BAH! cannot even get no solder mod to boot CDR!

[GmRunner]

I tried and tried with dvd r and gave up. so i tried backing up tekken tag wich i KNOW is a CD rom game..... i burnt it to a cdr and it is only 605 megs so i know it isnt too large. I opened game shark went to start game withotu codes and poped in my cdr. it spins for about 10 seconds makign soem high pitched almost like scraping sound like CHING! just liek twice then it stops and low and behold NO SOLDER MOD CHIP IS A GIGANTIC PILE OF SH!T !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Anyone got any ideas ? thnx

[JT Productions]

select without codes, then when it asks for the game, hold down the eject button,make sure you hold it down, untile it opens then get the game in quick cause it'll close automatically in like 5 secs, it works just spiffy for me

[BigLos]

Also...what kind of CD-R did you use. I know some people here say that it doesnt matter, but I tried 9 or 10 different CD-R's before figuring out that 74 min. Verbatim CD-R's are the only ones that work for me. :D

[GmRunner]

I tried a few times with these cheap CDrs Igot 100 for 18 bucks lol :) then i tried on a high grade CDrw but I dont think it can read CDrw backups onyl CDr anyway i am gonna get some verbatims

[Del]

Remember when you eject the Game Shark CD then turn on the no solder mod (if its the same as the Sbox) replavce GS with the game CD and choose to start the game without codes. Timing of turning on the Sbox appears to be very important i.e with the media tray open.

[kildred]

I am sure you have figured this problem out by now, but in case anybody else is having problems: The no solder mod, to activate the mod chip, you have to HOLD IN THE EJECT BUTTON until it ejects on it's own. You then have 5 seconds to replace the gameshard cd with your backup. If the color of the power light does not change from green to orange when you eject the cd, it didn't work right.

Kildred

[GmRunner]

when i hold eject it does indeed eject and turn orange but just for a second then it closes after 5 seconds like it should but the light goes green before it closes and no i still never got it to work. I gave up :(

[Jay_83]

one very easy thing which this could be is that the no solder mod chips do not support 80 minute cdrs. even if the disc is only 600 meg if you burn it on a 80 minute cdr they don't work

try a 74 min disc and let me know how u get on.

[NightStalker]

Hi Gmrunner, If the reset turns from green to orange and ejects the tray for about 5 sec then closes by itself the the mod is working properly. The problem may be the crap media you are using. Some PS2's can be fussy when it comes to media. Anyway here is the only working dvd-r boot method i know of using a GS2 v2x along with the no-solder mod. Hopefully this will help.
Load GS2, Once it completely loads press eject and swap with a original dvd game.(i use DMC demo). Wait about 30 sec and select gameshark codes, choose any game and turn on or off any code. Then press start, select with codes and press x to load game, you will see a black screen that says updating codes please wait. Immediately do the r-mod swap by pressing and holding eject until the tray ejects, swap the original dvd game with the dvd-r backup, the tray will close after 5 sec and the backup will load.

[kildred]

As far as booting off of 80 minute cds even if they are under 600 megs, this is not true. I have a no solder chip and burn exclusively on 80 minute cds and it works fine when those cds are less than 74 minutes in length.

Kildred

[surtees]

Originally posted by GmRunner
I tried and tried with dvd r and gave up. so i tried backing up tekken tag wich i KNOW is a CD rom game..... i burnt it to a cdr and it is only 605 megs so i know it isnt too large. I opened game shark went to start game withotu codes and poped in my cdr. it spins for about 10 seconds makign soem high pitched almost like scraping sound like CHING! just liek twice then it stops and low and behold NO SOLDER MOD CHIP IS A GIGANTIC PILE OF SH!T !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Anyone got any ideas ? thnx
go to www.liksang.com
look under the faqs for your particular mod.its all self explanatory there,tells you whats what there

[Jay_83]

Originally posted by kildred
As far as booting off of 80 minute cds even if they are under 600 megs, this is not true. I have a no solder chip and burn exclusively on 80 minute cds and it works fine when those cds are less than 74 minutes in length.

Kildred

Which version no solder do u use? And what media? All ver 4,5 and 6 no solder i've used only seem to like 74min and hk silvers

[GmRunner]

i got the v5/6 lik sang no solder. My ps2 is scph 30001-r and my game shark is volume 2 :( i havnt tried verbatims yet but plan to some time soon

[NightStalker]

I have a NTSC 30001r v5 PS2. I use a lik-sang no solder mod along with GS2 v2.01. I use DMC demo for dvd-r boot disc. All compact disc games are backed up to verbatim 80min cd-r's. All dvd games are backed up to Memorex dvd-r's. So far all my backups boot and play perfect.