Magic 3.1 clone related problems??

[Flare]

I have now replaced the reset wire with a shorter 24 AWG wire, and resoldered it good. I cut the ground wire to 1.5 cm and soldered it to the copper edge on the motherboard. I soldered the W wire back to the original point (had been on alternate). And I completely removed the Z wire.

First boot, was a success. The Gameshark original (cd) booted perfectly. I then tried a dvd movie, and it too booted perfectly. I watched it for about 5 min, turned it off to try another media. Then i tried to boot a backup cd-r. It went straight into the red screen. Tried an original ps2 dvd..same thing happened. Tried the gameshark again, red screen.. Tried the dvd movie again, red screen. I then tried to boot without any media in. Loaded the dvd movie in the browser screen, which detected it fine. I started it from the browser, and it started up. I fiddled around, stopping and starting for a while..when suddenly it wouldnt load anymore. Disk read error.

Now, it alternately boots to either red screen or browser.

I just learned that the chip is indeed a CLONE (god damn rogue store!). If this has anything to do with my problems i dont know, but it seems very strange that it seem to work every time i have had the power off for a while.

I have thought about cleaning the lens, but why would it boot any media so good as it did just a little while ago, if its really dirty?

Could it be that the chip has problems with overheating??

Regards Flare

PS2: 30004R V5

[iglitare]

how do this clone of magic3.1 look? do u have a picture?

[charlie_ps2]

Maybe the fan doesn't work now. Or were you running the PS2 with the covers off?

[Robot]

cut a double peice of heatsink rubber and put it on top of the main ic on the magic. Then let the cage press on the rubber :]

[Flare]

Fan is working fine. I havent run the machine with any covers off, and I've tried the cooling rubber on the IC. :-)

I got a hold of the store owner, and he said the chip was a Magic 3U rev.18. DVD9 compatible. Yeehhh .. I really like that guy..

The chip looks like the first blue one on this page.
http://www.modchip.ca/install/ps2/magic/magicfakes.php

..if you put the Ubicom chip on the left onto the blue, remove the smiley and add a "+" after MAGIC..then its identical to mine.

[chupalt]

did you get it from precision mods?.....cuz it sounds familiar

[Flare]

Nah, some store in Norway. I'm opting for a refund..and i know the guy is probably reading these forums..so i dont want to make a mess of things ;-)

[Chips]

Originally posted by Flare
I got a hold of the store owner, and he said the chip was a Magic 3U rev.18. DVD9 compatible. Yeehhh .. I really like that guy..

seems to be a clone based on beta code ( rev 18 )...

definitely not a magic 3.1

[amptor]

Originally posted by Robot
cut a double peice of heatsink rubber and put it on top of the main ic on the magic. Then let the cage press on the rubber :]

Where are you guys getting this heat sync rubber from?