Limited modchip functionality?

[Zer0-X]

In case of older PS2s (V3 for example) with busted drive, could these chips capable of "booting" from MC be soldered without any of the Mechacon wires, only BIOS?

V3 is just extremely bitch to solder in that case and old PMS3 V2 chips are becoming very cheap nowadays.

[minos197]

I think It might work.I had a pmsV2 on a V3 motherboard.It was my first ps2 mod(the old pic with AR boot does not count) so you can guess the trouble I got into.I remember that about a month after the installation some of the cdDVD wires got loose (my dog skipped on the cable and made it drop) and I had Dev mode only no Cd no DVD.

[Thinkdiff]

Yes, should work just fine.

[Zer0-X]

Ah good.

Still remember the day the Messiah arrived. V3, two days and 10 shorts later I just walked to a store a got myself a brand new V5.

[minos197]

Ah good.

Still remember the day the Messiah arrived. V3, two days and 10 shorts later I just walked to a store a got myself a brand new V5.

Me too.After getting on my nerves and just before breaking the world record of throwing a ps2 out of the baclony I got a V4 that still works like charm.But In fact I am in love with the V7s.Wheren't they sweet?? As for the messiah1 I never tried it because I think you had to cut the track somewhere on the mobo and I never user a method that could leave tracks on the ps2.

[Zer0-X]

It was NEO4 that required you to cut the /OE signal to the BIOS to gain complete control over the patching. These chips today just force the signal. Like beating the poor chip to the ground, take it's notes, altering them, then passing them on.