If you get a v5 PS2, origachip only support PAL PS2s.

You should now wait for the completionof their Origachip v2 development which is hopefully not much more than a couple of weeks away. Origa usually release on the date they announce.

This is the text of a message from Origa sent to a correspondent and published on another forum:

The situation of ORIGACHIP is this, the next week we can start again
the
sell of ORIGACHIPS... here the news:

ORIGACHIP PAL v.1.12 avaiable (complete SUPPORT of V5 board)
ORIGACHIP USA v.1.0 avaiable (no SUPPORT of V1-V2-V5 board at the
moment)
ORIGACHIP JAP v.1.25 avaiable (new version that can play DVDR)

Here the pricelist for the current ORIGACHIP.

1-9 pc. 35 USD (you can buy online)
10-29 pc. 30 USD (you can buy online)
30-49 pc. 25 EUR
50-99 pc. 23.20 EUR
100-199 pc. 22.20 EUR
200-499 pc. 20.66 EUR
500-999 pc. 18.08 EUR

If you buy over than 50 pc. we put online for free your banner like
"OFFICIAL RESELLER".

Info about ORIGACHIP 2.0 you can find online on ####://www.origachip.com/
When I have info about reseller and distributor marketing policy I contact you ASAP.
Probably we have news only for the middle of january, at the moment we want
finish the develope of the modchip, and than we procede with the sell.