Ripper, can I post a question about it here?

[alex santos]

Sorry if I shouldn't post here about the Ripper, inform me of the appropriate forum if so?

I finally opened up my v10 50004a PS2 and discovered a chip which I believe is not an original Infinity v1.21, as displayed upon power up.

Could anyone let me know if I can use the Ripper FW upgrade on this chip.

Please see the attached jpg of the chip housed in my console if in doubt.

[9HOMERSIMPSON9]

That is an Original Ripper chip.

But it could be anything from a Ripper3 to a Ripper3.2U.

The only thing you can do is try the Ripper Software on it and if it does not upgrade then its an older version than the V3.2U.

Homer

[9HOMERSIMPSON9]

Just read your post again, and you have a Ripper3 which cannot be upgraded at all.

Sorry.

Homer

[alex santos]

It's with some regret that I learn the sad truth about the installed chip on my PS2.

As a last resort, I wanted to post this http://www.ripper3.com/diagrams/r32u.jpg

As you can see from the URL this comes from the Ripper site.

Does this mean I follow those instructions and I should be able to upgrade?

The biggest problem is I am unable to find the Ripper email address or I would contact them directly. They do have an email but it's for resellers or something like that.

Thanks for your continued help and attention.
I do appreciate those helping me as a lot of this rather new to me, the last few days have a been somewhat of a crash course on modchips.

[muppet]

No, you won't be able to upgrade.
See the part of the image that says "Only these chips are updatable via CD" ?
You don't have this chip, so you're stuck I think

[nexus6]

Only the ripper3 with a white dot on the actel chip can be updated.
But I really don't see why you would need an update.