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<blockquote data-quote="NoAlias" data-source="post: 1051407" data-attributes="member: 120815"><p>Inexperienced solderers (spelling??) tend to use too much tin. (I speak from experience here.) </p><p>This can lead to electical shorts when the solder points are close toghether. It may also cause electomagnetical interference, but on digital circuits, like your WII, that is not so much a problem. </p><p></p><p>Do not underestimate the difficulties in soldering directly to the IC pins.</p><p>The pins are tiny and closely spaced so make sure you have the right equipment and make sure that you know exactly what you are doing. Shorts are easily created, and they WILL blow up your system.</p><p>Let's put it this way: I would not want a high school student who just learned to solder 2 wires together last week to solder an MOD chip into my WII. I want it done by a professional.</p><p>I've been working in electronics for several years after my education in electronics but have moved more or less away from it since.</p><p>I've soldered plenty of computer boards myself (For some of you it may be hard to believe, but a long time ago they were actually soldered together. None of this artsy-fartsy SMD stuff) but I do not dare to solder a mod-chip myself. Especially not a 30-wire one.</p><p></p><p>The wii-clip is a good alternative.</p><p>Soldering the clip on the mod-chip seems to be simple enough: more spacing, bigger contacts.</p><p>You still need to be careful and watch out with the amount of tin though.</p><p></p><p>There will be a clip for Wasabi, but it's not released yet. So you will have to be patient.</p><p>In the meantime, I advise you to practice soldering a lot.</p><p></p><p>In all hostey, I'm actually thinking of doing the same thing as you.</p><p>I know that I can solder a mod-chip onto the wii-clip. No problem.</p><p>And that wii-clip thing seems to be pretty good. So I'm waiting a little while to see what they come up with for Wasabi and then I'll decide.</p><p></p><p></p><p>If you feel confident that you can mod your own WII, then go for it.</p><p>Let us know how you fare.</p><p></p><p>Cheers,</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NoAlias, post: 1051407, member: 120815"] Inexperienced solderers (spelling??) tend to use too much tin. (I speak from experience here.) This can lead to electical shorts when the solder points are close toghether. It may also cause electomagnetical interference, but on digital circuits, like your WII, that is not so much a problem. Do not underestimate the difficulties in soldering directly to the IC pins. The pins are tiny and closely spaced so make sure you have the right equipment and make sure that you know exactly what you are doing. Shorts are easily created, and they WILL blow up your system. Let's put it this way: I would not want a high school student who just learned to solder 2 wires together last week to solder an MOD chip into my WII. I want it done by a professional. I've been working in electronics for several years after my education in electronics but have moved more or less away from it since. I've soldered plenty of computer boards myself (For some of you it may be hard to believe, but a long time ago they were actually soldered together. None of this artsy-fartsy SMD stuff) but I do not dare to solder a mod-chip myself. Especially not a 30-wire one. The wii-clip is a good alternative. Soldering the clip on the mod-chip seems to be simple enough: more spacing, bigger contacts. You still need to be careful and watch out with the amount of tin though. There will be a clip for Wasabi, but it's not released yet. So you will have to be patient. In the meantime, I advise you to practice soldering a lot. In all hostey, I'm actually thinking of doing the same thing as you. I know that I can solder a mod-chip onto the wii-clip. No problem. And that wii-clip thing seems to be pretty good. So I'm waiting a little while to see what they come up with for Wasabi and then I'll decide. If you feel confident that you can mod your own WII, then go for it. Let us know how you fare. Cheers, [/QUOTE]
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