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LebronYan

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2. August 2005 @ 13:57

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I'm really sorry to bother everyone for such a newB Thread. But i am STUCK here with an open ps2 and a modchip. I have the instructions of where to wire it, BUT I dont want to touch anything until i get more info on what exacly do i need and how to do it. {NOTE: I KNOW I SHOULDNT BE DOING IT BECAUSE ITS MY FIRST TIME BUT IM WILLING TO TRY NEW STUFF AND WOULD LIKE TO LEARN AS PEOPLE DO}

I would sincerely appreciate like any help given :-)

i have the following:

a soldering iron 15 watt
solder 8 oz 60/40
clear flux
wires and modchip

Heres the questions part i wanted to know if anyone can guide me on:

How to solder it to the board do you wrap the solder around the solder iron and heat it to the board ?

What is the flux for?

And what shouldnt i do with the stuff to aviod burning the motherboard

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dreamzboy

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2. August 2005 @ 17:44

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Before you screw your ps2 up, i suggest you find a broken electronic toys and practice on those first. For more details on how to solder here it is

http://cyber-mag.com/station/ps2tips.htm

Good luck.

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LebronYan

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2. August 2005 @ 18:15

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Yea i think ill do that thanks so much hope it can help THANKS ALOT :-)

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King NewB Who Be ITS MEEE!!!
^^^Made No Sense Right? But Then Again what does?

LebronYan

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2. August 2005 @ 18:29

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HOLD ON! I have an old dreamcast thats broken will that do the testing job ???

I have two so its not much of a worry :-)

And thanks for the link and reply. Alot of people dont like when you try to learn things so they say get a pro or just dont answer so thanks for answering.

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King NewB Who Be ITS MEEE!!!
^^^Made No Sense Right? But Then Again what does?

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dreamzboy

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2. August 2005 @ 22:40

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even the pros get stuck. everyone needs to start somewhere. The hardest part to solder would be the bios chip legs. 90% of your failure is caused by this because there's a bridge (meaning you solder 2 legs together). Get a magnifying glass to justify a solid individual leg after you solder it. Second hardest is the via point. That point is tiny and it's hard to get the wires to stay on. I recommend you melt the soldering paste onto the point if you can, and let it cool of and tried to scrape that point with a sharp needle or razor to create friction. the yellow stuff that's left behind when you melt the soldering paste, it helps "glue" the 2 metal together, not because you burned the chip board.

And most importantly, try not to solder the joint together for more than 2 seconds, you could burn it.

I hope i didn't confuse you. but if i did, let me know and i'll clear it up. Good luck!

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steimy

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3. August 2005 @ 04:37

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good luck
the reason people tell you to get a pro to do
it is not because they do not want you trying something
new. It is because if you screw up on the soldering
then you just lost your PS2. Soldering all those tiny wires
on a $150 machine is not the best place to start learning

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daregan

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5. August 2005 @ 17:27

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Make sure the soldering iron is warmed up before you start, melt a little solder to test, if the solder doesn't melt well look into this getting a higher wattage soldering iron, 15W is pretty low, maybe 30W, but don't leave the iron on a chip pin too long, maybe 3 seconds max. Get a fine tip, a fat tip on a soldering iron is hard to work with. Typically when you solder you heat what you want to solder to first, then apply the solder, i.e. heat the pin and apply the solder to the pin while the soldering iron is on the pin, it's easier to do this with two people, one holding the soldering iron and the other holding the wire and the solder, this will make for a better connection, otherwise you can end up with a cold solder joint which is a junction that looks like it's connected but eolectrically it isn't. Practice on something else first, like dreamzboy says. If you can, try not to solder to a pin unless you really have to, usually I look for a through-hole that connects to that pin to solder to. You'll be in a world of hurt if you ruin the pad the chip pin is soldered to. Another thing to do is tin the wires if they aren't already, by this you melt solder to the wire before you solder the wire to anything, this will make it attach better. Hope this helps.

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nelswick

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5. August 2005 @ 18:13

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Yeah I ****ed up my first PS2 trying to put in a chip. I probably spent 80 dollars on equipment and then i ended up shipping the second PS2 out to norcalmods anyways. It was not a good idea to try and do it myself.

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