Hacking Hardware PS1/2 PS2 Modchip Archive - Huge Repository for All Your Modchipping Needs

[SylverReZ]

The PS2 Modchip Archive has everything you need to install modchips into your PlayStation 2, whether it's common or unknown, this has you covered.

Do you have a chip that you just don't know what it is? You keep roaming from forum-to-forum asking the same question and nobody has an idea. You start going through the Wayback Machine and you think you have found the diagram for your chip, only to hit a dead-end. Well, this has it all in one place, every piece of information that is hard-to-find.

(For over 2-years as of writing, this GitHub repository has accumulated over 150+ diagrams, source code, firmware updates, and much more.)

Even contributions coming from leading manufacturers that were a part of the modchip industry, such as Team DMS and H2o.
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GitHub Repository: https://github.com/m4x10187/ps2-modchip-files

How can I contribute?​

Do you have any diagram/s or any of the above that fit the criteria? If they do not exist in the repository, then you are more than welcome to create an issue with included files so that it can be added.

Greetings:​

• DMS3 FPGA source code and Messiah 2 source code, courtesy of asmblur.
• H2o modchip source code and gerber files, courtesy of summ0ne.
• PCB design/soldering assistance and documentation from AtherisMods.
• Crystal Chip R34 V5, a continuation of the Crystal Chip Boot Manager and Firmware by R3Z3N.
• Crystal Chip Team for developing an incredibly stable and amazing modchip.
• Will's Console Modifications for his PS2 modchip showcase wiki.
• Thanks to PS2 Modchip Tutorials and GBAtemp for promoting this repository.

 

[yankii]

Very cool. Thank you.

 

[SylverReZ]

Very cool. Thank you.

Hope they become useful to you.

 

[DinohScene]

Stickied.

 

[bonkmaykr]

Thanks man

 

[SylverReZ]

Thanks man

You're welcome. I always take stride in providing up-to-date resources daily.

 

[R3Z3N]

Seriously so much help from SylverRez, Atheris, ApicoNamaco etc. Its fun to be a part of something bigger to document and update some history.

We are always looking for more info....for example I need to document the DMS3/4 scripting more.

So sadly I was talking to some engineers, even though we have the DMS3 source code...its not enough to make it again. There's still much missing like the sdk FROM that time as its been updated....

This is why I wish when people abandon projects they share it ASAP, so that more work can be done. In some cases just for simple repair....there is progress on that too from some callouts in OP.

For example Asmblur offerd to open source Crystal Chip several times. NO ONE TOOK him up, and sadly I was not on discord those few years.

I understand why the modchips were not open sourced immediately as it was due to Operation Tangled Web...

Anyway, it was fun to update Crystal Chip. I have a few small additions I want to try, and I need to update NHDDLs script so it uses argv as a system variable for quicker boot rather than editing the script. I do have NOS (new old stock) to move should the right people be interested, but I want it to go to those that can truly appreciate and help....not just any dude that wants to show off.

At some point I hope to have all apps at https://ps2homebrewstore.com include both DMS3/4 (crystal chip already included)
I could use some help with that to jumpstart if anyone has experience. Im just hoping the script isnt on root of device...yuck to corrupt MemCard icons.

There is work being done on custom PS2 Bootroms over at bitbuilt, but that is only part of the solution. Mechacon still needs to be fooled, and rasberry pi might just be the ticket for the right minds....