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framerate
June 24th, 2005, 20:55
hey i have a question i have been meaning to ask here for awhile.
I currently use a swapdisk to play IIDX etc. on my US PS2, (and i have had NO problems with the swapdisk) Im just wondering which modchip is best for my PS2 (ill get the modelnumber and put it in an edit) and is the easiest to install (minimum sodering please). I am ready to move on from swaping in and out disks all the time. So if anyone has any recomendations please tell me. :D

p.s. - i HAVE googled this, and I am not sure of which to buy. I trust the opinions of the members here, but not those of a forum of people who i do not know. *i know a FEW people here*

**EDIT**

My model number is: SCPH-39001
Anthony
June 24th, 2005, 21:00
http://www.modchip.com/ps2/dms4order.php thats the best you can prolly find.

Talk to Edo about soldering, he's really good at it.
framerate
June 24th, 2005, 21:30
thanks (for that, and not flaming, like a part of me was expecting)
Latke
June 24th, 2005, 21:38
sodering isn't that hard. installing a chip would take like 5 mins at most.
LL Cool L
June 26th, 2005, 16:21
sodering isn't that hard. installing a chip would take like 5 mins at most.

A PSX chip, sure.

Most PS2 chips require at least 20 wires, with many of the points being very small BIOS points - this is usually where most people screw up on, leaving the iron on too long letting the BIOS fry.

My record for PS2 installations - back before I retired from doing it - was about a half hour. For a v4 and above PS2, it takes an experienced person about 3 minutes to take apart the PS2 (to get to the motherboard), another 5-or-so minutes to pre-solder the wires to the chip (this includes measuring and cutting the wires to the correct sizes, as well as stripping the ends), anywhere from 10 minutes to 45 minutes to solder the wires to the PS2 points (depending on the person's skill of course), and another 5 minutes to put the PS2 back together (longer time because it's tougher to put it back together than to take it apart, thanks to some tricky connections that love to be hard to reach).

Around 2000-2004 I had done around 20 PSXs and 40-50 PS2s back when I used to do it for a little extra cash. Then in '04 I started screwing up and my hands weren't as smooth and confident as they used to be, so I stopped after I started owing people PS2s =/