Kingdome hearts and GTA VC tested with magic beta :]

[Robot]

HI all , i decided to check out these rumours about kingdom hearts freezing on the intro and gta VC freezing after like 15 minuits of play.

I got kingdom hearts and GTA VC yesterday. I tested kingdom hearts intro 10 X not 1 lockup, I also played it to the wonderland level.


Next ive been testing GTA Vice city for about 4 hours all working fine :]

I dont know if the final magic 3 is diff , but the magic3_b code is working fine :)


My config is as follows :

V5 ps2 with SX28ac/ss 50 mhz resonator with a 33k resistor across oscillator 1 and 2. 1 uf ceramic cap across +5v and GND , and a 15k resistor on reset line. Also made a small alluminuim heat sink that ive stuck on the chip with some silicone. Chip is mounted over the hole above the dvd drive.

thats about it...

[maltloaf]

I have played gta vice city for hours with no lockups.

[MadKaoModding]

Originally posted by Robot
HI all , i decided to check out these rumours about kingdom hearts freezing on the intro and gta VC freezing after like 15 minuits of play.

I got kingdom hearts and GTA VC yesterday. I tested kingdom hearts intro 10 X not 1 lockup, I also played it to the wonderland level.


Next ive been testing GTA Vice city for about 4 hours all working fine :]

I dont know if the final magic 3 is diff , but the magic3_b code is working fine :)


My config is as follows :

V5 ps2 with SX28ac/ss 50 mhz resonator with a 33k resistor across oscillator 1 and 2. 1 uf ceramic cap across +5v and GND , and a 15k resistor on reset line. Also made a small alluminuim heat sink that ive stuck on the chip with some silicone. Chip is mounted over the hole above the dvd drive.

thats about it...

so can you tell us where to get a 1 uf ceramic cap... this is the only difference between my install and yours and mine hangs on kingdom hearts and GTA VC.. that and I believe yours is a pal system... anyway any help in finding that would be appreciated... radio shack doesn't carry them and I don't have any other local stores that carry anything remotely electronic

thanks in advance

[exile]

The radio shack by me had them and a lot of them. They were in some bin marked capacitors. Not sure if that helps I am sure you asked. But maybe call another one.

Are the three resistors needed?? I never heard anyone say anything about needed those in any diagrams I have seen. That would be odd as hell if the beta code works for sure LOL nice testing on their part.

[max232]

I can also confirm that GTA Vice City (DVD-R, backup) works fine with the original release beta code on v4(no gap bios) and v5, both pal systems.

Cannot speak for Kingdom of Hearts because of lack of access to it.

Wiring is original beta with 33k across resonator and 33k on reset.

Regards
max232
:D

[MadKaoModding]

ahhhh so any pal consoles out there freezing?? it seems that all the bad things are only happening on us consoles

[grumman]

All the consoles I have checked (all PAL with M3 homebrew beta) have frozen up with Magic Kingdom. Since fitting a switch to one of them to put the M3 to sleep via MCLR, it doesn't freeze. I'd love to believe there isn't a problem, but 100% freeze problems (with Magic Kingdom intro) on 20+ PAL consoles, and no more problems on the switched machine leaves me convinced there is an issue, not to mention the Magic3.1 release. I use 33k on reset, nothing else, although I did use all the combinations on one machine with no change in freezing problems. Remember, before the switch was fitted on my machine, it froze, now it doesn't, so it can't be Media. If yours don't freeze, great, I'm not losing any sleep over it, as the vast, vast majority of games are OK anyway.

[max232]

Hi grumman,

It's always worth posting confirmed results of testing even if it seems different to all others. Especially as you state you are testing a fair number of different units.

As I stated above, I cannot speak for Kindom of Hearts as I do not have it but would be interested to know how you got on with GTA VC if you have tried it and also is it an Orig or DVD-R backup.

I only ask because of the conflicting reports as this works fine for me as stated above tested on v4(no gap bios) and a number of v5 both Pal.

I must add that it has only been played for about 45-60 minutes, is it freezing even after this length of time??

Regards
max232
:D

[grumman]

Hello Max,
I only have Magic Kingdom, not GTA:( to test, though I must say Magic Kingdom freezes right at the beginning (2-3 mins?!), I haven't even played the game. I've had all the PAL versions except NOgap v4. I'm going to try the 12c508.hex fix on the next one I get in.

[max232]

The way I read it the Full Sleep option in RCE_Magic785 says tested, but not for psx.

Worth giving this a try if psx compatability is not paramount as it is doing the same as the switch.

I'll get MK to try out of curiosity.

Regards
max232
:D