Magic 3.1

kasios · 09-02-2003,01:08 AM

Is there anyone using Magic3.1? Have you had any problems? Thanks in advance.

**N£TM£ÇH** · 09-02-2003,01:16 AM

magic 3.1 modchips are ok. I do not recommend them on v7 systems. Game require a tap on reset button to boot. I personally would spend an extra few dollars and buy a messiah 2 or dms3.

**z_thk** · 09-02-2003,01:38 AM

NÂ£TMÂ£Ã‡H is there a reason that you don't recomend it on v7 systems?

I have got two v7's to detoriorate quickly with magics installed...

Are there others that have had this problems with magic 3.1 and v7's apart from me?

beanerpapa · 09-02-2003,01:53 AM

I've got a Magic 3.1 in a version 7. I've had it installed for probably a little over a month. I have had no serious problems. Sometimes the games won't boot and I'll get a RSOD, but I just go to standby and boot again.

Other than that I have had no problems. I use Sony DVD+RWs and Ritek G03s for my backups. Both of them read perfectly. What kind of problems are you having with yours?

If I could do it over again, I would spend the extra cash for a Messiah 2 or a DMS3 as NÂ£TMÂ£Ã‡H stated. But what's done is done and I am quite content.

**bighap** · 09-02-2003,02:21 AM

Originally posted by z_thk
NÂ£TMÂ£Ã‡H is there a reason that you don't recomend it on v7 systems?

Magic 3.1 isn't that great in general, but even worse in a v7, as it does not get passed v7 protected games such as Splinter Cell and Max Payne.

**z_thk** · 09-02-2003,02:30 AM

bighap: ahaa..that,right.

I thought that I could maybe get an explaination of why 2 v7 consoles that I modded started to read worse and worse over the course of just a few weeks.. One of them hardly reads anything anymore.. and that one was new.

**bighap** · 09-02-2003,03:02 AM

Have you tried cleaning the laser?

**z_thk** · 09-02-2003,03:09 AM

bighap: Sure I have... the laser coils are burned.... maybe I got a bunch of cloned m3.1's..

**bighap** · 09-02-2003,03:32 AM

That or bad installs.

**z_thk** · 09-02-2003,04:35 AM

no not bad installs... The funny thing is that I used the same chips in a v3 and a v4, and it boots a hell of a lot better.. in the v4 I most of the times don't even need to press reset.. and the customer is satisfied now for over 2 months..

that is what puzzles me, works welll in early ps2 versions, but in v6/v7 it sucks..

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