soul calibur 2 trainer question

[silentpanda]

here is the problem i have the crappy flip top ps2 (a version 2, i know.. i am broke, in college and have stubby fingers ).

i applied the +78 trainer to fix the swap magic 2 boot problem. now the blue bar comes up on the swap magic screen and it looks like it is going to work, but the screen just stays black.

is this a trainer problem or have i not backed up correctly ( i have backed up a number of games and have never run into this problem before - so i think i might have applied the patch wrong - if that is possible)

any suggestions are helpful aside from getting a better mod.
thanks