Magic V3.1 Question

[katana2k3]

is this chip any good? a friend of mines might sell me it, because he couldnt solder it into his ps2. so then i might go buy me a ps2. this chip lets you direct boot backups right? thnx

[zendragon]

It allows u to boot backups with no swapping/single tap reset, but not direct boot....

[katana2k3]

what do you mean by that? you cannot direct boot? then its misleading

[jhnbnblzd]

it direct boots it.......it just don't boot games from the browser.....so sometimes you have to tap reset a couple games to get the game to load, and it some games don't work with it and the v7 ps2's.....other than that I don't think its a bad chip......

[prisoner1138]

there isnt anything misleading, direct boot means no swap garbage.

[katana2k3]

oh ok, i understand. im such a noob. thanks guys..

[katana2k3]

okok, im about to buy a ps2 soon and i dont wanna make another thread. so this chips alright? if it is then itll be cool my friends sellin it to me cheap

[UltraDude]

its not the best chip in the world...i would suggest a better chip like DMS3.

[barclayrl]

3.1 chips are pretty good and can sometimes freeze after long periods (Magic 3.0 chips froze in minutes sometimes) but i have had good luck with them. the bad thing about the 3.1 is you cannot boot from the browser.

[messiahfan2003]

Well all new ps2s are v9's v10's so it wont work for these types of ps2s. You could possibly reflash the magic 3.1 with the ice sxv9 to make it v9/v10 compatible. To do this you would need a scenix programmer and all of that stuff. I hope that helps.