Modchip installationWith the modchip mounted I soldered each wire to the board. Make sure you leave room by the modchip for a few wires to run to the legs of the chip to the left. I also made sure that the metal shell would fit back on with the chip in that position before I stuck it to the board. The chip comes with double sided tape that you use to stick it to the board.I chose to mount my modchip on top of one of the larger chips in the middle of where all of the wires needed to go.
MODBO 4.0 INSTALLATION PS2
Without pin H soldered I was able to run homebrew, but not run game backups from the disc drive, so pin H is important.As you can see from the diagram there are a total of 21 wires that need to be soldered from the PS2 to the modchip. I found many diagrams that didn’t include the point H, which is actually needed. If you need a diagram for another version of the PS2 just leave a comment and I’ll upload a copy for you.The diagram is labeled for Japanese and Taiwanese PS2 consoles, but it’s the same wiring for American consoles. This diagram is the same for Modbo 4.0 and Modbo 5.0 chips. Modchip installation diagramAbove is an image of the installation diagram for the Modbo 3.0 diagram for NTSC V7 PS2 consoles. I’ve learned a lot along the way, so I’d like to share some tips that may help your modchip installation experience be a smoother one.Since these tips apply across a lot of posts, I’ve put them into a.
MODBO 4.0 INSTALLATION PS3
You just need patience, good eyes, and a steady hand.At the time of writing this post I have installed a modchip into two different PS1 systems, two different PS2 systems, and soldered a Teensy to a PS3 slim. In other words you don’t need a super special tip for your soldering iron.
MODBO 4.0 INSTALLATION INSTALL
The Modbo 5.0 chip allows booting homebrew directly off of a USB flash drive, which is less important for a PS2 fat, because of the hard drive bay, but still a nice feature.I’d also like to mention that I was able to install the modchip with a pretty standard 1.6mm chisel tip on my Hakko FX-888D soldering iron. A soldering iron and solderBoth the Modbo 4.0 and Modbo 5.0 modchips are good modchips. 30 AWG kynar insulated wire wrapping wire.
They are pin compatible, I bought my chip from. Update: I put together a Modbo modchip installation guide that covers all board revisions. This blog post covers the installation of the Modbo 5.0 modchip into my SCPH-39001 PS2 fat console. Things like playing games from other regions, playing PS1 and PS2 backups, and running homebrew applications. Modchips for the PlayStation 2 you to get more out of your PS2. Since I also own an SCPH-39001 PS2 fat, I decided to install a modchip into it.
In the HDDs/PS2s case, you need to install FHDB once (you can uninstall it afterwards), to "flag" the HDD-Settings-Bit in the PS2's NVRAM "on"! This leads to not turning the HDD of and on again, if an HDD-OSDSYS-Update has been found!ĭEV.2-Installer activates the function in the modchip.Earlier this month I. It is used to store settings, ART, Cheats and so on there!ĭEV.2-Installer activates the function in the modchip. It depends on the size of your HDD/etc.!Ģ-4GB is usually enough for most people. So create it right after formatting via wLE and make it big enough. It partially works, but once you reach the previous "boundary", it causes issues like corrupted files, file-transfer-disruption, etc. Resizing partitions with wLE seems to be bugged. Keep in mind, that you should create a +OPL-Partition ahead of installing any games AND that it is better to use another tool for the installation! Keep in mind, that the DEV.-Modes do NOT have a proper System-Initialisation, hence it is BETTER to start games from disc/HDD via an FMCB'd MC or FHDB'd HDD/SSD/etc.!