well if ur not good at soldering dont temp it its very hard to do u can screw ur ps2 up in a heart beat if u dont know what ur doing if u need to play these games goto
www.swapmagicfix.com and get the cd loader it will boot them and if u want a solder chip look at the installers some of them have good prices like loy he dose it for 30$ u buy the chip and about the mod chip get a DUO its great for the older versions 7 and down