Looks like I've been deluded into thinking the Apple is good... well, Messiah2 it is...

now I just need to figure out the best place to buy it.

(suggestion for a sticky would be a listing of all the places to buy certain chips)

Contact Charlie_PS2 or Dust2Dust through their profile..... You can purchase the Messiah 2 from them.....
Easy as that......:D

The Apple is a good chip.... But its like everything else, eventually something Better comes out....:cool:

Just wanted to update you on the status... a friend of mine that has done chipping in the past completed the Messiah2 chipping on Saturday... took him about 10 hours to do...

as a test we put in a backup of an import game (one of the Jap DDR titles) and it worked perfectly! We also tried a backup of Intelligent Qube, which worked good too. When I get home tomorrow, i'll try some backups of PS2 games (burned onto CDr media) as well.

Now I just need to get the media for my A05 :)

Congrats..... Now sit back and ENJOY your success.....:)

hhhmmm....
 

I tried burning two PS2 backups to CDr media (cause they would fit in that size) but the console wouldn't boot them...

first I'm gonna find a lens cleaner.. but what else could the problem be? (I plays a PS1 backup just fine)

I burned the disc under Linux, using cdrdao ... might that be the problem?