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Old 06-02-2005, 08:51
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Providing you put the tip to the sponge fairly often and keep it nicely tinned, I think the 0.12s last a fairly long time... (well, that's what I find anyway)...
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Old 06-02-2005, 10:48
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I used to use the 0.12mm tip m8 but got fed up with replacing tips all the time! Now use an 18w with 0.5mm tip. The .5mm lasts months rather than days.
I use a .031" tip, what that equals in mm I have no idea.
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Fairly small, lol ...

This small... 0.7874mm
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Wow Sped thats a bloody welding rod m8

Hey LUFC fan, did I mention I have tickets for England v Northern Ireland at Old Trafford next month
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I'm not gonna brag about having tickets right behind the dugout m8......... but I do promise to send you a picture message
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Wow Sped thats a bloody welding rod m8
Hey, I'm good at getting large things into tight places

Oh by the way .031 equals 1/32 ...thats like half a 1/16 not that big
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Hey, I'm good at getting large things into tight places
lol.. cheeky monkey..
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Old 06-02-2005, 22:03
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lol.. cheeky monkey..
I figured you would be the first to pick up on that.
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I agree with most of the user, the installation pictures can be deceiving, I remember when I receive the chip on mail.. can't believe how small it is, and by the time I opened the PS2, the legs on the chips are very tiny there's not much space for mistakes....

just be carefull or you're going to break your PS2
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I just use an old 25W soldering iron, I know it's probably a tad hot for doing modchip installs, but I've never had a problem. I've done original Playstations, Dreamcasts, heaps of Xboxes, a couple PS2's and a couple of Neogeo AES's.

The tip I use is just an old tip that I stuck on the grinder to make a very fine point in order to do the PS2's.

I'll have to get a new iron one of these days

But yeah, take your time with your PS2, it's not as easy as it looks, especially for novices.
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