want to get dms4 se pro but i have some questions

[lufcfan]

You'll probably be OK as you say.

Yeah, that's hot glue and it's perfectly fine to use on the PCB of the PS2. Electrical tape is fine too.

The tip to get wires like that is actually very simple. Place your chip in the correct position on the motherboard (between the 4 copper ground pads at the far end of the board on slim PS2s or between the BIOS and drive controller (LB/BA chip) on older 'chubby' models. Solder all wires directly to the points shown on the diagram obtained from the mod suppliers website and leave them quite long (but don't connect them to the chip yet!) Now if you look at the board, you'll notice 2 or 3 main groups of wires (BIOS, C/DVD Controller and PSOne BGA wires). All you do, is group these wires together and lay them out 'IDE Cable style' and tape or glue them in place. Once they're bunched, its easy to group them, bend them into the appropriate place. The points on the chip are designed so that when you lay them out in this manner, the wire on the inside goes to the first point and the outside wire to the last point - and eventually looks like mine above.

Give it a go, take your time and I think you'll be pleasantly suprised with what you can do...

[hakz]

Hi, I got a diagram from the matrix infinity website. The solder trick you showed is on a slim ps2? I don't think you can do that on that version ps2. Also, on the diagram, it shows a point called the scex point, what is that referring to?

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[lufcfan]

Hi,
Yes you can do that on a non-slim PS2, however the ground point is in the middle of the board as opposed to the edge. On a 'chubby'-type PS2, at the edge of the board is long exposed copper edge - this can be scraped back and the same trick used. Or, use the large copper pad at the top end of the motherboard (by the GH number which the diagrams will probably point to)and run the wires down to the points below (though then your wires are then needlessly long).

The SCEX point is the wire used for PS1 backup authentication. Link that point to the 'SX' point on the top end of the chip. It is optional to fit it, however PS1 copies will not boot without it...

EDIT: Watch out on the diagram too - use the alternate A, B, G and I points (the ones not on the large BGA with fine legs) - don't connect two sets of wires to those points