Identifying and activating modchips

[Ben-K]

First off, couldn't find any rules of what can and can't be discussed in this forum, so if this is a bad subject, someone let me know and I'll stfu.

I (drunkenly) bought a Japanese PS2 on ebay last night. The seller says it has an 8 wire solder mod chip installed, however the seller has never used it and doesn't know how to activate it.

Was wondering if:

a) anyone had any ideas of how to identify the chip.

b) if anyone knows of any good places to go for instructions for modchips, preferably in english .

Also, the seller mentioned a "blue felt lining in the disk tray", which isn't something I've come across. Any ideas what the benefit of this is?

[ThoseOfTheUnlight]

Hmm if its an eight wire one, its probably one of the Neo 2.2 or so configurations, which only actually lets you play backup games (cd-rs) via a swap with action reply or something.

Also - I had a one of the early launch model Japanese PS2's, and it had a slight sort of lining on the disc tray (wasnt blue though), and the whole drive felt much more sturdy than later revisions!

[Ben-K]

Thanks, not really too bothered about it playing backups. It should play other regions though, right?

Any ideas on how to activate it? I've seen a bunch of chips that you need to hold reset for a certain amount of time to activate them. Is that fairly standard?


[edit] Never mind, just found my answer. Neo 2.2 doesn't play imports. Never mind, reckon I'll just let it sit dormant then........