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Old Sep 4, 2007 | 05:05 PM
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Any sort of hobby soldering iron will do, get yourself one with removable tips and pickup a small (1mm) tip and you should be fine. Don't hold the heat on the legs too long as you can damage the chip although don't rush or you'll make a mess. If the legs are really small get a decent lamp and possibly a desk mounted magnifying glass too, they really help.

Get yourself a suitable flux pen too, makes soldering sooooo much easier.

Here's a PS2 mod-chip I fitted once which was all done with a cheapo iron and a 1mm tip.


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