Acekey v5 w/ GS2 v2.0 will not boot DVDRs!

[skiman777]

Originally posted by eh.
Sorry to hear about your disappointment; hopefully you'll be pleasently surprised to learn that it can be used to boot DVD-R's (if it's the version with the optional wire)!

The Ace Key doesn't actually "boot" a DVD-R directly though, it just serves as a tray opener in the process.

The method for booting with it depends on the type and version of the boot disc/s being used. Which do you have?

I have the one-wire Ace Key for my PS2 v5. It boots PSX/PS2 CDRs fine with the swap trick using the GS2 version 2. I never knew where to check for the exact version so your tip about it being on the inner band is extremely helpful ~ thank you. I will check that tonight.

At first I never connected that one-wire and it worked fine for CDRs but then recently connected that wire to non-swap auto-boot PSX games but that did not work ... in fact the system still booted the CDRs as normal [swap trick] but it was a little more glitchy with the laser sounding louder and more clunky [someone mentioned that connecting that wire would burn out your laser] so I disconnected it.

Yeah when I bought the chip it was marketed as being able to boot PS2 DVDRs even though I have been unsuccessful up to this point. But there are numerous procedures listing how to do it so I believe it can be done, but maybe the DVD aspect of my chip is bad or I have misinterpreted the instructions. Knowing the exact version of my GS2 may solve this problem.

Thanks for the help.
Rich