think i fixed the gnd bounce, now i'm gettin rsod wtf!! help pls!!!!

[pegz]

hi guys

this is a bit of a follow on from

http://www.psx-scene.com/forums/showthread.php?t=37787

sussed out that it must be the chip/install after pressing in eject for a few secs on boot and it boots fine with the chip disabled.

so after looking around i found out that reducing the length of my earth could help (it was really long ) so now its a couple of cm's long and the ps2 now boots to the rsod rather than just going black screen???

read somwhere this could be my 3.3v connection?? its a v7 and where i have to solder to is pretty small and i have a pretty good connection, i don't want to start flooding solder in there

its like i cured one prob and now there another

help me pls guys

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[T07N]

Sounds like you didn't make connection with one of the points. Check your work again and make sure you have everything where it's suppose to be. If it gets too bad, just buy another modchip if DMS3 is too hard for you to install.

Matrix Infinity, Matrix MX4, or Crystal Chip are good choices. If you just want autoboot + advance dvd playback features then just go with the MX4. If you need memory card application launching ability and other advance features then go with the Matrix Infinity or Crystal Chip. You could also go to the down right basics with the Duo 2 SE which is a direct boot backup only chip.

[pegz]

so it could be any of the other points now? what i don't understand is though how come it worked ok for a week though m8?

thanks again for your time

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[T07N]

Did you move the console around during that week? If you did the wires could've moved. It could also be because you have a bad chip and it failed on you after a week.

[pegz]

i did it for a friends son and he assures me it hadn't be moved around just sat i front of the tv (but i doubt his kids going to tell him he dropped it etc) i do have another ***3+ do you think it could be worth fitting that one?

have you heard of alot of chips just failing after a while?

i also have a modbo in another machine that i could fit?

theres a couple of links to the pics of the install below, the gnd wire is now around 2cm long now though down to the copper strip running down the side.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...dms3v7full.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ms3v7close.jpg

cheers m8

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[T07N]

Ok, the problem is your ground and power wire. That is WAYYYYYYYY too far. That's probably why the chip is not patching the games and giving you rsod. Use the copper pad on the outter edge of the board for the ground wire. There's a 3.3v power point right above the chip, use that instead.

Use this power point: http://www.infinitymod.com/matrix/fi...V08/USA-V7.JPG

[pegz]

cheers m8 moved the 3.3 to the point you showed me and now works fine

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...las_3/dms3.jpg

thing is its only like my 5th ps2 chipping i've done so i just followed the diagrams from the dms site and their own chips don't work properly with their own diagrams don't think i'll be getting them again

what chips do you usually use?

thanks again for your time m8 its much appreciated

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[T07N]

I usually use Duo 2 SE, Matrix Infinity, Crystal Chip and Matrix MX4.

[pegz]

ok cool m8, can you recommend anywhere to get them?

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[T07N]

If you're looking for the cheapest place and you don't need it quick, you can get it from worldmodchips.com. It'll take like a week for the chips to come. If you need quick service, xmodds.com could get them to do pretty fast. But he only got Crystal, Infinity, and Duos.