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Czapala:
I was rummaging around my shop (Computer repair shop @ a University) and just found a Weller EC2002C Power unit with a Weller PH1201 plstic thingy with a wire coil holding a EC1201P soldering iron.  It has Weller EC2001 on the front of the power unit.

Is this a good one?  it probably hasn't been used in 10 years.

But I got one of those speaker cables that go from the CD drive to a sound card.  I was thinking the pins are all in a row just like that.  So then I just cut off one end and connect those to the buttons.  My only concern is the wires are a little thin.

Has anyone done that?
ChadTower:

--- Quote from: hypernova on August 26, 2006, 08:00:21 pm ---
On a side note, I've chipped 2/3 PS1s.  That was really my first experience soldering.  Not too shabby, I should say for a beginner with zero practice.

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Maybe when you get better you can chip the last third of those PS1s. 
hypernova:

--- Quote from: ChadTower on August 28, 2006, 02:15:56 pm ---Maybe when you get better you can chip the last third of those PS1s. 

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Nope, that one I royally screwed up.  Solder got around one of those chips on the board, and since I had NO way of getting it out of those tiny little crevices, I only made things worse by using a jeweler's flathead.  I think I broke/melted the contacts on the chip eventually.

When I chipped my ps2, I had it chipped by someone online.  Wasn't a chance in hell I was screwing up a $300 system, especially when I saw all the solder points around those chips on the board.
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