Octopus zero PS2 solderless mod!

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  1. cde

    cde Site Supporter 2017

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    Has anyone tried one of these? It appears to alter/intercept the eject signal from the button and fool the PS2 into ejecting the tray without re-triggering the disc check..
    Great for disc swapping, and probably a good solution to play import ps1 games too.. anybody tried one on a v0 PS2? Also??

    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/222402271659
     
  2. krHACKen

    krHACKen Enthusiastic Member

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    Yup. You hold the eject button, it ejects the tray without triggering the sensor thing.


    Not me.
     
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  3. psydefx

    psydefx Peppy Member

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    pretty neat. cheap also. does this mess up the eject mechanism?
     
  4. krHACKen

    krHACKen Enthusiastic Member

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    Nope. But the tray ejects faster and that looks... kinda brutal.
    There's something that could be messed up during the assembly of the G2 plug-in :
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    LOL. I've equipped a few consoles and it happened to me once. Maybe the G2 had a faulty design...
    Also, the "Lucifer" board doesn't fit very easily. I had to hotglue them to the right side of the optical blocks.
     
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  5. cde

    cde Site Supporter 2017

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    I have spoken to the seller on eBay, and apparently this will need some additional soldering to work on a V0, and will only allow PS2 swapping not PS1. Unfortunate as it seemed a good way to play all region PS1...
     
  6. psydefx

    psydefx Peppy Member

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    why would it not work with psx games? swap magic or cogswap should work
     
  7. cde

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    Yes, I had thought that.. I may just buy one to try as they are quite cheap..
     
  8. thebigman1106

    thebigman1106 Robust Member

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    you still need a set of swap magic discs + some kind of ps1 boot disc. i've fit one once, like krHACKen said the forced eject is brutal.
     
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