DUO Chip samples on the way to PS2NEWZ

[CN-Twat]

Terry from www.foundmy.com distributor/reseller of PS2 related products will be sending PS2NEWZ a sample of the new DUO chip for independent review. This chip works on USA v1-7 and PAL v3-8. I guess the buzz is the wire count at 17 and the low price.

[Nicotine]

modchips.cc sent me 2 samples about 2 weeks ago.

i posted the review on isonews...but here it is for you guys....

to say the least, im impressed.....

PS2 CD-R
Grand theft auto 3 DVD-RIP - %100
Dance dance revolution 6th mix (Max Japan) - %100
SSX Tricky DVD-RIP - %100
Raging bless - %100
WE7 DVD-RIP - %100
Contra Shattered Soldier - %100
Tony Hawks Pro Skater 3 DVD-RIP - %100
Metal Slug 3 - %100
ATV Offroad Fury 2 DVD-RIP - %100
Tekken 4 DVD-RIP - %100
Auto Modellista - %100

PS2 DVD-R
Kingdom Hearts - %100 (No lockups during the intro video)
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City - %100
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 - %100
Ape Escape 2 - %100
Initial D - %100
Soul Calibur 2 - %100
Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution - %100
**Splinter Cell** - %100 - NO red screen errors after saving in between missions
Need for speed: Hot pursuit 2 - %100

PS2 DVD9
Xenosaga USA - %100
Metal Gear Solid Substance USA - %100

PSX
Dance dance revolution 5th mix (patched for anti mod) - %100
Dino Crisis (Unpatched) - FAILED (anti modchip protected)

Import:
Dance Dance Revolution Extreme ORIGINAL import - %100

DNAS Online Support:
Hold reset for 6 seconds on boot with no disc in to disable the mod.
Booted madden 2004 ORIGINAL ntsc/usa.
Went online.
Worked. NO DNAS error as the mod was asleep! (Copies dont work online
though)

I ran the same tests for both systems over the past 2 weeks to test
stability.

works FANTASTIC on a version 4 (NO GAP) and Version 7 NTSC ps2.

go duo...

[HypERSoniC]

so cheep... so tempting....

[foundmy]

so far so good with this, but i believe once LOD gives this product a test and post a review (from someone that doesn't sell the DUO chip) the demand will most likely go up. I believe not alot of people are considering this product until the independent review happens.

I like independent testing, I could go and post a review of it, but some people will say since you sell it, your reviews are skewed.
I would have to agree with that to a point. But when there is an issue with a product, i don't hide behind any webpage, i will actual post issues with it, to allow the customer to know exactly what they are getting. That is why independent testing is needed, alot of people don't do that, even the some resellers don't. eg: magic 3.1, how many resellers actually point out and say dvd9 games have a hard-time booting on certain ps2 models, or ya you have to do this and that inorder for splinter cell to save game and continue to play without giving you a RSOD. not alot of them right, so since they can't be truthful to their customers, then its the independent testing that people will count on.

The review from LOD should be done within 48 hrs or so as they are on their way to him right now.

[ShadowKnyght]

Well I don't stock it yet so... reasonably independent - plus I dont BS about chips!

But I am buying some in today so should have them in a week or 2... but this is what I found on a V3:
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Just installed the DUO chip last night in a V3 station and oh my F'n god it was a dream come true!

These buggers are so easy to install compared to all the other chips due to only having 2 wires needing to be connected directly to the legs of the low pitch chip (bios?)

17 wires only does not sound like much of a reduction from the 22 of the Apple pro and the 23 of the Messiah2 but when those no longer being required are the worst ones to solder in - the chip is a god send!

From now on I am going to refuse to install anything else in a V3 station!!

(well maybe not - but I will heavily recommend the use of the DUO instead!! )

I will post pictures tonight to show how easy it is. I usually never take photos of V3 installs as they end up being reasonably ugly - but with the DUO I am not so disgusted by the end result.

You can even use thicker wire on the Chip legs as there is only 2 to connect and they are far apart.

Much better signal integrity than the very thin enamelled transformer wire I have had to use in the past to get the 6 to 8 wires connected with the Apple Pro and Messiah2 chips.

If the F 1 4 was not so expensive I would look into that as well - less wires is gooooood!

