Problems with chipped PS2 Online!!! Help/comments welcome

Stevey1976 · #1 23-06-2003, 05:48

I have a chipped PS2 with Magic 3 modchip - which I bought recently and by all accounts seems to be working okay, except when I want to go online.

I have Broadband with Blueyonder, and have registered the PS2 network adaptor MAC address via Blueyonders online website.

I connect my PS2 up, insert the NAD disc and go through all the setting up process, it even completes the diagnostic tests sucessfully, but when I try to exit the diagnostic test screen by highlighting and selecting exit, it doesn't work, the whole thing just freezes. If I reset my machine, and run the diagnostic tests again, then it lets me exit, but if I try to log on to 'Central' the screen just freezes again.

Now I do have my old PS2 which I was planning on selling, I didn't get this chipped as it was one of the first units to be released and apparently nigh on impossible to do. So I thought I'd try and get online with it, and guess what? It works!! Now it could be a coincidence that my PS2 that isn't chipped works and the other one which is chipped doesn't - so my question is has anyone with a chipped PS2 managed to get online? And if so did you have any of these problems?

elkayps2 · #2 23-06-2003, 06:48

Yep,

Socom, Midnight club 2, THPS4, Twisted metal online

I dont use any special setup disks or anything I just run my ps2 off a Router serving DHCP , cable modem and the official PS2 Network adapter

khafan · #3 23-06-2003, 08:24

Online games like Socom, Midnight club 2,.... have wizard for setting up your network connection, try using their wizard instead of sony network adaptor start up disk. maybe it works fine.

Gurm · #4 23-06-2003, 11:11

I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess that the "setup disc" is doing something that the Magic 3 doesn't like - maybe a soft reset or something...

Have you verified that the online is NOT working? It may have already been all set... and just refused to reboot.

- Gurm

Stevey1976 · #5 23-06-2003, 11:21

I have figured out what the problem is, and it's what I thought it might be all along, thanks anyway guys!

Steve

psx_paul · #6 23-06-2003, 12:21

Quote:

Originally posted by Stevey1976
I have figured out what the problem is, and it's what I thought it might be all along

how did you resolve the problem?