how do i check what chip i have?

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i read all the stickies a few days ago, i read numberous help files and tutorials too but this was a last resort because i know you must all hate it when newbies come with a problem which can easily be solved by help files or whatever sorry.

i will take a picture of it but i dont know where abuots on my ps2 it will be, i wouldnt know where to start looking and if i find it i probably wont know that thats the chip. can anyone please tell me in detail the whereabouts where a chip will be?

on the boot methods, they all boot with GS2 which i dont have, how much is it? i was tyring to boot it with DVD region X

i'l try and get that Recordnow Max, see if it makes a difference.

Thankyou for your help so far i appriciate it