![]() You just need patience, good eyes, and a steady hand.At the time of writing this post I have installed a modchip into two different PS1 systems, two different PS2 systems, and soldered a Teensy to a PS3 slim. ![]() In other words you don’t need a super special tip for your soldering iron. The Modbo 5.0 chip allows booting homebrew directly off of a USB flash drive, which is less important for a PS2 fat, because of the hard drive bay, but still a nice feature.I’d also like to mention that I was able to install the modchip with a pretty standard 1.6mm chisel tip on my Hakko FX-888D soldering iron. ![]() A soldering iron and solderBoth the Modbo 4.0 and Modbo 5.0 modchips are good modchips. 30 AWG kynar insulated wire wrapping wire. They are pin compatible, I bought my chip from. Update: I put together a Modbo modchip installation guide that covers all board revisions. This blog post covers the installation of the Modbo 5.0 modchip into my SCPH-39001 PS2 fat console. Things like playing games from other regions, playing PS1 and PS2 backups, and running homebrew applications. Modchips for the PlayStation 2 you to get more out of your PS2. Since I also own an SCPH-39001 PS2 fat, I decided to install a modchip into it.
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