StAnZo finally moded his PS2 for RGB DVD Playback

Well, my brother asked me to do his 1st, so i did, and on seeing the results i just had to mod mine. The RGB
picture from a DVD way surpasses a composite picture. The brightness is better aswell as the colours.

The modification is relativley easy but one of the points is small so care should be taken.

How much better is it?,so have you void your warranty now?
Also can you give me a step by step guide to how you did the mod?

thanks

Well, ethan this is the diagram that i followed...



And yes the waranty is now void. but i believe it\'s worth it for the increase of quality during DVD playback.

1st there are 6 screws on the back of the PS2 -
4 where you pull out the rubber feet and 2 under those center covers (remove these two with a knife)
Unscrew these and remove the bottom panel. Note: you will have to
remove the security sticker - THIS WILL VIOD YOUR WARRANTY!
This will then show a metal plate held by a single screw, Remove this and your\'e ready to operate..

You need a steady hand and make sure that you touch a earth or something to discharge your body of static!
E.G. a copper pipe or grounding rod or something like that.

Locate the above on your board (It\'s in one of the corners - you can\'t miss it)
Simply solder as shown in the diagram, but believe me THE POINT NEXT TO THAT RESISTOR IS SMALL!!!
It took me a couple of attempts to get the solder to take to this small point. What i usually do is \'tin\' the wire
first (this means use solder and coat the end of the wires using a soldering iron. once you have done this
snip the end of the tinned wire to siut that of the points on the board.
now basically you will need quite a bit of heat on that small point but don\'t get to near that resistor or overheat
the board.
Common sense is all you need. Heat just enough for it to stick onto the point. Now check carefully then reassemble.
Job done...

The picture is a lot brighter and there is no dotcrawl. I tried disney\'s Dinosaur on DVD (one of my kids dvds)
and the result was very good quality. The scene selection sections of the DVD truely shown wat a difference it made without dotcrawl. also the overall
picture quality was heaps better.
Think about it first tho\' Ethan, i wouldn\'t want you to screw your PS2 just because of me.

Think of it this way.... Will it benifit you? do you play lots of dvd\'s or do you just want to have a full RGB PS2
Ask yourself these questions and take your time. Iv\'e been pondering this for ages and given it considerable thought.
If you are good with a soldering iron then there should be no problem, but be carefull.

is it just me or is there some of thet pic missing, i cant see where the other end of the wire is connected. or is that not what im meant to be looking at, what scale is this pic, is it double/ triple the size of the actual board???????????????? what is that wire( is it a special wire??) though it had a chip

You should have obtained N*O3 and installed that. Then you should have found some FTPs and downloaded some games. Once done burn games and come onto the board to sell them to the moderators, esp Samwise who will be wanting some good games since like us he is from europe.

You could have got loads of games including some that wern\'t even in the shops yet and will take months to come out in the UK.

Nah im just pulling yah chain.

Im actually being 100% sarcastic incase anyone was wondering, im just mad that we have to wait for games.

- Yes im againest piracy.

-- Just Sony is really starting to %&*$ me off.

Anyway congrats on the upgrade.

Originally posted by RichGUK
You should have obtained N*O3 and installed that. Then you should have found some FTPs and downloaded some games. Once done burn games and come onto the board to sell them to the moderators, esp Samwise who will be wanting some good games since like us he is from europe.

You could have got loads of games including some that wern\'t even in the shops yet and will take months to come out in the UK.

Nah im just pulling yah chain.

Im actually being 100% sarcastic incase anyone was wondering, im just mad that we have to wait for games.

- Yes im againest piracy.

-- Just Sony is really starting to %&*$ me off.

Anyway congrats on the upgrade.

hehehe... have you seen the wiring diagram for that? you have to have the hands of a brain surgeon
to install one of those. I\'m waiting for a mod that will let me play original imports

Yeah I know what you mean, original imports is wheres its at.

Like I say im not into piracy but it doesn\'t stop me following the scene for the latest news on a import original chip, which is legal.

There is a chip for Jap PS2 called Origa or something, but its a hell of a lot of wires. Either way if they have sorted it for Jap Ps2s it can\'t be long now till us europeans can play some games the same time as the Americans.