As I don't have a huge game collection like some of the reviewers and as it is on a PAL V3 station (could be less reliable due to old laser) I will leave the full-on independent reviews to others - but needless to say I am happy with the ease of installtion.

I will let you know anyway how my tests go.

I have yet to fire her up as I wanted to take some pictures first in daylight (finished the install last night at around 2am...)

So when she is up and running (and the laser is adjusted if needed) I will let you know how she performs.

Things I will be checking with/for

Boot method reliability
Speed of loading / media recognition
Whether the code makes the PS1 logos black and white on older stations like the Apple Pro does.

Games:
PS2
GT3 DVD
Splinter Cell DVD
Tekken Tag CDR
Dynasty Warriors II CDR

PS1
What ever is handy at the time.

[ShadowKnyght]

V3 PAL test results GH006 MB

Ok installed like a dream as above!

No laser adjustment needed in this station

PS2 games using eject to start and eject to close and then booting from browser works fine

Have to return to standby though between using this method and using a tap of reset to load the PS2 games.

Interestingly - game did not RSOD when I did not go to standby - it instead just stayed on the data cd screen

PS1 load with holding reset as per apple pro and M2

Hold down reset for 5 second to turn chip off - works

PS2 test games
PAL GT3 DVD - booted 100%
PAL Tekken Tag CDR - booted 100%
PAL Dynasty Warriors II CDR - booted 100%

NTSC AMPLITUDE DVD - booted 100% but was black and white

PS1 Games
PAL Grantourismo - booted 100% logo was B&W game color
NTSC Rival schools - booted 100% logo was B&W game B&W

Performed the colour fix as per the Messiah2 (and the attached picture) and as a result:

PS1 logo = colour

PS1 & PS2 NTSC games = colour

Apple pro did not need the colour fix for the NTSC games to be in colour but does for the PS1 logo.

My thoughts are that since the Messiah2 needs this colour fix as well and it is a 2 second thing - it is no biggy.

End result:
- Chip is very easy to install.
- Chip is very cheap but not cheap crap
- Behaves same as Messiah2 and Apple Pro
- Makes a V3 easier to mod than V4 to V8 station as they are easier to pull apart - this in itself recommends the chip
- Zero failures to boot the games - is always a good thing

I will definitely stock this chip from now on - especially for the V3's

[foundmy]

Just finished getting confirmation and sometime tomorrow the package should be arriving for the independent test from LOD.

good to hear SK and your results.

But again, i think most are waiting for LOD independent test reviews instead of the resellers and distros doing our own since there were a bunch of replies about charlie_ps2 results of Messiah2 and Magic 2/3.x that causes problems and since he was selling them, he started to promoting them and faults and issues came up so people started to say his reviews were tanted, so now I personally would rather see an independent non-bias test review done.

[ShadowKnyght]

for those who are interested in seeing how easy one of these is to install into a V3 - check the picture thread in PS2 discussions:

http://www.ps2newz.net/forums/showth...545#post110545

[precisionmods]

No one is really non-biased. I think the members of this board know whose reviews to trust and whose not to trust. There are already reviews of this chip out there, and LOD's would just be confirmation on how good the Duo is.

Also, once the people start putting this or any mod in their systems and they actually report their results, this also adds to the creditibility of some original reviews.

It seems that people's opinion of a certain mod weigh much more heavily than a respected reseller or installer.

[foundmy]

But by you or me posting our results are fine, just I think because of the past history of "members of the board" they have posted and tainted their reviews inorder to move the chip stock they have.

Like how many installers/resellers of Magic 3.x tell their customers, "you have this model, so with splinter cell, hit eject after it saves the game and then close the tray or if you have this model of ps2, you can't play dvd9 game media, and on this game it might freeze on intros, oh browser support doesnt work.

Not alot of resellers (or installers that sell chips) will tell customers that.

so that is why I think now people are looking for LOD (and other independent) review instead of us (resellers/distributors and installers that sell the chips too).

Since our reviews maybe can be tainted (look at charlie_ps2 posts and how much flack he gets because he moves the chips he did test results on).

The different with LOD is he doesn't SELL the CHIPS. Just installs and repairs so I think for people now look upon his reviews because this and his creditibility more than our reviews.

Danny: your tagline/signature says "we are about to amke a big annoucement to the scene", i think that has been there for 2 weeks? did we miss something or is the big annoucement still coming?