I am an experienced solderer (love my trusty 15 watt radioshack firestarter, with 'SMT' tips lol). So I have an old v7 ps2 lying around that I've been using the slide card with for like ever now (I'm a college student so I have very little time for soldering projects), but over this summer I'd like to install this matrix infinity clone. I purchased one from a site called Eurasia (excellent modding shop btw) and its sitting in the anti-static bag in my room lol. So is there anything in particular I should watch out for with this chip?

Other than the inability to update it? (original chip has been long discontinued anyways, so no worries there). I plan on using this for backups, imports and homebrew.

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Anyone else have experience with this chip, if so, what do you have to say? Positive or negative, lay it on me. Make sure to keep the wires short, long wires were the #1 cause for black screens or chip not functioning correct for me.

Use 28awg 30awg kynar wire, it's easier to solder to certain points that can be too small for 30awg 28awg or other wires. Do not cross wires, use some kind of adhesive (I used a glue gun) to keep the wires tidy. Google for pictures before starting, some mod-jobs are masterpieces thrive for that perfection but have an honest expectation of how your job is going to look like at the end. Do not panic if you burn away a via or accidentally lift a trace, take a pause and repair when you are focused again.

Use thicker wire for GND and 3.3V I used to use the copper wire from old phone wires. Make sure to keep your tip tinned and clean, have some flux at hand and a wet solder sponge to wipe of the excess now and then. Be well fed and rested, don't stress and don't breath in the fumes even though it kind of smells good Ask any questions don't feel dumb. -EDIT- Sorry! I meant 30AWG!

Click to expand. Download Naruto Rise Of A Ninja Pc Tpba there. Thanks for the tips, but honestly, I doubt I'll be using fmcb with this once I have the chip in anyways. Suunto Vyper Air Serial Number. As for the boot rate, are you sure about this? It could've just been a faulty install, as the modbo is a clone of one of THE most high quality, modchips out there (of course, a clone is a clone and is usually made of inferior quality). At any rate, I already have this chip in my possession, and the original Matrix Infinity has long been discontinued, so I don't have much of a choice at this point, unless I can pawn this chip off on someone else lmao.

I'm currently using a combo of fmcb and the slide card with the usual onslaught of loaders (including a ps1 gameshark for ps1 games). Do you think I should try and get rid of this chip (it was only $12+shipping) and stick with my current setup, or attempt the chip installation? Does anyone else have experience with the Modbo 4.0? If so, mind chiming in? Make sure to keep the wires short, long wires were the #1 cause for black screens or chip not functioning correct for me. Use 28awg kynar wire, it's easier to solder to certain points that can be to small for 30awg or other wires.

Do not cross wires, use some kind of adhesive (I used a glue gun) to keep the wires tidy. Google for pictures before starting, some mod-jobs are masterpieces thrive for that perfection but have an honest expectation of how your job is going to look like at the end. Do not panic if you burn away a via or accidentally lift a trace, take a pause and repair when you are focused again. Use thicker wire for GND and 3.3V I used to use the copper wire from old phone wires. Make sure to keep your tip tinned and clean, have some flux at hand and a wet solder sponge to wipe of the excess now and then. Be well fed and rested, don't stress and don't breath in the fumes even though it kind of smells good Ask any questions don't feel dumb.

Click to expand. I gotta say those are some pretty impressive soldering skills you got there. Those are very clean installs, amazing! UPDATE: I never got around to doing this lolcoptaz. Kept putting it off and also didn't want to botch it with my crappy iron from ratshack. I went and ordered one of these for my console modding needs. To many projects have suffered at the hands of my radioshack POS hahahhaa.

I'm gonna give this a go, when I have some downtime between multiple jobs and school.