controller pads on the rear to do, i tried one but solder wasnt sticking so before i did any damage i stopped for the night. I did mess up on 2 of the bios chip legs , i spent ages soldering to one leg only to find out it should be the leg next to it , DOH! , quick fix there, did the same again STUPIDLY with point E which was a pad instead of the leg although the trace then runs upto the leg i dont know if it would have made much difference but just to be perfect i desoldered and put it in the right place...

For the rear dvd controller pads i could use flux to help the join but i know it can be corrosive, what do you guys think on that?? I had a similar trouble on the ground point, it took a while for the solder to join...

btw for your info its a dms3 in a v5

Neccy, I've done quite a few PS2's with the DMS3 chip, and I would recomend using Silver Conductive Paint for connecting wires to most small chip legs !!!

hahaha , sorry to laugh But 3 days .... oh mate

nowadays Its taking about 2.5 hours pers PS2 for me.

BTW, I can chip your console with a DMS3 Chip for £55. Complete fitted cost !