[kennyrh]

I bought an already chipped PS2 and I have absolutely no idea what kind of chip I have (although I'm certain its a soldered chip). If anybody can help me identify it, here are the details of my boot procedure.

I have Region X with memory card and I have to load in Region X till the region screen comes up and then press "start " to get backup to work. For some strange reason the backup rarely gets read first time. I have to reset and do the procedure a second time before the copy will fire up.

I would like to know which chip I have, because I would like to know if there's any way to play DVD backups.

My PS2 is an SCPH-10000 (JAP NTSC)

Also it's the only one of my consoles that doesn't display a clear image on my TV - even though I'm using a gold scart connector. The TV picture is around the quality of that which you get with RGB (blurred - especially the red colours)

If anybody can help me with these queries, I would be much obliged.

Thanks