V7/ knife trick?

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Originally posted by Valcor
eh.........confusion reigns!! I have been naive. Unfortunately cannot afford qutoed prices of £100+ to have a 'proper' modchip fitted, so options are limited, buy the swap magic discs and risk them not working on some games or try flip top lid (does this work with v7)?

Thanks for all your input guys

Flip tops are just an easier way of doing the "LH swap", where the disk drive cover is removed. You'd still need the swap magic discs to boot PS2 backups with these methods on a V7.

If at all possible, try to get a no swap mod instead though...