no solder mod and dvd rips

[sumpm1]

Yes I know, my mod chip sucks. I can't go buy me a new one until after Christmas(broke ass mofo).

Anyways, I just ordered some backups(of games I own of course)
and some of them are newer games, such as tony hawk 4, so I doubt that these have dvd rip kits yet. My no-solder will not boot gta3, tony hawk 4, some otheres that are all dvd rips.

My question is, has anyone had any success with these dvd rips with some of the no swap chips?And do you think that my chip is to blame, and the backups are fine?

Last question, I have all soldering equipment, have people had succes with magic 3 chip, or would you suggest another? Is the installation fairly easy(realize soldering, good chance to screw stuff up)?