[ihaveanosebleed]

And you tried adjusting the white gear as well? Well if you tried all that then I guess it could be your chip is to blame.

It would be a huge help if you could borrow a swap magic, or some other boot disk from someone so you can try and see if your DVD-R’s will load? Find someone you can try your DVD-R’s on some other PS2 with a working Mod? Go to wall-Mart and pick up a PAR or Mega Memory for a couple days and return it! I think you can swap with those, does anybody?

You must be able to try CDR’s (download SNES Station or PS2 media player with some MP3's or something). DVD original games work? Does your PS2 play DVD movies WITHOUT holding reset to disable the chip? Because I don’t think it should.

Take it easy, you’ll get it eventually, and as long as your PS2 is still running originals, you could always sell it and start over with a new PS2.