Best places to buy chips and HDD troubles

[spedmetal]

Originally posted by Cyber Akuma
I was talking to the norcalmods guy about modding my ps2, and he said that the matrix inifnity chip recently got a upgrade to use a HDD as well, any information about this or other chips that are option for a person with a v4 ps2.

I also heard that since the lazer is having loading problems but isnt dead yet, I could possibly get sony to fix it for me, which should help agiant the DVD-R loading problems that V4 ps2s have.

Cyber.....you could have it fixed by Sony and all might be well for awhile, but the V4 will still have a crappy laser. They won’t upgrade the laser to a KHS-400C (what’s in the V5-V10), they might not even give you a new laser, they might just clean it and adjust the pots and I'm sure it will all work great. But for how long? If it is still reading originals well you might just want to get rid of the thing and get yourself a new V10 PS2.

Yes the infinity team has released a firmware update that they claim supports the HDD. However I can’t confirm nor deny this as I do not have the HDD yet. Once I get one I'll post if the infinity is working with the HDD or not.