I found the installation process to be more difficult than the installation of a modchip on a PS1, or soldering a Teensy to a PS3 Slim, but very similar to the installation of a modchip onto my PS2 slim.Īfter installing the modchip I was able to read PS1 game backups, and genuine PS2 games just fine, but wasn't able to run PS2 game backups.
MM3 MODCHIP SCPH 5501 INSTALL
I was able to install my modchip in less than an hour. I had no troubles putting the console back together like I did with my PS2 slim. Taping prevents any of the connections from being shorted with the case, and also helps hold the wires in place. I started by taping over all of the points I soldered to, including most of the modchip. Once I had soldered the modchip to the board, I could put the console back together. You could alternatively just use a single larger diameter wire for each power line. As you can see I routed three wires for ground, and three wires for 3.3V. This picture was taken before I figured out that I needed to solder the H wire to the modchip.Įventually I finished soldering all of the wires to the board, and the image above is the result. I ran the wires through the big hole, and left a little bit of extra slack so I could move them around if something got in their way when putting the console back together. I'd recommend positioning the board and your soldering iron so that you can solder at a good angle.Ībove is an image of the back of the board. There were a lot of places where I had to solder wires to components surrounded by a lot of other components. Above is an image of what my installation looked like after I finished with the left side of the modchip. I started with the pads and legs of the chip to the left of the chip, and then followed a counter clockwise pattern around the modchip once I finished soldering those first set of wires. With 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. 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. The chip comes with double sided tape that you use to stick it to the board. Without pin H soldered I was able to run homebrew, but not run game backups from the disc drive, so pin H is important.Īs 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. The diagram is labeled for Japanese and Taiwanese PS2 consoles, but it's the same wiring for American consoles. If you need a diagram for another version of the PS2 just leave a comment and I'll upload a copy for you. This diagram is the same for Modbo 4.0 and Modbo 5.0 chips. Modchip installation diagramĪbove is an image of the installation diagram for the Modbo 3.0 diagram for NTSC V7 PS2 consoles. Since these tips apply across a lot of posts, I've put them into a single page that is linked to from multiple posts. 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. Soldering tipsĪt 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. You just need patience, good eyes, and a steady hand. In other words you don't need a super special tip for your soldering iron. 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. 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. 30 AWG kynar insulated wire wrapping wireīoth the Modbo 4.0 and Modbo 5.0 modchips are good modchips.They are pin compatible, I bought my chip from Eurasia. 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. Earlier this month I installed a Modbo 4.0 modchip into my SCPH-70012 PS2 slim console.
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