Big Bummer with DMS4 E.Z.I, need some help

I bought a DMS4 EZI Lite modchip for my v7 Playstation 2. I installed it and it worked fine for a day and a half then all of a sudden it wouldn't read any discs, so I restarted it. After rebooting I got the dreaded BSOD. I Disassembled my PS2 and looked at the modchip and the wires. The Bios and Dsp clips looked fine but I noticed that some of the wires had pressure applied to them, the black "D" wire on the bios even split the coating of the wire exposeing them. I then took tape and taped the exposed wire and all the other wires near the screw slots away from them, after this was accomplished I reassembled and tried starting up. Needless to say it came up BSOD. And even another issue has arisen. My disc tray won't open. I am in a bad situation and my luck is running dry. Would someone please help me with this problem?

 

ok, I took out the modchip and I don't have BSOD anymore and the disc tray opens and closes, but my ps2 still cannot read discs. I am wondering if I need to purchase a new cd/dvd drive or if I can fix this problem. Would some one please at least give an opinion?

 

You probably butchered it unfortunately. I never recommend the solderless chips for that reason. Take it to a pro and see what they say.

 

your wire problem most likely put excessive current draw on the driver chip and you've now burnt it out (not common on the V7 but can happen), the only fix is a new mobo unfortunately.

my recommendation is when/if you get a new mobo and get it up, use the chip by soldering it in rather then the push on clips.

kc

 

you can buy another drive chip but its a bit of an arse to take the old one out and put the new one in

available from http://www.playstationchips.co.uk/pages/ps2spare-parts.html#ps2-power

hope this helps

 

I think DMS has probably done more harm than good by naming their no solder modchip "EZI". How many newbies see that it is "EZI" and then proceed to screw up their ps2? I've read nothing but horror stories on the "EZI" installs and it appears that these should be professionally installed only.

 

the EZI comes with very fine detailed instructions on how to properly install the clips and how you should support the mobo as you push the clips on, people who choose to just half ass follow instructions and ram the clips on screwing up the chip or board are the people who post their so called horror stories, the people who took the time to read and follow (following is the biggie here) the instructions have a very [bold]EZ I[/bold]nstallation and are playing their backedup games and not posting .........i installed a DMS EZI and it worked...........thread.

kc

 

Davbere refers to this chip as the "EZI DIE" chip. KC's probably right, but the installation isn't that simple. I looked it over and said f**k this. I consider myself fairly coordinated and can follow directions, but had no desire to attempt the process when I can pay a pro to install a solder chip for $5 more. I'll never recommend the solderless chips, too much possibility of human error, in my opinion.

 

would you belive that the few EZI's ive been given to install, i always solder them in i dont perticularly like the idea of the clips myself but they do work.

kc

 

lol

 

Yeah, did butcher it I am afraid. Checked the DSP legs and one completely fell off. But no worries, I was able to get another version 7 Ps2 and replaced the motherboard. I reinstalled the chip and it works decently, only I've noticed that load time on original games is a little slow now. Any input on this situation? I am not that picky about it, just a little annoyed.

 

set your default to fast boot.

kc

 

I am having the worst and oddest problems. I set the default to fast boot and it came up BSOD, but I can reset it and either disable the chip or go to the Bios menu. Should I reflash the bios or what?

 

sounds more like a problem with the bios connections then a flash problem. flash problems are indicated by a solid red screen, not the RSOD just a solid red screen.

kc

 

Hey KC, how do you reflash the dms if he's getting the solid red screen?

 

you press reset from standby and then press it 3x with 1 second between the resets, this forces the chip to boot from the backup flash. once the backup flash boots you continue to re-flash with the disk but when it says 'Press X to continue' you press R1 R2 L1 L2 all at the same time instead, this flushes the EEPROM of all data rather then just writing over what is in there because overwriting seldom corrects the corruption.

kc