Apple pro installed, no ps1 backups working?

ihaveanosebleed · #1 21-09-2003, 19:35

My first Apple pro, my CDR PS2 games boot fine, DVD games and movies work ( I don’t have any DVD-R’s to test so I don’t know about them).

The problem is no PS1 backups work and PS1 originals have problems, it seems like I have to hold down the button for it to boot PS1 originals. The site claimed direct boot for all media. PCB is green with “apple pro” printed and also on the chip.

The cut wire they sent was also too short to go to points 4, 5, 8, 9, 13, and 22 so I used some slightly thinner laminated wire for those. If I did it again I’d probably put the chip somewhere closer (on the thin chip below the expansion connector maybe ) Other than that and the far right bare spot where I put it, I don’t know where they expected it to go!

Any thoughts ?

bighap · #2 21-09-2003, 21:22

You are supposed to hold reset to boot psx games. here is a copy and paste from their website.

PSX games

-Press EJECT button to switch on the machine.

-Insert PSX game in tray, then press and hold RESET button to switch off machine.

-Now hold the RESET button to start up your machine. Only release the RESET button once the Blue LED light of the Eject button lights up

(If it shows the PSX game as an audio cd. This means that you didn't hold the RESET button long enough. So repeat PSX loading instructions but hold the RESET button longer this time round when booting the machine)

seaneyb2003 · #3 22-09-2003, 11:41

Yeah listen to the man he knows everything about the apple family myself i go for the messiah family. Huh i know this is the ps2 forum but wats the best xbox mod chip?

ihaveanosebleed · #4 23-09-2003, 03:36

Still no luck. Original PS1’s will boot if I hold reset but none of my PSX Backups work, either goes to audio or Red screen of death depending on what CD I Try.

Also, when the PS2 black splash screen comes up, the “playstation 2” text supposed to be plain white right?
With this PS2 the text is distorted and surrounded by a blue glowing pattern, always a little different every time. It looks cool but I don’t remember my last PS2 doing that at all. Is that the Apple chip?

bighap · #5 23-09-2003, 09:14

You either have a bad install or your psx backups are screwy. Do you know if your psx have worked before on another system? There are a couple versions that still display the ps2 logo in grey scale. It is either v4 and v5 or v5 and v6. Can't remember ATM.

ihaveanosebleed · #6 23-09-2003, 11:57

Weird stuff!

I found a troubleshooting page for Magic 3 chips, thought It might be useful, it said to check reset and S points which are 13 and 9 on the Apple Pro. My 9 wire looked good but 13 is one of my thin laminated wires so I replaced that and 22 as well.

Put it back together, tried a Ps1 backup I know works... nothing, nothing, red screen, nothing... I was about to give up, tried one last time and released reset about 1 sec after blue light, “Schwuck”, there it goes with the PS1 logo and loading fine. Tried it 2 more times, works!! Maybe I was holding reset too long?

seaneyb2003 · #7 23-09-2003, 13:55

yay! you got it to work then cool dude. Yeah i carnt wait till i get my mod still no reply from anyone. Hope it works out for ya

Snoopy007 · #8 23-09-2003, 17:55

Quote:

Originally posted by bighap
You either have a bad install or your psx backups are screwy. Do you know if your psx have worked before on another system? There are a couple versions that still display the ps2 logo in grey scale. It is either v4 and v5 or v5 and v6. Can't remember ATM.

not sure about the ps2 logo. from what I undersatnd it works fine.

but it was precisionmods who mentioned that he got a B&W PSX logo on a v5 machine