Messiah 2 problems

[spongebob]

I recently got a Messiah 2 mod chip professionally installed on my PAL ps2 SCPH-39002. I have had problems with a variety of different backups.

Firstly - When I run backups of NTSC ps1 games there is a large black border at the bottom of the screen, taking up approx 1/4 of the screen. I haven't tried to run any PAL ps1 backups yet. Is this border meant to be there?

Secondly - Two ps2 PAL backups will not boot. The first is Kingdom Hearts which is copied on Verbatim DVD+R, and the second is The Sims burnt on TDK cd-r gold. Either the normal ps2 screen will come up with the Browser/ Configeration options, or a red/ pink screen saying to insert a valid ps1 or ps2 disc. These are the only games I have tried so far. I have tried Kingdom Hearts many times, it booted up once, yet froze around 10 seconds into the game. It hasn't worked since.

Thirdly - When playing a ps2 original game the other day the system froze 4 times, leaving me to reset the ps2 each time. It has never frozen before I got the mod chip.


I am going to try more backups and see if it is my system or the discs that are the problem. Does anyone have any ideas of what could be wrong? If there is anything wrong at all.