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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.