OMG I did it!

[craigwaites]

I did it, I did it, I successfully installed a magic 2 into a V7 (if a fly by night cowboy like me can do it, then anybody can lol).

If anybody would like their V7 chipped........ do it yourself like I had to lol.

It took me 4 attempts to install the chip & on my last attempt heres a few things I did diff.

I was always happy with my soldering - never thought I had any bridges (even mnop). But I was only applying solder to the wire & not to the point on the board, This time I rubbed all the points down thoroughly with a fiberglass pencil then applied flux which was left to dry. Then I put a solder spot on every point, including the chip legs (mnop) which I had on previous attempts avoided like the plague!

Next thing I did to ensure a good joint was, actually try to pull the wire off after it had joined (obviously not too much force but nuff to move the board).

Lastly I placed insulation tape onto to the board where i was going to place the chip! Then stuck the chip to the tape. No way was my chip coming into contact with the board again (I think this may have been a prob).

Finally and most importantly, I asked loads of annoying questions on here & suspected my supplier of selling me a dud chip!

I'd like to thank comet, currys & toys r us for giving me a refund on the consoles I bust & I spose charlie 2 cos he aint a bad geezer (southern shandy drinking poofter lol)

Sorry peeps but I gotta go cos I got a waiting list for chipped PS2's lol