PS1/2 PS1 SCPH-5500 modded with MM3 chip.

[DinohScene]

So I've chipped a PS1 for a friend of mine yesterday.
The installation of the chip went flawlessly.
However, now he can't seem to boot any backup.

I've searched for hours over the web for solutions and methods but they all failed to give me an answer.

Now is my question.

Do I have to patch the backups with PPF-o-matic?
and
How do I correctly burn them to a CD?

Thanks in advance!

 

[Dust2dust]

PS1, huh? (Setting the time machine back to around 1999).

No need for PPF patches, unless the game has anti-modchip code (Dino Crisis, some Spyro games... search on Google) Some modchips were stealth and could avoid detection.

To burn correctly the games, I was using CDRWin. I'm not even sure if this app still exists, but it made flawless copy, even with games with red book audio (mostly the early PS1 games 1995-96)

 

[jimmyemunoz]

Are you positive the PIC Chip was flashed already, before you installed it? It sounds like this is your problem. This is of course, saying your install is perfect. Since you haven't mentioned it, I'm assuming genuine games boot correctly?

**Note**
You don't need CDRWin, you can use IMGburn to burn PS1/PSX backups, plus it's free and continuously updated.

 

[DinohScene]

I've ordered it from Eurasia, and installed it using this diagram

The disc does spin up and it does read but it boots to the PS1 BIOS.

 

[jimmyemunoz]

After digging around for about an hour now Dino, I think this thread might either answer your question, or give you two alternate solder points that could rectify the issues. link

 

[DinohScene]

I shall try and resolder some points asap.

Could it be that the laser POT need to be tweaked?

 

[jimmyemunoz]

Extremely doubtful judging from that threads comments and my past experience. If you have a multi-meter tweak it to check first. Then re-solder.

 

[DinohScene]

Alright.

I shall try it and if it still doesn't boot any game then I'll resolder the chip.

Thank you for the help!

 

[jinnpan]

Could you post some high res picture so I can make sure everything is installed correctly.

Here is a picture of one of my installs in a SCPH-5501