PS2 modding's relatively easy. For the old Phat ones, all you need is a screwdriver, 5 minutes of your time, some discs and a piece of plastic you can make yourself. Then you can boot imports, backups and use any hex codes you want. It's actually almost as easy with the thin ones, too. Although, If you want to install a ps2 mod chip yourself, you're screwed. I wasted good money on a mod chip, got out my soldering kit the day it came, took apart the PS2, realised you need to be 43 times smaller than you actually are and have a micro-sized soldering iron to actually solder it, and then in putting the PS2 back together, I pulled out the cable which connects up the buttons, so I basically broke it in the end. ugh.
