its a v7 o70 and 080 are classed as v7

090 is classed as v8

I can vouch that Headly's install is top notch.....I am willing to bet that it's a weird compatibility issue......:confused:

Yeah if this foerth install don't work tonight we are going to get those fireworks off wirenut and send that f**ker to the moon!:D :rolleyes: :eek:

That, or we can always do our top secret 'swap trick';)

Do you think we could make a rectangular cannon made specificaly to send PS2s into orbit?

That, or one of those huge catapaults!

OK, this is the situation. I have tried the fourth install of the Messiah chip in my PS2. This time with a third chip. Got the install done and I have to say that it was such a beutiful job that it almost made me cry. Hook up my PS2 to the TV and nothing. Power light comes on to standby, push it, and the eject button just does one quick blink and nothing. Try turning it on with eject and the same effect. I ahd the same problems yesterday when a fuse blew and also when two of my BIOS wires were touching. First I check the BIos its all good. Then check all the fuses twice. All good. Try again, same effect. I then unhooked every BIOS wire. Same effect. I then unhook the power wire, same effect. I go back to inspect the BIOS legs and see nothing but figure I'll touch them up anyway. Try it without BIOS or power connect, still nothing. So then I get ready to unistall the chip again. Put it all back together without the chip and low and behold it works. What in the hell is going on here. No wires were touching anything that they were not supposed to. BIOS and power unplugged and it was f**ked up. take out the chip and its ok. Do I live in some mystery spot where v7 PS2 do not work with Messiah chips , I am going mad over this. Please give me any info you can think of on my situation. Thanks for all thye help.

IMO (which isin't worth a whole hell of alot over here), it's definitly a chip problem. The system worked fine with a Magic chip(best chip out there IMO but i know this board's leaders support Messiah). As Headly also stated the system works fine with no chip also. He's tried 3 diffrent Messiah chips(all versions 1.22), so its hard to beleive they are all defective, which points towards a compatibility issue, but I would think the makers/installers of the chip would of found that out by now. If the chips are indeed defective, they are doing something funky(shorting out or something) with the points they are connected to. I'm intrested to see what the problem is.

if there were no bridges,ps2 not work with m2 installed,but works when removed,then something is shorting when m2 is installed,on the heat plate maybe

were is the m2 positioned ?as per official diagram?
or as per magic3,1 if this is your position i guess the chip (red component,diode)is shorting against the heat removing plate when u reassemble

3 chips all do same i doubt its the chip,altough if diode shorts as i suggested above its possible the chips have blown now

The two previous messiah did not do the same. The other two had no affetc at all. Originals booted fine, no backups booted. This chip did seem to short something out. I did have the chip located as per the diagram and covered with tape. When the BIOS and power wire were removed they also were covered.

Sounds like someone has a refund coming on some chips;) Or at least exchanges...

OK, this is the latest developement in my story. I said to hell with putting a messiah in this PS2 and decided to put my magic back in. When I replaced the Magic chip it had the same affect as the irst two messiah I had tried. Went back in checked the bios clip and it was good. Then I retrimmed all the ends of the wires and did another complete reinstall of the magic. Still the same thing. What on earth could I have done to make a PS2 reject all chips? Don't let Sony get ahold of this one.

Now that its out the disc doesn't spin. The laser earches but no spinning. I am freaking out!!!

swap on bad chips is np,if it was the chips ;)

to me u have bridge,or possible solder ball behing the legs

cd/dvd drive problems means it could be a-i as well cd/dvd controller points

b and c bridged??

does the tray eject if not possibly ba58 chip , check the fuse

dont forget the obvius reset powr lead,it can be tested with a meter the wires appear seperate at either end of the silver foil

8x magnifying glass check whole board long job but it must be done,solder balls ,wire clippings are found in the most strangest places,both sides