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  1. #1 DNAS Error -833 - Invalid Region - Workaround? 
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    From what I researched, this is the error code for "Invalid Region", aka the fact I'm trying to play a NTSC-J game on my NTSC-US console. Is there a way to have the CrystalChip trick the DNAS Server or System or whatever into thinking it is a Japanese console?
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    NO, the only way to do that is to change the PS2 ID. You have to make changes in the internal PS2-BIOS-ROM, but then you prolly can only play Japanese games, until you change the ID again.

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    Being that the CrystalChip is hooked into the BIOS, couldn't this be a possible feature of a future firmware or something? To spoof the PS2ID?
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