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    • #482
      TouchingVirus
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      docentore wrote: »
      hot air and swap the ports with some scrap one

      *swoon* Hero!


    • #483
      witnessmenow
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      docentore wrote: »
      hot air and swap the ports with some scrap one

      pfft effort ... fill it with glueeee


    • #484
      Jimbobjoeyman
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      witnessmenow wrote: »
      pfft effort ... fill it with glueeee

      exactly my thoughts ....:pac:


    • #485
      docentore
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      witnessmenow wrote: »
      pfft effort ... fill it with glueeee

      Its easy enough to resolder th ports with Hot Air station, in the other brard the mounting holes need to cleand.

      But I caee the pont, I actually did simiral fix and soldered external usb ports clued with epoxy


    • #486
      Mr.Saturn
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      Anyone know what the going rate of a hard-mod on a ps2 is? Fat or slim?


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    • #487
      docentore
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      Mr.Saturn wrote: »
      Anyone know what the going rate of a hard-mod on a ps2 is? Fat or slim?

      with one of those 10.000.000-wires modchip to solder? I wouldn't do that for less than €70. Last time I spent 2 feckin days on the job


    • #488
      TouchingVirus
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      docentore wrote: »
      with one of those 10.000.000-wires modchip to solder? I wouldn't do that for less than €70. Last time I spent 2 feckin days on the job

      I'll concur with docentore, about €70 excluding modchip costs. I hard-modded a PS2 v7 with a Modbo 4.0 chip there only a month ago for myself, took me a good while (3 hours) with its 25 wires, fiddly solder points, awkward strip down and even more awkward reassembly :)


    • #489
      Jimbobjoeyman
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      TouchingVirus wrote: »
      I'll concur with docentore, about €70 excluding modchip costs. I hard-modded a PS2 v7 with a Modbo 4.0 chip there only a month ago for myself, took me a good while (3 hours) with its 25 wires, fiddly solder points, awkward strip down and even more awkward reassembly :)

      I dont know much about ps2 modding,
      But dont you get similar results with freemcboot.
      And its much easier to set up and install.


    • #490
      Myrddin
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      Jimbobjoeyman wrote: »
      Dont you get similar results with freemcboot anyway ?

      Close enough, it's a bit more hassle patching some things for ESR with FMB though. Once you have the HDD adapter though the results are pretty similar.


    • #491
      TouchingVirus
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      Jimbobjoeyman wrote: »
      I dont know much about ps2 modding,
      But dont you get similar results with freemcboot.
      And its much easier to set up and install.

      Similar enough results yeah, but I found the modchip on a busted board and decided to port it over for fun :)


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    • #492
      Jimbobjoeyman
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      finally worked up the guts to chance a winbond unlock.

      Fingers crossed :p


    • #493
      docentore
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      Those plastic insulating bits in your electrical equipment are for reason. doc forgot about this and now he has door step in shape of DC and 42" LCD which doesn't power on anymore.


    • #494
      Myrddin
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      docentore wrote: »
      Those plastic insulating bits in your electrical equipment are for reason. doc forgot about this and now he has door step in shape of DC and 42" LCD which doesn't power on anymore.

      As in a power strip shorted out or something? The DC may have an internal fuse you can change, not too sure though. As for the TV...I'd imagine they have some kind of protection but it's likely not something as simple as changing a fuse


    • #495
      docentore
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      EnterNow wrote: »
      As in a power strip shorted out or something? The DC may have an internal fuse you can change, not too sure though. As for the TV...I'd imagine they have some kind of protection but it's likely not something as simple as changing a fuse

      I'm worried about DC, have few spare.

      TV was connected via scart cable at the time, 220v went through common ground to TV. Mainboard is fried, I can see that, hopefully it's the only thing which needs replacement


    • #496
      Myrddin
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      My jtag was visiting another house over the weekend, when I set it back up here at home...E68 every time & no controller would sync.

      Opened case, disconnected the internal 3.5" drive & all was well again. Reconnected, E68.

      Disconnected drive again, booted fine. Reconnected 3.5" drive whilst the console was powered on [I know, I know]...console reset & booted to FSD.

      Removed power connector for 1 min & retested, everything is working as it should. A quick dust down & reassemble...no problems to report.

      I hate fixing problems without doing anything, because you never know what was wrong or if its indeed likely to reoccur.


    • #497
      Reamer Fanny
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      Is it possible to launch flash360 via Xell?


    • #498
      Reamer Fanny
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      Dual nand Slim sold!

