INFECTUS 2 USB modchip, a soft-mod solution for all PS-TWOs??

[Green]

Hi guys, I am new here, I just found out yesterday that my PS-TWO (PS2 slim version of 900001 9c) was incompatible with FreeMcBoot.

I searched far and wide on the internet for something that would work to play my backup games, and this seems to be the product: INFECTUS 2

InFeCtuS2 is the first versatile modchip ever released in the market, created to work with many different consoles.

We developed this modchip with an OPEN concept, we use a CORE reprogrammable, a 512kb flash on board and an USB interface for the PC communication.

The hardware has a very HIGH QUALITY component design:

* The core of INFECTUS is the new ACTEL ProASIC3 FAMILY, the new family after the famous APA075 used in the past in many PS2 projects.
* We used a 512Kb parallel flash SSTSF040, with a high transfer rate and performance.
* Finally, we have got a REAL USB2.0 processor. This high quality component can manage the communication between ACTEL and PC (mini usb connector).
* All of the chip PLD/FLASH/USB parts are 100% reprogrammable via USB communication.
* For security reasons, all of the applications stored in the flash are AES 128-bit encrypted, to protect our work against chinese market!
* The project is produced in Europe with the last technology of BSDL testing.

The new Infectus modchip

Being InFeCtuS so versatile, we want to show you at least a little part of its features, ordered by console.

XBOX360 SUPPORT:

* X360 CPU TIME ATTACK + DOWNGRADE DASHBOARD (necessary downgrade ADDON)
* Allows to gain total access over the XBOX360 flash driver, so that you can read and write the internal flash of any X360 DVD READER in the market.
Everything can be managed with a very simple and user friendly PC software.
* COMPLETE SUPPORT OF BENQ DRIVERS
* FLASH ID realtime patching, your xbox360 cannot understand if there is any flash running other than the original one.
* GLOBE MODCHIP 360 100% emulation including ON / OFF LED

PS3 SUPPORT:

* The first work to be done is to allow our users to flash directly the PS3 BIOS by USB. So no more problem with firmwares, you can install everything you want, when you want. All the complications due to firmware versions that cannot be downgraded will not bother you anymore.

* Another new feature that we want to add is a REAL TIME patching of the firmware part that you want to be emulated from the chip. Being the 512Kb flash not enough to store a real dual firmware, we'll have to wait for the first hacked firmware to understand if a "realtime" patching will be possible. In case we won't be able to find more ideas, a new version of Infectus with a memory expantion bay will be released.


PS2 SUPPORT:

* Complete O2 MODCHIP emulation 100% with all functionalities (www.o2mod.com) - Included for FREE

WII SUPPORT:

* WII D2C 13 wire modchip, implemented on INFECTUS the ARGON firmware

SOFTWARE MANAGEMENT:

The possibility to manage the features using an easy software is one of the BIG advantages of this modchip solution!

* WIZARD help for the users: you will simply follow software's instruction step by step, everyone would be able to install and manage the INFECTUS MOD.
* When you will be ready to install INFECTUS on a DVD DRIVE 078 XBOX360 FIRMWARE, the software will assist you with a 100% automated extraction of the key and the patch of new firmware.
* WIZARD configuration based on XML for an automatical update of last firmwares.
* X360 FIRMWARE checksum, the software will tell you if you are actually using the correct firmware (this feature is only available in WIZARD procedure)
* HELP section to allow an easy searching of X360 firmwares

Would this chip currently be my solution since my PS2 slim is a version of 900001 9c?

[dlanor]

Hi guys, I am new here, I just found out yesterday that my PS-TWO (PS2 slim version of 900001 9c) was incompatible with FreeMcBoot.

I searched far and wide on the internet for something that would work to play my backup games, and this seems to be the product: INFECTUS 2

Would this chip currently be my solution since my PS2 slim is a version of 900001 9c?

I don't really know that, since I'm not familiar with the o2 modchip that this 'INFECTUS 2' chip claims to imitate. I would rather choose a modchip whose makers specifically aim at the PS2/PSTwo platform, unlike those INFECTUS guys.

According to other reports MI and Modbo4 chips also work for the new SCPH-900xx models.

Btw: You have one zero too many in your model number. For PS2/PSTwo consoles these numbers always have 5 digits (any extra characters immediately after that code usually indicate case colours, like "cb" for "Charcoal Black" etc.)

As for myself, who recently bought an SCPH-90004 with datecode 9C and bios v2.30, I decided to use the SwapMagic boot discs to launch uLE from a folder on MC (can also be on USB). Then I use that instance of uLE to auto-launch another instance with the standard Dev1 path "mc0:/BOOT/BOOT.ELF". The result is that uLE and most other homebrews work as if I had booted by Dev1 means, including the 'back-to-browser' ability of many homebrews, such as SMS, FCEU, GSM, etc.

And for running game backups I use either ESR, with patched burned discs, or "Open PS2 Loader" for running games off either USB or over LAN from a networked PC.

