Mesiah2 v1.33 tested on PAL 50004

[charlie_ps2]

I have tested the Messiah 2 v1.33 production chip on the following PS2s:

1 v9 - PAL 50004 GH-023 SCEI BIOS legend: B20101 D221110
2 v8 - HK 39008 GH-022 BIOS 090
3 v7 - US 39001 GH-019 BIOS 070

DVD-R re-boot was performed 10 times by tapping RESET. 100% reliable.

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OK Xenosaga DVD9 NTSC-J Direct Boot
OK Xenosaga DVD9 NTSC-J Booted behind AR2/GS2/AR MAX
OK Gran Turismo Concept DVD9 "Silver" NTSC-J Direct Boot

OK FF X NTSC-U DVD original
OK GTA3 PAL DVD original
OK DOA2 NTSC-J DVD Original

OK Matt Hoffman Pro BMX 2 PAL DVD-R (Princo)
OK Tony Hawks 3 PAL DVD-R (Datasafe)
OK Headhunter PAL DVD-R (Infiniti)
OK GTA VC PAL DVD-R (Traxdata)

OK EA NBA Street NTSC-U CD-R
OK Twisted MB Kalisto Rip CD-R
OK GT3 Kalisto Rip NTSC-U CD-R
OK FIFA 2002 Rip NTSC-U CD-R
OK Tony Hawks 3 Rip NTSC-U CD-R
OK Woody Woodpecker NTSC-U CD-R

OK FF IX NTSC-J PS1 Original
OK FF IX NTSC-U PS1 CD-R
OK Syphonfilter 3 NTSC-U PS1 CD-R
OK Spyro NTSC-U PS1 Original (Anti-Mod) (On US PS2 only with modchip disabled)
NO Spyro NTSC-U PS1 CD-R (Anti-Mod) (If modchip disabled, backup won't play)

OK AR2/GS2 GTA3 Orig. With Codes
OK AR2/GS2 GTA3 DVD-R With Codes

NA Toystory NTSC-U Movie (Not tested as AR MAX didn't have the drivers)
OK PAL DVD Movie Region 2 (Not on US v7 due to Frame Buffer size)
OK DVD-R Movie Lord of the Rings

OK MM16 Save & Load (GTA3 PAL Orig.) Booted with CD
NO Region Free (in-built)
NO Macrovision Defeat (in-built)
OK Boot on EJECT/Browser
YES Always Boot on Reset
YES Switch off Mode
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On the v9, the EJECT button should be wired to the Messiah 2 RST point because the RESET button always turns off the PS2 rather than allowing it to disable the Messiah 2. So basically you hold EJECT for 5 seconds (till the electrons whirl and you hear the sound) and games boot or movies play when you press EJECT again to close the tray (the browser flashes into view first). You can also tap RESET instead and the PS2 remains disabled.

Likewise for PS1 mode - hold EJECT for 1 second and the Messiah 2 goes into PS1 mode. DVD movies will play in PS1 mode.