      Will do the xd card mod next on a Phat Xbox 360, should be fun :D


    • #499
      Myrddin
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      justryan wrote: »
      xd card mod

      The hell is that?


    • #500
      Reamer Fanny
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      wlei42.png

      This, its slightly easier than the nandwitch method but gives the same results plus if the memory card gets corrupted you can just slot in a new one.


    • #501
      docentore
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      justryan wrote: »
      wlei42.png

      This, its slightly easier than the nandwitch method but gives the same results plus if the memory card gets corrupted you can just slot in a new one.

      still have one or two 16mb cards, never got around to do this


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    • #502
      Reamer Fanny
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      docentore wrote: »
      justryan wrote: »
      wlei42.png

      This, its slightly easier than the nandwitch method but gives the same results plus if the memory card gets corrupted you can just slot in a new one.

      still have one or two 16mb cards, never got around to do this

      I'm gonna do this when I get back from holidays I'll post up pics of the mod, how much you want for an xd card?


    • #503
      docentore
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      justryan wrote: »
      I'm gonna do this when I get back from holidays I'll post up pics of the mod, how much you want for an xd card?

      pm'd on the way;)


    • #504
      TouchingVirus
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      The PS2 is a very fussy machine but when you get a modchip into one and it works it feels pretty good :D

      The Romeo Mod - very interesting idea, had me scratching my head at first when I looked at the wiring and thought some schoolboy wrecked a board :P

      The v9 laser/drive unit - piece of ****

      Slim PS2 - epic win for modding as it's tidier, less screws, less parts, less everything :)


    • #505
      Myrddin
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      TouchingVirus wrote: »
      The PS2 is a very fussy machine but when you get a modchip into one and it works it feels pretty good :D

      The Romeo Mod - very interesting idea, had me scratching my head at first when I looked at the wiring and thought some schoolboy wrecked a board :P

      The v9 laser/drive unit - piece of ****

      Slim PS2 - epic win for modding as it's tidier, less screws, less parts, less everything :)

      The hell is the Romeo mod?

      Also, are the slim mainboards covered in a resin like the others are, which makes soldering difficult?


    • #506
      Pyongyang
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      TouchingVirus wrote: »
      The PS2 is a very fussy machine but when you get a modchip into one and it works it feels pretty good :D

      Sir, you are a true master of the soldering iron.

      Thanks for sorting out my PS2's! :)

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    • #507
      TouchingVirus
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      EnterNow wrote: »
      The hell is the Romeo mod?

      Also, are the slim mainboards covered in a resin like the others are, which makes soldering difficult?

      The Romeo mod is a v9/10 specific mod related to the LA6508 IC that controls the CD/DVD drive. When a modchip is installed in a v9/10 there's a reasonably high chance that it will overdrive the mechachon (CD/DVD drive control chip) and burn the LA6508 or the drive's laser. By lifting Pin 17 on the LA6508 (+12v) and hooking it to a +5v source it'll reduce the power send to the drive when the modchip tries to overdrive it, saving the chip/laser :) Took quite a while to find out what it was though :D

      The Slim's mainboard (at least in the v15) doesn't have any resin on it protecting it. I liked moving the modchip to the slim because it's much, much easier to reassemble & test and the wiring is on one side of the board only. It's a tad more difficult to solder but worked first time - on both phat consoles I've installed on I've had to review the wiring at least twice.
      Pyongyang wrote: »
      Sir, you are a true master of the soldering iron.

      Thanks for sorting out my PS2's! :)

      No hassle at all dude, had some fun in between the headwrecking times :pac: Hope you get lots of region free fun out of it!


    • #508
      Myrddin
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      So your basically disconnecting the 12v supply & feeding 5v instead. Pretty ingenious given that it works :)


    • #509
      TouchingVirus
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      EnterNow wrote: »
      So your basically disconnecting the 12v supply & feeding 5v instead. Pretty ingenious given that it works :)

      I don't know enough about the LA6508 chip and can't find a pinout but I don't think it's just running off +5v forever, I think it's a load-based pin that only comes active when overloading occurs so that it'll only provide +5v not +12v, saving the laser.

      The last two pics are the Romeo Mod. The first two is the initial mod & tidy up job from the v9 fail PS2 :P


    • #510
      Myrddin
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      I see TV has been christened Solder God :Dhttp://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=80456065&postcount=35


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    • #511
      Pyongyang
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      EnterNow wrote: »
      I see TV has been christened Solder God :Dhttp://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=80456065&postcount=35

      They don't hand out OBE's or Knighthoods in this gaf do they? How about an award for services to the soldering industry? :)


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