Yeah, I already have abandoned the cog/knife method, it just dosent seem like a good idea to jam sharp objects in my PS2. I had some general idea that the Messiah was better then a normal mod chip, I read something about direct boot and put 2 and 2 together that it was what I was looking for. I can cough up the cash for a Messiah, but I'm sure I wont be able to install it so I gotta find someone. Unfortunately, I'm moving out of my place and I will be out of the country for a while, which means I wont have a adress for a while. The house is selling in like a week or 2, but I am leaving in a few days for a trip to Europe. So as much as I want a Messiah, I really dont know how its gonna work it out. I'd have to have it shipped (and arrive) at my residence in Florida in less then a week, and find someone to install it after I get back and before I roll out of the country, which is about a 1 week time frame. I'm still interested though, if Charlie or Dust 2 Dust could send me some info on how much I can get a Messiah for and shipping details, drop me a line at
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Oh, I wanted to add that my PS2 serial starts with U1 and and has 10 (6 on the very bottom, 4 more on the next "higher" level) screws on the bottom, Im pretty sure its a version 1.