Tempramental Messiah 2

**FarenHeit** · 01-12-2003,09:53 AM

I have a V5 PS2 with a messiah 2 pro... Actel 0245 ( 1.08 ) fitted by a well known reliable source.

I seem to be having problems booting ps2 cdr, everything else boots 101% - that inc cd [ps (cd-r + orig) ] + [ ps2 cd ( orig + import orig ) dvd ( orig + imp orig ) and dvd-r ].

I can get the console to boot a cd-r after say 3-4 attempts which is kinda g*y. All others work with a straight boot.

Ive tried cleaning the laser both with a cleaning fluid and with a cleaning cd.

Ive even tried burning the cd-r games @ 1x 2x and 4x all with verbatim.. TDK and Memorex.

Any ideas any one... ?

This is really baffling me...

Regards

FH

charlie_ps2 · 01-12-2003,11:28 AM

Maybe your CD laser diode is well worn theough past use. Are there any accompanying noises when trying to boot? What exactly displays on the screenn?

**FarenHeit** · 01-12-2003,02:31 PM

Im not quite sure the laser diode is worn out because it plays ps2 cd originals and psx cd originals 1st time.

The only noise i get is the squeeky mouse noise when its reading the disk. It recognises the disk as a valid psx/ps2 disk straight away but instead of booting to the ps2 logo, it displays the 2 memory cards and then the red screen of death.

I only get this problem with cd-r's and like ive mentioned before ive tried 3 different brands @ various speeds.

Thx in advance

Regards

FH

charlie_ps2 · 01-12-2003,02:42 PM

Is the E wire on properly? Are B&C crossed or otherwise incorrect? Do the CD-Rs work on anyone else's PS2 with modchip? Are they copy protected games and your reader/burner doesn't handle sub-channel data (which contains the encryption)?

**FarenHeit** · 01-12-2003,03:17 PM

Dont know about the wires as your friend backstar fitted it for me. He has been a great source of help and advice since my console has been fitted. I do not doubt any of hes work. Having said that he has also installed the exact same typr of chip in my brothers console which is a v3 pal and these games work perfect every time all the time and we all know the differences in laser between a v3 and a v5.

They are a mixture of games, ea ( copy protected ) and non copy protected and burned on a sony writer which supports subchanned data and raw copying. This was done using Clone CD.

The thing is these games work 1st time evrytime on the v3 but take a couple attempts now and then on my v5.

Myabe i have a fussy ps2 who knows...

regards

FH

charlie_ps2 · 01-12-2003,03:25 PM

So I go back to the somewhat worn CD laser diode. If the install is good then it has to be interaction between laser and media.

**FarenHeit** · 01-12-2003,03:46 PM

But then if thats the case why do my cd originals boot first time?

:-/

Regards

FH

drongo22 · 01-12-2003,07:35 PM

Because originals are 'pressed' as opposed to burned onto a blank media...This basically means a original game is 100% quality and a copy game has a lower reflectivity depending upon media used / state of writer...If you picture the way a laser reads the game is like such...It shines a beam of light onto the spinning disk surface, depending upon how much light is reflected instructs the processor as to whether it was a binary value one or zero, these sequences of ones/zeros form the game code. A cd/dvd writer 'burns' holes in the blank media to determine the said reflectivity.

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