ya I've noticed. I've searched and searched and I've only found one. A install tech that works for but seems independant from
www.divineo.net. He's asking about $90 for a Matrix infinity in a v12 Slim PS2 including shipping. About what I was paying before pretty much, but It scares me when I don't know how reliable he is. Bill at Freedom lives did an excellent job. Fast shipping and very good install. So idk. Maybe I'll have to take a chance.
As for doing it myself. I once tried to solder only ONE wire in a really old ps2 (my first back in 2001) because it was a USB type mod. And I screwed that up. PS2 still worked but the USB was useless. So that would be a big no can do on soldering about 25 wires from something the size of a quarter to MANY parts on the Motherboard.