No-solder/Neo Key Please help
 

I posted on this subject before and have a few more questions. I have a V4 NTSC with a Neo Key USB and a No-solder mod. I would like to give this unit to friends little boy but I am having some problems and would like to fix it first.
I am able to boot all originals fine. The Neo Key/Gameshark boot PS2 CD-R backups flawlessly. The no-solder/Gameshark booted DVD-R flawlessly for about a month. Now it only boots DVD-R 1 out of every 10-15 tries no matter whether it is lying flat or standing up. I can tell when it will boot the DVD-R because 10 seconds after my swap with DMC (which is not nicked or scratched) there is no sounds from the laser. When it doesn't boot it will start to make a ticking/spinning noise 10-15 seconds after DMC swap. If I continue, it will freeze at the "updating codes screen". I tried it with the lid off the PS2 to see what was happening and I noticed when it froze at the updating codes screen the (backup) disc would stop spinning. I don't think it's my laser as it boots CD-R with Neo Key flawlessly. The no-solder did work fine for about a month.
I would really like to have it fixed so I can give it as a Christmas present. Any help is appreciated!!

It definately sounds like your laser..... Regardless if it still boots cd-r backups, a DVD-R is harder to read than a cd-r... This is usually the beginning of the end.... First DVD-R's dont want to load, then cd-r's, then originals.....
Try cleaning the laser with a cleaning disc (the ones with the little brushes on it).... See if that will help....

Thanks BG. I was hoping it wasn't the laser. I did try to clean the laser with one of those CD's with the brushes (although it was an old disc) but to know avail. I took it apart and re seated the chip and it booted first time but not the second. I guess you are right . :(
I just got a premodded V7 with Magic 2 chip. Is that chip as hard on the laser as the no-solder mod?
Thanks.

No its fine. The no solder wasn't what killed your laser it was your Neo Key. All chips with Neo in their name kill your laser.

Yes, Neo strikes again!! lol People should be warned before they buy these chips.

I wish I was warned!! It was the first chip I had put in. If I replace the laser, will my no-solder work OK again?

Thanks.
Barry

Thanks to NEO Key, I just got a V7 with Magic 2 installed. Are there any warnings should know about with it??

Nothing wrong with magic2. I got two v5's with magic2 and both work great.