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holy cow. giant! excellent!

Whats this strange thing I hear about V9 and v10 LA chip syndrome?

Is it something I should worry about?

i've heard about that also and i have had a v9 (ntsc) for awhile with 0 issues.
and the chip i have in mine is a clone i'm pretty sure.

I'll say. I think Mr.Puppeteer has had the Romeo mod done or is just very, very lucky :)

Basically, if you install the chip, you need to lift a few legs on the LA chip and solder them to a point via a link wire to the mobo. Search around the board there's a fair bit on it, or look on google to find some more detailed instructions. It needs to be done because the V9's (and I think V10's) receive too much current through the supply and blow. This mod reroutes the supply to a safer voltage and your console will live.

romeo what is that? luck quite possible.i'm going to mod another v9 with a duo2 without any leg and wire and run the hell out of it!

then again the main reason i modded my ps2 was not for backup play mostly divx.i do play my backups once in awhile but it's hours in gaming vs playing divx can not compare.

I don't think it matters how much its on for, if it gets too much current for any length of time, it's gonna blow... ;)

Correct.

Read my post here http://www.fileforums.com/showthread...threadid=56313 it will explain it all.

maybe im just blind, but I'm having a hell of a time trying to see which one is Pin17 on the LA chip.. according to the pic spedmetal provided in a previous post, its the 3rd from the bottom? http://www.norcalmods.com/graphix/romeo-mod-v10.jpg

granted, that pic is from a v10. my v9 will probably look like this: http://www.duomodchip.com/english/in...tect_large.jpg

Yes your right its the 3rd from the bottom on the right side. Make sure you use the right 5V source.

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try this out,Bill is the installer great work........www.newagepsx.com