When I bought my Playstation 2 a few years ago, it was already modded by a previous owner. The guy had told me that a DMS4 was installed, but I later discovered (much to my dismay) that that was not the case when I wasn't able to install ToxicOS. I <3 my PS2, I have a Network Adapter and a 160GB hard drive installed, and I can play any number of games off the hard drive using a HDLoader 0.8c CD. But I'd still like to find out exactly what type of modchip I have installed in my PS2. Is there any way to do that? I'd strongly prefer not to open up the console at all and I'm certainly not going to disassemble working hardware just to satiate my curiosity, but if there's an easier way to find out which modchip I have, I'd love to know about it. There's a sticker that came attached to the top of my modded PS2. This is what it says: I'm hoping that will offer some hints for those more experienced with modchips.
That helps a bit, but a lot of older mod chips all basically did the same, such as Magic 2, Apple, Matrix 2 just for examples. The only real way to know is to take it apart.
Understood. I discovered tonight that turning on the console by holding the Eject button for a few seconds disables the modchip for a single session. After temporarily disabling the modchip, I was able to load a patched backup using ESR and play it online. So while I'm still curious, my motivation for finding out is now all but gone. Maybe I'll open it up one of these days, but for now I think I'll leave it alone (especially since I now have Free MC Boot working now).
Ok well thats cool, you can do lots with fmcb. It is nice to know which modchip you have, but if everything works right and you know how it works, thats the main thing. There are lots of guides with pictures though when you do ever feel like you need to look.
