Hia charlie i think you saw my thread regarding some backups not booting on v7's with magic 2 fitted can you confirm if the lazer in the v7's is worse at reading cdr than other models and maybe might need a pot tweek , the reason i ask is i modded a console today (brand new) and it plays dvds and originals ok but when a backup is inserted it spins up to read the disc but then just when you expect to say the playstation logo everything stays black , ive used your fault finder a couple of times which by the way charlie is very good well done m8. But getting back to my problem maybe you might know why this is happening or do you agree it must be the lazer as i tried a couple of chips please reply as soon as you get chance thanks m8y