Is this dude full of ****!!

GlasgowGary · #1 30-01-2003, 14:03

Hi all , hope it's ok to ask this here, so here I go:

I had a chip in my PS2(Version 5) last week and I had to swap disks(using an AR2 disk) to load all my backup copies of games.

Then I decided to get an all singing and all dancing Messiah 2 chip installed for £100 and thought "gr8 no more swapping disks" but the fact is now it loads even less games than it did before.

GTA vice city (DVD for one) just gives me a black screen after the Sony logo appears briefly. Anyway, after going back to tell the chipper and show him it not loading, he has basically said (after looking at it) that the PS2 must need a new laser as it cant be reading good enough to load Vice City, and the reason I could load all my games before was the AR2 disk was getting the laser past the loading points no problem as its an original disk. It all sounds kinda logical, but my PS2 can load any original game no problem e.g. Vice City , GTA 3, The Getaway..........surely this contradicts what I've been told if it can load all of these games? And he's basically incompetent(rip-off) and trying to fob me off

What do people think?
Is the dodgy lense suggestion total nonsense?

Any replies would be greatly appreciated
(even serves you right ones)

Gary

Hull_chipper · #2 30-01-2003, 14:36

If his name is Gordon & he works on the Barras then no cos he does know his stuff! Try cleaning ur lense firstly, back-up games will fail before originals because they have a lower reflectivity.

When you say "less games" does this mean that some back-ups do load perfectly?

Try loading ur games behind AR2 & see how you get on.

GlasgowGary · #3 30-01-2003, 14:55

Thx for taking the time to reply Hull_Chipper .

Yes , The Getaway/Stuntman DVD's load/play fine and Pro Evo 2 hangs at kick off every time and some games that loaded after swapping simply dont load, it never did that before with the swap disk method so surely the Messiah 2 should be better in all cases. And it can load GTA3 which is covered in scratches too.

dust2dust · #4 30-01-2003, 15:07

if the games loaded before they would load with the mesiah2

u sure he fitted m2 not something else

psxmodsuk · #5 30-01-2003, 15:21

He might have fitted a magic chip m8 and telling you that its a messiah 2

GlasgowGary · #6 30-01-2003, 15:22

To be honest buddy I wouldnt know the difference apart from being able to run copy DVD games that I couldnt run before with the swap disk method (Version 5 PS2).

How can I tell for sure ?

bl0kedownthepub · #7 30-01-2003, 16:39

open ur ps2 if its magic it'll say magic on the chip if

it's messiah it'll have alctel on the top

Hull_chipper · #8 30-01-2003, 17:03

take it to this guy http://www.thebarras.co.uk/

GlasgowGary · #9 30-01-2003, 17:18

Easy enough then ?, no springs to catch when I take the cover off ?

Thx
Gary

Hull_chipper · #10 30-01-2003, 17:24

No springs - just some very monotomous screws.

GlasgowGary · #11 30-01-2003, 17:28

ok, thx for all the replies, i'll post back when i take the cover off

GlasgowGary · #12 31-01-2003, 15:38

Had a look inside and decided not to go too deep, I'm now planning to tell the dude to take back his messiah 2 and put my Neo 2 chip back in as I dont feel I've had totally accurate or honest advice plus the fact he never mentioned my Neo 2 chip that was in it before he put in the messiah 2. He must think I got it for nothing. Fact is I paid £60 for it and he/they installed it.

Great Customer Service eh

Gary

bighap · #13 31-01-2003, 15:43

You had a Messiah 2 put in a system that once had a Neo 2? Not smart. Neo chips kill your laser. This could be why games are no longer working for you. You should have bout a new premodded ps2 with a messiah 2 and sold your old system.

GlasgowGary · #14 31-01-2003, 16:09

Thx for taking time to reply bighap, That kinda explains things a bit better, I'll maybe get a new PS2 and ask him to transfer it to the new machine and put my Neo2 back in the old one.

Gary

bighap · #15 31-01-2003, 16:17

I don't know about this guy you are dealing with. He doesn't sound too good. If you're in the UK, I would send it to charlie_ps2 or dust2dust. They do superb jobs.