[charlie_ps2]

Mr. Magic 2 kindly sent me a number of modchips to test and here is my report on the Magic 2 V7 RED pcb.

PS2 SYSTEM
NTSC v7 SCPH 39001 GH-019

INSTALLATION
1 hour + glue drying time + assembly/disassembly

Z wire attached; mounting on side of metal case.


PS2 ORIGINAL IN-REGION
OK GTA 3 (DVD)
OK Medal of Honour (DVD)

PS2 ORIGINAL IMPORT
OK Final Fantasy X (DVD NTSC US)
OK DOA2 (DVD NTSC JAP)
OK Metal gear Solid 2 (DVD NTSC US)
OK Xenosaga (DVD9 NTSC-J) ** See technical note

PS2 BACKUP GAMES
OK Tony Hawk 3 (DVD-R PAL)
OK Wipeout Fusion (DVD-R PAL)
OK EA NBA Street (CD-R, NTSC-US)
OK Twisted Metal Black (CD-R, Kalisto Rip)

PS1 GAMES
OK FF IX (CD NTSC-JAP)
OK FF IX (CD-R NTSC US)

DVD MOVIE (Long RESET)
OK In Region movie
There was no need to fit a 1uF capacitor to SCEx.

AR2 WITH CODES
OK GTA3 Original With Codes
OK GTA3 DVD-R backup With Codes

VERDICT
90% (Was 100% but in the light of Messiah 2 & DMS3 its has to be pushed down the stack)

**TECHNICAL NOTE
Xenosaga only boots 1/10 times from STANDBY. When it does, it flashes into the browser for a moment. However it boots 100% behind AR2 (GS2). The technical explanation is simple. The boot process from STANDBY requires the laser to find the groove so as to perform the due boot process. However the reflectivity of the DVD9 makes this difficult (the laser was not recalibrated). When booted behind AR2 (GS2), the groove business has been attained with AR2 itself and the boot process resumes in a different way.