Dust2Dust - this one if for you

[joKing69]

Good old Dusty. Thanks for your previous thread on my last posting. It was encouraging.

I have not plucked the courage to put the messiah into my PS2 yet. As you, I have a v4 PAL PS2. SCPH-35002. What is your?

I have got my messiah from the same manufacturer who manufacturers www.chinamessiah.com with their modchips. So you know what I am dealing with.

I have heard along the very well informed grapevine that there have been some booting problems with PAL v4 mainboards. I.E. It wont even boot originals, let alone backups, imports silvers or PSX.

Would you boost my esteem here and let me in on what the story may be? Charlie, Arakon, Warlock - your help here would be most appreciated.

[charlie_ps2]

Dust's v4 30003 boots everything perfectly.

Every PAL v4 that's passed through our hands for install, works perfectly too.

[dust2dust]

charlie right there no probs v4 stick it in
u get confused with ntsc v4 maybe as some work some dont
or early v4 had problems with long wires causing chip to faulter but this is np to u as code on chip diff now long wires is np anymore
get it fitted and enjoy

[joKing69]

Thanks dusty and charlie. I didn't get the colour systems mixed up. I am talking to a chipper here in New Zealand about what run ins he had with v4's. I asked him if it were the long wires, or if it was the laser needing calibration. He couldn't give me an answer other than that v4's are the only boards that have given him strife.

That includes the v4 UK PAL, and a few from here. His v3's and v5's have all been good to him. Has has been in that business for quite a few years now too.

Anyhow thanks for your encouragement guys. Let me know what you think about my laser and long wire theories. I am doing the chip tomorrow - so I'll let you know how it goes.

See y'all later.

[joKing69]

Well... all is well with the messiah in the end. It took a bit longer than I thought it would, but that is OK - it is best to be careful right?

Thanks for you words of wisdom - it all went into consideration.

Someone should have told me that the messiah chip controls the reading of recordable disks. It made a hell of a racket when the PS2 was reading recordables via the Neo2.2 - cant have done it much good.

Spread the word Neo2.2 is out, Messiah is in. Anyone still buying Neo 2.2's are probably still playing on their Atari 2600's, listening to tapes, and watching VHS movies. OUT WITH THE OLD AND IN WITH THE NEW!!!

Thanks all, quote me as JoKing 20:02.

(little religeous jokes never hurt nobody)