Silver V9 + Smartchip - Page 2

spedmetal · #16 04-12-2003, 17:40

The magic V 50k's are not to blame. I have installed several over the last month and I can make the same statement that dust has about not having one dead V9 yet.In fact I have been very impressed with the performance of the magic V mod's, it finally seams like magic has got it together. I also believe that its a problems with the V9 its self as I have heard allot of un-modded V9's are biting the dust as well. One other thing it seams to be a problem more so with the PAL V9's then anything else. So this would lead one to believe that there may be a bad batch of chips that Sony bought in this region that they are putting in the new V9's.Lastly there seams to be a few who have had bad experiences with the combination of the M2's and the V9's and would just like some one or something to blame. OK looks like we might have another long thread starting here.

jackng · #17 04-12-2003, 17:40

Problems with Magic V on V9???

Exactly what are the problems mate?? I've one modded about 2 weeks back and I've been running it for between 3 - 6 hours everyday and mine is still doing ok.

The only problem that I faced is that sometimes i get RSOD with the AR-Max disc. other then that I'm having no problems booting backups and originals from browser.

Kindly let me know exactly what are the Problems that you are talking about so I can keep a look out of it and hopefully post some positive results after I've tested it.

Jack

Warlock · #18 05-12-2003, 04:39

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Originally posted by spedmetal
The magic V 50k's are not to blame. I have installed several over the last month and I can make the same statement that dust has about not having one dead V9 yet.In fact I have been very impressed with the performance of the magic V mod's, it finally seams like magic has got it together. I also believe that its a problems with the V9 its self as I have heard allot of un-modded V9's are biting the dust as well. One other thing it seams to be a problem more so with the PAL V9's then anything else. So this would lead one to believe that there may be a bad batch of chips that Sony bought in this region that they are putting in the new V9's.Lastly there seams to be a few who have had bad experiences with the combination of the M2's and the V9's and would just like some one or something to blame. OK looks like we might have another long thread starting here.

Same here, installed 3 magic 50k"s. So far all are problem free.

dust2dust · #19 05-12-2003, 08:03

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Originally posted by EVOEvo
so far i have not heard any cases of a smart chip killing a ps2 all i heard were m2 chips that did that and some magic V M2 was to pricey for me and i read booting stats on ownz that when booting a dvd-r game with v9 smart chip u just trun the system on put game in and it loads just like a origianl sleep modes same as the apple hold reset for 5 secs and dvds and psx games boot hold is something like hold reset from stand by till eject ligh comes on

smarttchip x4 (v9 version) has only been released just over 1 week maybe 2 weeks now but only just

m2 v9 was available 2 months ago
seem like a pluasible reason,before we get into the amount of each chip sold/fitted

dust2dust · #20 05-12-2003, 08:07

v10 are hitting the streets already,mobo has biggest changes in a long time

maybe sony has had problems with the v9

fanta · #21 05-12-2003, 12:09

I think dust2dust may have hit the nail on the head V9 may be a problem build
funny how Messiah have had very few problems before and now V9's keep dying
its strange how other chips have the same problem
i think it may be time for the M2 bashers to eat humble pie

quick report the Smartchip works fine had on test 3 days plays all games thrown at no problem

EVOEvo · #22 05-12-2003, 21:44

well mine seems to be working great now that i solderd the fan back on

spedmetal · #23 05-12-2003, 23:00

soldered the fan back in? HUH ... why did you have to do that?

bighap · #24 05-12-2003, 23:06

Here

EVOEvo · #25 05-12-2003, 23:21

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Originally posted by spedmetal
soldered the fan back in? HUH ... why did you have to do that?

yeah when i got it back from the installer today it was like that the plug came off the board some how. What i think was the fan wires got pulled lil to hard and poped it off cause the wires were a tight pull when i took it apart so i had to solder the wires to the board in order for the fan to work. Netmech said that was a first for him he never had that happen b4 he was going to fix it for free and pay shiping cost but i didnt want to wait another 6 days just in shiping time there and return so i fixed it myself

TylerDurden · #26 06-12-2003, 07:19

LOL!!

Its always the "first time its ever happened."

Tyler!

spedmetal · #27 06-12-2003, 16:51

Oh ok.... I was like "solder what the heck". I didn't know that you ripped the connector off it. But I can see where that might happen because I have noticed one thing about the fan plug on the V9's over the older ones is that it does seam to take allot harder of a tug to get it off the board. But that's cool that you just fixed it yourself. If you had an old fan or could find one that some one would sell for cheap you could just cut the connecter off the old one and splice it onto the new one. I believe all the fan plugs are pretty much the same.

EVOEvo · #28 07-12-2003, 11:10

i dont know if its just me but it my v9 laser makes alot of noise on some games like max payne 2 then my apple did or maybe its just cause i dont here than fan no more like on my v7 how dose urs do fanta ?

seaneyb2003 · #29 07-12-2003, 13:03

it could be the media you are using some have a bit of trouble with reading cheap dvd-rs like princo's try using ritek's they have a better reflectivity than other disks

EVOEvo · #30 07-12-2003, 14:33

o i use riteks and its only on some games like ffx-2 dose not make much nosie unlike max payne 2