Which v12 fix do you use?

[lufcfan]

Diode Board all the way

[Memfis]

I have been playing GTASA a lot today on my PSTwo and it started screetching when trying to play sound and it froze a couple times. Thank god its in warranty. The cd has no scratches. Should i send it in to sony?

[Jay_83]

My USA V12 has been absolutely hammered since I bought it day of release and i've yet to see any problem at all with it.

[spedmetal]

Originally Posted by Jay_83

My USA V12 has been absolutely hammered since I bought it day of release and i've yet to see any problem at all with it.

Is it chipped?

[Jay_83]

Nope it's not modded,

I know what you guys all think about the swap magic discs so I know I'm gonna get flamed but here's the lowdown.

My first ps2 was a v4 with messiah one in, lasted a decent amount of time then died. Everyone on the forum stated that on my next machine I should get the Magic 3.1 (Which if I had of done I would have no doubt encountered the Kingdom Hearts/GTA VC syndrome rendering the machine useless for these games (Whether backup or not).......I saw two of my mates machine with this syndrome and to say it pissed them off was an understatement.

Instead I decided to use the spare No Solder modchip I had lying around in my new V7.......which although didn't run a small number of backups didn't bother me cause I just used the originals.

Still to this date I can't be bothered with getting the v7 done as it's still going strong and the V12 is no different. They sent me a new set of the Swap Magic 3.3 discs which run EVERY and I repeat EVERY game i've tried including all the know SM2.0 problem games. I bought this lovely contraption............

http://www.linker4u.com/pp/item_detail.asp?itemID={6AE86311-CF6C-4131-B89C-B6DBB272709C}#

and now the V12 plays backups too....and flawlessly

Flame as much as you want but the 5 seconds of waiting for the ps2 to boot the disc before changing the disc really doesn't bother me. On another note people from this forum that know me know that up until a few months back I used to install a number of mods for the ps2 and box (most supplied my charlie_ps2) so i'm not no newbie shouting his mouth of.....just my own opinion

[spedmetal]

Yeah what was I thinking, I know your a swap magic supporter and have for awhile.

But anyway your playing back-ups in your v12 right? And its still working good?

[Jay_83]

I'm no supporter sped and you should know that as both me and you had the same convo exactly a year ago in 2004!.....http://fileforums.com/showpost.php?p...8&postcount=31

Any posts I've done in the past have either been
A) To help out someone who's using them wrong or
B) to inform another member that what they're saying is incorrect.

but you'l never find me telling someone to buy them.

It's just my personal opinion as is the state of this forum nowadays as it's simply turned into a clone of PS2ownz (Pro one Anti everything else ) (& Yes it hurts to say it)

I used to always use this forum and have met a lot of decent people (BG/Tyler/Psxpaul/Warlock etc) some of which have even helped with things other than the 'scene' but now I can't be bothered because week in week out every post is the same old thing.

I remember the days where it was more of a community rather than the same old drizzle and now all it is is a one sided argument on everything (Which has been proven in the past to be the wrong thing!)

Charlie_ps2 was a messiah guy but look at his reply here http://fileforums.com/showpost.php?p=85813&postcount=5 Nowadays it would read more like "That's crap get a ???????"


Anyway after getting trivial i'l get back the the question lol.....

Yep it's been playing backups for the past 2 months after the tool was released (Didn't fancy the straw method!!)