As long as the laser lives on to allow booting of either the CD or DVD disc of SwapMagic (just for booting uLE off the MC), I see no reason whatever to equip that console with a physical modchip. (Though it would still be needed for playing PS1 backups, since PS2PSXe remains unreleased.)

Best regards: dlanor

[dlanor]

I've been modding a long time and I'm not sure what that O2 is either. This thing seems to promise everything to every console. The whole thing is very likely shite.

The Modbo 4.0 is ok on 90K series, but suffers some instability and will most likely not allow you to play any PS1 games. The only chip I'm aware of that functions properly on this line is the Mars Pro GM-816HD.

This talk of instability and lack of PS1 compatibility makes me even more convinced that I made the right choice. Using SwapMagic for the basic homebrew booting and smart homebrews for all backup games definitely gives me the 'most bang for the money', as money was involved only in buying the SwapMagicCoder discs (295 SEK here in Stockholm == appx 41 USD, which is pretty close to average US prices I've seen).

Btw:
The original poster must have completely misunderstood the info for the INFECTUS 2 chip, as he called it a softmod. He probably thought that it could work as a modchip connected by USB, when in fact its USB interface is only used to transfer the firmware into the chip. Once this has been done the chip has to work like any other modchip, with the same kind of connections internal to the console, so it is in no way any softmod.

Best regards: dlanor

[Green]

Yeah, sadly guys I just figured out it wasn't a soft mod... Dlanor

And when I went to ask my question they changed my title from PS2 SLIM to XBOX SLIM, shady site. I deleted my question after that... Because I hate xbox, and because that was pretty freaky stuff.

Scary...

I wish I could try swap magic, honestly, but I don't wanna open/close my top repetitively...

I'm Canadian btw, sadly I don't think any of our modchip retailers carry this Mars Pro-GM 816 HD, which is awesome from what I heard from you guys, and read a bit about.

If I get my hands on the chip, I'll install it myself shouldn't be too hard, right?

Thanks for the help guys!

I'll see what I can do...

[dlanor]

I wish I could try swap magic, honestly, but I don't wanna open/close my top repetitively...

You don't have to. When you play backup games from network or a USB drive you can leave a SwapMagic disc in the drive permanently. This ensures that you can boot uLE every time you power-on or reset the console, and then you can use uLE to run "Open PS2 Loader" for running the games.

Properly configured uLE will stop the disc motor (and thus also the laser reading) as soon as the uLE boot completes, and for the rest of the session they should remain off (unless you intentionally access a disc of course), so there will be no extra wear and tear on either the discs, the drive assembly, or the laser. All in all the drive will be active only for a few seconds per gaming session.

Replacing that boot disc, and really using the CDVD drive, is only needed when you want to play a game from a burned ESR backup, which is better for some games (eg: FFXII and others with intense graphics). But this is the kind of game where a normal session may be anything between 4 and 12 hours, so having one single extra disc replacement in all that time is no big chore.

Also note that I do NOT speak of the kind of disc swapping that the SwapMagic discs have their name from, where discs are swapped with disc sensors unaware of it. That is a method I never use myself, and with the ESR backup method there is no need for such trickery.

If I get my hands on the chip, I'll install it myself shouldn't be too hard, right?

That depends on what skills you have and how good your eyesight is.

If you are not already a skilled hand at soldering modern miniature electronics I'd advice you to drop the idea entirely, and let a professional do it. Modding a modern PS2 is not a suitable first project for any novice.

Best regards: dlanor

[dlanor]

I disagree, anyone that has some patience can pull it off.

Here you clearly underestimate the importance of physical skills, such as a steady hand for sure soldering and the experience at doing so required not to damage modern high density ICs. A pure novice will have neither and is almost guaranteed to mess things up.

And even an old hand at electronics work (like myself) can get in trouble, if he is no longer able to focus his eyesight well enough on the tiny little legs of modern ICs. That is the main reason why I've given up hardware work myself. Having to use a magnifier all the time is just not practical.

Check my post on modchip installation essentials in this forum category for info on what you will need to get the job done.

I'm sure you give a lot of good advice there, but no amount of advice or even of patience (important as that certainly is) can ever replace practiced skill and experience, and successful soldering onto the legs of modern ICs requires both.

Anyone planning to do modchip work should at the very least get hold of several pieces of scrap equipment, using modern high density ICs, so as to practice soldering (for a LONG while) on something where failure does not matter, before attempting to do it in a real and healthy console.

I insist that both skill, practice and experience is required for success, and anyone who doesn't already have these characteristics needs to develop them before soldering inside a real console.

The Mars Pro GM-816HD is indeed getting difficult to find, but if you hunt around, you'll find one. As soon as I found them I bought 50. I only wish that website was still active.

You bought 50 you say, which means that you are clearly a professional modder.

There is nothing wrong with this, but it means that your own ease at doing such work can not be used to measure the ease by which a novice can do it. And for you this is probably so much routine that you've lost perspective of how difficult it can be for a novice.

Best regards: dlanor