Setting: Taipei, Taiwan. An American in a city of nearly six million people with some of the most beautiful women I've ever seen...yet I'm compelled to sit in front of a PS2 and play video games.
ANSWER: Yeah right. Take advantage of the time between now and when you get the Origachip installed! And don't do it sideways - the OrigaChip that is.

Situation 1: ..... So does anyone have any experience putting in the capacitor on these boards?, and if so do you have any inkling as to the correct installation of the capacitor? The diagram on the Origa sight is a little lacking...
ANSWER: Call Michael on 01485 570256. He doesn't know I've provided the telephone number of Madeira Games, but he installed mine and presumably knows and MIGHT help you out. Please then publish his answer.

Situation 2: My tech head friend here was also a bit miffed by the idea that all I had to was pop in the DVD Region X Jap cd and then swap to the Original Import Game and play. He was showing me this AR2 thing as well as a different DVD RegionX CD that came with some sort of memory card (I think, slight possibility it was some USB plug in but I don't think so) plug in thing that people were using to play back up copies. He didn't seem to think the Region X disc that I had was going to work....(He was suggesting the AR2 and not necessarily the Region X with the memory card plug in).
ANSWER: I use DVD Region X without the memory card. I doubt that the memory card is an obstacle. But if when you've got the OrigaChip in the DVDRX with dongle doesn't work, get one without because that does work. Like AR2/GS2 and Memory Manager Plus, DVDRX boots legally and then sits there waiting for your next move. If that happends to be a DVD, it plays it; if that happens to be a game, it loads it (backups included with the aid of your modchip).