PS2 V5 booting problems

[Warper]

Charlie (10-01-2002 19:01):
If you have a legal DVD Region X, then of course you shouldn't need to do the AR2 palaver to boot in a game via DVDRX.

Also EA games copied with CloneCD and a fully compatible reader/burner won't need any EA boot method. Just boot behinf DVDRX. If you've downloaded an EA game and have burned it with CDRWin and you have a v5 console, then Sony have caught up with you for now!

Charlie,

Total PS2 newbie here so pls pardon the fog <g>

OK, if I have the original disk and do a proper CloneCD backup (w/o any patches), it will boot without a mod chip? If so, I have GameShark 2 v1.9, will that work in lieu of DVDRX?

I assume the above is about CDR backups. What about DVD backups?? For those I'd need the OrigaChip you already told me about right?

(my console: SCPH-35001, Ser# U6)