strange problems ... please help.

i bought an ice chip because it is cheap. please do not say "it s crap" or something like that. i need serious help.

my problem is this. the chip seems to work but only sometimes.
one second i start the ps2 and everything goes fine. it even reads backups without a problem.
in the next sec i start the ps2, the light wents from red to green but no picture or sound at all. if this hapens i have to plug out the cable and try it again.

there is also the pic fix installed.

the soldering did a professional(but he never did a ps2 and has no knowlegde of modchips) and he did it with 2 ps2s and both have exactly the same error.

do you guys have any ideas what went wrong?

If he has the PIC installed, it sounds like you are getting a Mechacon crash and the PIC is turning off the PS2. Was the ICE chip programmed with the latest Ice code?

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Originally Posted by Thinkdiff

If he has the PIC installed, it sounds like you are getting a Mechacon crash and the PIC is turning off the PS2. Was the ICE chip programmed with the latest Ice code?

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yes

Rewire the bios and cd/dvd wires.
Carefull NOcrossing.
My opinion is SHIELD with a wire ( like the clk in messiah2 ) and runnig the wires in mobo over GNDs

mmh... rewire means paying twice ;)

as i mentioned, i didn t do it. i tried but it was too small for my equipment.

some thing that is strange to me is that he used the same "tiny" wires for 5v and ground as he used for the rest. is that ok or could that be the problem?

Change +5v and GND wires with fat.

Do like villasg is suggesting, than, if it keeps resetting, it is probably the Mechacon of your v12 that keeps crashing, and the PIC reset the V12 to prevent the burning of the Laser.


Chip&Chop

now one of the pstwo s isn t reading any media. it keeps saying "could not read disk"

i think the laser is gone ...

if the pstwo resets/turns on by itself, clean the flux off the 33k resistor on reset line and add a 10k resistor in series - that always works for me.

and if u paid above 10E for the install, than youre good for some warranty - he should do it till it works - use fat wires for 5v gnd and not screw any wires with the casing.
tell that guy to fix it