Help to identify chip please.

[domo]

Hello.

My mate came along with a broken PAL V4 ps2 , which apparently has a no swap chip in. He wanted me to see what chip was in it and if possible transfer it to his V5 PAL ps2. Thought should be no prob , identify the chip and if it will work in a V5 change it over.

How ever I've come up against a little problem. The chip appears to be some sort of homebrew chip I guess. Two pics (I assume) covered in tape. 1 has most of the wires going to it , then a single wire going to a second chip which has a few more coming off it and going to the ps2 mainboard.

I can get pics if needed , but covered in tape (don't really want to remove , incase it breaks the wires , trying to save having to resolder to the chips) so don't know how much they will help.


Any idea's what it is? , mate reckons it's direct boot , but thought you had to buy them. Never thought you could program yourself , although I aint been up to date on chips since the original messiah came out. So I guess alot has changed.

Any help would be appreciated.



Thanks .

[woore]

Show us some pics.

[S-Mario]

yes take som pics, but it might be a ice homebrew chip.
http://ps2newz.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=37

[ronetoneps2]

you expect people to know what chip it is without any description or pics

[waleedwc]

It is probably one of those really old chips that came out in the early days of the PS2.

[domo]

Sorry bout no pics before , here are some

http://www.apoz87.dsl.pipex.com/Wire.jpg

http://www.apoz87.dsl.pipex.com/Chip.jpg


I can try to get the tape off if need be , but hopefully can work out from where it's installed.


Suppose to be no swap , but I cannot comfirm this. Never seen it in action so just going by what my mate claims.

Pics where resized to 640x480 , but have full size versions if need (3mb each).

Thanks .

[nexus6]

some neo 2.x crap
not a direct boot chip

[domo]

K thanks for the help. Found out he thought it was direct boot cos he's mate left an original in the drive and he thought it was a backup. Didn't think the neo2.x soldered directly onto any of the ic legs though.

Anyway now I know what it is , does anyone have diagrams for it with ea/dvd-r boot working?. I know it never used to work , but thought I read there were alternate points to get it going on a v5.

I've had a look , but most places that had the diagrams now get a 404 page not found or something similar .

Suggested he gets a no swap , but won't have it. Does not want to spend any money.
Thanks.

[ronetoneps2]

if he can't spend $10-$15 on some cheap mod chip than you shouldn't waste your time on that old ass chip