ar2 v2 (2.02) help needed.

[oxide]

hi all, ive just purchased an ar2 v2 (2.02) to use with the modchip that ive ordered from modchip.com but ive heard stories that it wont let me boot dvdr's is this true.
the modchip ive ordered is the Pnp key that you use for the version 5/6 motherboard where you plug in the 2 ribbon cables.
i also have an older v1 ar2 should i stick to this or is my new ar2 v2 ok.
thanks in advance :-)

[RAISTLIN]

I think the problem comes in to play with the v2.03 or higher AR2's/GS2's. Remember you will need a double swap routine to get it to work. Load an Original with a big-@$$ed TOC (Dead or Alive, Medal of Honor, GTA3, etc.) at the title screen, then load game without codes, wait for disc to stop, do the normal swap routine. If the disc doesn't stop spinning when you get to the screen where it prompts you to change discs, then you will have to do the "Too Many Codes" trick. This involves trying to load a game with like 30 or so codes active--I think Dave Mirra was one of them, a few others are in there too...Armored Core or something like that?--you will get an error message and the disc will stop spinning, allowing you to go back and "load without codes" again (without the disc spinning up this time) and press and hold the eject button and do the swap as normal.

Good Luck!

Raist

[oxide]

thanks for the tips, although the dave mirra etc doesnt work on the later AR2's, i use an empty entry that i switch on and off and do the swap when it says updating codes, this works fine for all ar2's that do not work with the afore mentioned dave mirra codes error.
anyway its working fine now and so is the mod chip :-)
thanks for your reply.