booting ea sports games

[cobra1968]

i have a version 5 pal ps2 with a neo 2.2 chip inside i also use ar2 v 2 i know the games i am trying to load are patched with the ea patch but when i try and boot them i get the disk spinning and a black screen when i press x i was told that you cant play ea sports games on a version 5 if this isnt true and some one knows how to load them i would be most grateful