I get black screen with DVD backups ???

[spedmetal]

Originally posted by mollar

But if my backup dvd movies work no problem then the brand of dvd's i use should work for games also... I Asume anyways??

One would think this to be true. But it just isn’t. You see there are no protection issues that the laser and PS2 need to negotiate when booting a DVD-R movie this is why even if your laser is tiered it will still boot in some cases. Now DVD-R back-ups of PS2 games are another story. If the laser takes to long to read the disk because of a tiered laser it could throw off the timing of the chip making it difficult to boot a back-up game.

[mollar]

If it is a laser problem... wheres the best place to get one? Can i do it myself?

[bighap]

www.foundmy.com

[spedmetal]

Did you test it like I descried earlier?

[spedmetal]

This may be a dumb question but.... do you have the right magic V for your version PS2. You know there are 3 versions of the Magic V right?

1) Magic V for V4-V8
2) Magic V 50k for V9
3) Magic V 5K6 for V10

[mollar]

I have the right magic V chip for my V7


I just tried a backup using this brand
http://www.maxellcanada.com/computer...=DVD%2DR&cat3=


Didnt work.

I still dont know if its the install,laser or the media....

[ihaveanosebleed]

When I tried Maxell brand they didn’t even read as good as Princo DVD-R’s ! Ther princo’s had a better working range than the Maxell DVD-R. Again, you should have tried Verbatims!!!!

But I did get 2.5 Gig DVD game to run on a Maxell DVD-R. I’d say if you chip is good then you need to adjust the drive, AGAIN…. White parallax gear, clockwise til’ resets then about half a turn, Turn the pots from 1250 Ohms to around 950-1000 ohms. Needles to say of course, clean before doing anything.

[mollar]

I went to get the Verbatims but i couldnt find them at the 2 places i went to.


were you describing how to adjust the laser?

[mollar]

I turned the dvd pot from 1200 to 1050 ohms

I only use DVD backups

Still doesnt work


I should take a sledge hammer to the ps2. Maybe it will work then

[ihaveanosebleed]

And you tried adjusting the white gear as well? Well if you tried all that then I guess it could be your chip is to blame.

It would be a huge help if you could borrow a swap magic, or some other boot disk from someone so you can try and see if your DVD-R’s will load? Find someone you can try your DVD-R’s on some other PS2 with a working Mod? Go to wall-Mart and pick up a PAR or Mega Memory for a couple days and return it! I think you can swap with those, does anybody?

You must be able to try CDR’s (download SNES Station or PS2 media player with some MP3's or something). DVD original games work? Does your PS2 play DVD movies WITHOUT holding reset to disable the chip? Because I don’t think it should.

Take it easy, you’ll get it eventually, and as long as your PS2 is still running originals, you could always sell it and start over with a new PS2.

[spedmetal]

Originally posted by ihaveanosebleed
Take it easy, you’ll get it eventually,

Yes this is good advice. It’s just a PS2 don’t rip your hair out over it. Like ihaveanosebleed said try and see if you can get it to boot a PS2 title that is on CD-R and also try and get a hold of a PSX game and back it up. I have found that allot of times if DVD-R's wont boot most of the time CD-R's will and if CD-R PS2 games wont load almost always CD-R PSX games will load. It’s very easy to miss wire a mod chip. Its sounds to me like this is your problem because for one its a V7 and odds are you shouldn’t be having laser issues, and two it will read originals with the chip off and not on (even though it could still do this with a bad laser with a mod chip installed), and three you have adjusted the laser down to a level where it would most likely read if it was a little tired. The chip won’t play DVD original movies with out switching to PSX mode (or turning the chip off) just to reconfirm what ihaveanosebleed said. If you could test a PSX backup this would tell allot because the PSX side of a mod chip has very very few wires that will make it work so even if you got a few wrong with the other wires PSX backups will still load letting you know your chips not dead. It’s also easier for a laser to read PSX back-ups. Did you test your laser the way I asked a few posts back.....this is a sure fire way to tell if your laser is having trouble. It has worked for me 100% every time. Any way good luck and keep us updated.

[mollar]

I did the test you told me before. mine does this one

1) When you turn on the PS2 and hit eject it will go to the ‘browser/system configuration’ screen
2) Put in the PS2 original silver hit reset, you will see the ‘Sony Entertainment’ screen, the electrons will swirl and go straight to the
3) Playstation 2 screen
4) Then a short black screen
5) Then the game boots


So i guess my laser is ok.

Is there a way to check if the mod chip is screwed?

A DVD original movie will play if i turn the chip off..
A DVD backup movie will play if i turn the chip off..

[spedmetal]

Yeah it sounds like your laser is ok. I would be willing to bet it’s your wiring or possibly the chip it’s self. No offence but more likely you’re wiring unless you possibly have the wrong version Magic V for your PS2 version. Do you have a continuity checker? If so recheck all your wiring very thoroughly this time, also make sure you haven’t done any silly mistakes like swapped the V wire for the Y wire, the labeling looks similar on the mods PCB (yes I did this once myself) and the via's on the back are easy to get mixed up if your not looking at the picture correctly.

[mollar]

I think were getting somewhere. I just did a backup PS1 game.

It Works!!!

Now What??

Now i just got to figure out why the PS2 backups dont work.

[spedmetal]

This is good news. Like I said it sounds like something might be wired wrong.