help magic chip 2 problem

marcusparcus · 10-30-2002,01:13 PM

Just installed magic chip 2 in a v7 everything is booting fine exept dvd back-ups, origonal dvd's are booting fine also back ups on cd's im assuming my laser is fine as dvd movies (back-up)run spot on im using discplanet burnt at 1x, the backups are fine as ive tested them on different ps2 any advice is appreciated

dotkambot · 10-30-2002,01:16 PM

charlie explains what to do in this situation in his troubleshooting guide... check it:

http://ps2newz.net/forums/showthread...=&threadid=253

marcusparcus · 10-31-2002,06:11 AM

Ive been through it,im assuming the "RED SCREEN DISPLAY"is the relevent part for me,(its only going to red screen for dvd backups)reinstalled W, shortened 5v, 3.3v+grd, shortend bios wires S + A through I are fine cant understant why it will do a cd no problem but not dvd

**qwm** · 10-31-2002,06:49 AM

Marcus, the magic will not boot if the ps2 delay too much to recognize a media, its not happen with dvd movies.
Can you hear some kind of ticks when u put dvd-r inside ps2? If yes it means ps2 can´t recgnize what kind of media is inside and goes to retry.... look laser calibration....

**meyousikmann** · 10-31-2002,09:02 AM

Look specifically at the laser azimuth adjustment.

dotkambot · 10-31-2002,06:34 PM

try burning at 2x, and maybe another brand of media... I have heard that the v7's can be a bit on the picky side. I think its Guichi that always recommends 2x over 1x on the dvd's. I have never even tried 1x, but he says it can give some problems.

also, if you can get your hands on recordnow max or primodvd, give those a try.

charlie_ps2 · 10-31-2002,08:40 PM

Originally posted by marcusparcus
Ive been through it,im assuming the "RED SCREEN DISPLAY"is the relevent part for me,(its only going to red screen for dvd backups)reinstalled W, shortened 5v, 3.3v+grd, shortend bios wires S + A through I are fine cant understant why it will do a cd no problem but not dvd

CD users a different laser diode from DVD. Meyousikmann's advice on Azimuth adjustment is sound; on v7s we've had to do this. We also recalibrate the DVD pot by reducing its resistance by 10%.

marcusparcus · 11-02-2002,07:27 AM

Thanks for all your help guys, i reinstalled A to I and its spot on now once again cheers.

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