Thanks for all the replies to an earlier post (Duo 2 se problem) it seems to work fine now tried psx backup (only have cd burner) everything fine. Think the problem was either the ribbon cable on the control ports or the length of the wires coming from the chip. Anyway just to put everyone in the picture with some feedback bought the chip from
www.xraychips.com 16 euros (inc del) to Ireland. Thanks again.