TOC checker.. not that im aware of
as well as dvdempire u can check with
www.isonews.com
to find out infomation about what dvd-rip games are out there.
search for the game title under "Dupecheck"
as for your ps2 vesion hassels i used
www.gamegizmo.com 's guide to figure out what board is in my 30002-R
(i think i accidentaly posted 30005-R previously)
Region X booting dvd-r I dont know about sorry
One thing to keep in mind id that if u are looking at getting a No-solder chip you also require and AR2v2 to boot dvd-r. Some ppl are having hassels because the latest version or AR2v2 wont work you need AR2v2 versions 1.7 - 2.0.2 to boot dvd-r
Elkay