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i've installed green magic2,red magic2 ,etc. dont know if some of the red ones were originals, but i always had problems on at least a couple of consoles reading dvd-r.....
i've heard that it happens the same to the magic3 chips
i still dont hear a complaint about the messiah2, it works for everybody
i know that the messiah2 is the best chip, but i still cant confirm if the magic3 has the same error with the dvd-r
if anyone can confirm this, it would be great
I have seen this bug come up with the Magic 2 v7 clones and the Magic 3. The PS2 tested was a new v7 with a date code of 2C. Buy the way I put a Messiah 2 in the same machine and dvd/dvdr worked perfect.
Bear in mind too, a cruddy PS2 laser can be the cause as well.
I've currently got in my possession 2 units: 1 x V3 and 1 x V5.
Both of them have dud drives. The V3 I've just modded with a Magic3, the V5 modded back in April this year with a Messiah (1).
Now it is a bit of a bitch to swap the drive between my V5 and the V3, but when I swapped it from my V5 to the client's V5, the DVD-R fired up in a flash. This confirmed the dud laser syndrome these units seem to be synonymous with. Even my region 0 DVD-R movie of Mike Portnoy (you Dream Theater / Liquid Tension Experiment / Transatlantic fans will know which great drummer I'm talking about!) would not perform in either of these units. The V5 showed better chance of that with the DVD movie starting, but jerking like crazy! :eek:
I guess I should be happy that I don't use my PS2 all that often. My laser is proof of that :D
It's disappointing to see that Sony are still putting in SH_T laser units, just like they were in the earlier series of PS1's. At least they did something for their ruggedness in the later models. I wish I could say the same for their friggin' PS2's.
If only the XBOX had a greater selection of games to truly compete against the PS2. Then I'd definitely recommend the XBOX to clients. At least with that one, you can do a dodgy modification and have a PC-based DVD-ROM drive sitting on the outside as a replacement unit. Until then, the PS2 will have to be the market leader since there is greater range of games in that domain. :rolleyes:
I will say though, in defence of the Magic3, when it did manage to read the DVD-R (once out of the 10 attempts), it booted just fine until it tried to actually get to the stage of loading the game. This is a vague, but somewhat reassuring, confirmation of the Magic3's ability to happily boot DVD-R's.
maybe this is old news, but i found that the same chip, with the same installation it works perfect in a GH-019 board, but in a GH-017 board got problems with dvd-r games. (both 39001)
dont know if there's another installation diagram for GH-017 boards