PS2 Slim Modbo 4.0 Modchip - Install Overview & Demonstration
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- čas přidán 11. 07. 2017
- The Modbo 4.0 is a modchip for the PlayStation 2 which works both Fat and Slim consoles! Every version has a different wiring method but this is a one size fits all chip, so to speak. It is a clone of the Matrix line of modchips, even sporting the Matrix Infinity 1.93 firmware on it! This is a 21 wire install and the PS2 has some super tiny points, so be prepared to have a steady hand and some patience if you take on the task of installing this little monstrosity!
Notable features of the chip include: Playing imported/backed up PS1 and PS2 games, screen fixes for out of region games, and region free DVD playback!
Where I Purchased My Modbo From:
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Hey Mario! Would you do an installation guide? :)
Great vid, as always!
i was wondering when this vid was coming!
that twitter pic, i knew instantly what that chip was :)
Good ole Modbo!
I think that the best modchip for PS2 is Ripper 3.2. With this chip PS2 behaves literally like usual factory non-moded Ps2 except that you can play all PS1/PS2 burned games with all correct logos and stuff.
ROBOTOX ive been looking for one... can't find it.
I haven't heard of the Ripper chip. The DMS4 pro is a solid chip, with all the logos and such, but you can't find them anywhere. The Mars Pro is a DMS4 clone which is also a rock solid chip.
what do you think about the s7 chip? is it good?
My dms4 clone called m7 auto does the same as well there is no watermark in the ps2logo aswell.
Curious question, does setting "boot logo" to "off" get rid of the Matrix and Infinity logos on the PlayStation 2 logo screen when booting a PS2 game as well as the Matrix logo screen when booting up the console? It sounds like it at least gets rid of the latter, but the former seems more bothersome.
If anyone knows the answer to this I'd love to know as well.
@@leatherhidegaming you can turn off the matrix logo at the very beginning of the startup by turning off boot logo but sadly no option for the Ps2 logo it stays with the watermark.
You can force boot PSX and DVD mode by holding circle I think it is on start up.
Damn thanks for the info man I was wondering why mine did not want to start up from the browser.
What's the difference between this Modbo 4.0 and Modbo 760?
9:36 ATAD is for HDD to be seen in Browser if You have PS2 FAT or first Slim with HDD Mod.
Curious to know what software and disc you use to burn your backups? I bought my modded PS2 way back in the day (best ebay auction ever) and I do remember successfully creating backups but I was using Nero and an old PC with a pre installed DVD driver.. I now have a new one with an external DVD drive and am using DVD Decrypter and having a little trouble.
Best disc is the verbatim dvd-r and use imageburn (imgburn).
Don Sizemore Tried that disc with imgburn, alcohol 120 and dvd decrypter. I found out I used maxell dvd + r in the past. Still not working for me which leads me to think I need to get a writer that burns at a slower speed. My current driver only does 8x or 4x.
Hmm. 4x should be fine. Can you still boot into the matrix menu? Maybe get a friend to burn a disc for you and that could help you narrow down if it's the drive or the chip.
Don Sizemore I actually just learned about the menu just result lol but yes I can get into the menu. My PS2 has been sitting for a good while. As for the chip I’m not even sure if it’s an authentic chip or a clone so I don’t dare try to update it. I’ll be heading home here for Christmas and I’ll bring back my discs that I know worked before. I do remember burning it at 2x. At this point I’m just trying to replicate what worked for me in the past.
Gotcha. Hope you figure it out.
I think the dodgy text on the website is telling us that green fix fixes sync on green somehow?
Is kynar wire better to use than just regular copper?
Hi Mario, Can you please help/guide me with the modchip install of SCPH-77006(NTSC-J), I could not find any tutorial or installation of modchip. Thanks!!
There's a link where u can get the connection
Wish I kept my day 1 PS2.
When you inserted the PS1 game, I started counting when the icon on the home screen started moving, indicating it detected a disc. It took about 25 seconds for the black screen to end and the game to start. I checked my unmodified PS2 which does show the PS1 boot screen, but after the screen disappeared and the game started, it also took 25 seconds. It appears it's just really the boot screen missing and the modchip does not slow down booting discs from the menu.
Do you by chance have the wiring diagram for Modbo 5.0 , on a SCPH-50000 Mobo? This one is a NTSC-J but i don't think it matters much. Its able to switch the lang so i'm not bothered about it.
So does one diagram work on them all? or do i need to go by my motherboard revision?
Done anymore of these? I am real curious about it.
Just a couple.
I got curious and went to the matrix settings. I did not change anything but now my ps2 wont read burned discs anymore whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy please help
love the video
Im just wondering if how much it cost to install a modchip?
$20
Do you have a video where to mod ps2 and play games through hdd ?
yep
I recently got my PS2 mod chipped to play NTSC games. I’ve got two NTSC PS1 games, Crash Bandicoot 1 and Klonoa. When I play Crash the screen is off centre and music runs slow, but Klonoa runs perfectly fine.
Why is that and how can I fix Crash Bandicoot to play better normally?
Man... I did ChipMod 2 years ago... (2006?)
It was quite an ordeal and it does not have the laser death fix so I've cooked both the original and a replacement laser in my slim.
Also picked up a PS2 Fat for $5 with controller and soft-modded it with Free McBoot since the slim could make those up easily.
Now I'm wondering if I should buy another laser for my slim and try to mod it once and for all with a mod that won't cook the laser?
I just bought two of them. It'll be fun to do a video on mine. I'll open up my crusty old amateur soldering job and try to do a better one this time!
Nakashii Where’d u pick up one for $5 ?
@@beem5676 not on ebay for sure
Please can you help me? My moded ps2 doesn't read burned games but when i insert an original game it plays.and the logo of matrix appears when i open my console
Hopefully getting a new iron tomorrow. I'll be installing a modbo for the first time too.
Should be good fun 🤞👌
Good luck!
@@MrMario2011 it works! 😁
Is there a way to turn PS2 mod chips on/off by holding certain buttons? I've been googling but can't get my mod chip to re-activate after storing it in a draw for several years. It was bought pre-modded and I seem to have burned some DMS4 firmware software which I stored with it. No idea what chip is in it from circa 2002/03?
You can do so with some chips. Your best bet would be to disassemble the ps2 and find out what chip it has. Then just look for its documentation online and see if you can do so.
out of curiosity was this just for educational purposes to make the video? with freemcboot so old and still popular im surprised to see anyone mod one that's early enough to be soft modded. I can certainly understand doing it just because however.
love your videos BTW!
Educational purposes, for fun, for experience.
Yo wtf. U listen to lil lotus. That's awesome bro. Love the videos
czcams.com/video/K9S_sPmvv2s/video.html
Only problem with it is games with the anti mod chip built in won't work like dino crisis and spyro 2 & 3
Can you tell the type of modchip installed based on their characteristics? Please let me know based on the following details.
My uncle bought a Fat model SCPH-30006 PS2 back in 2002 with a mod chip already installed that could play original and pirated PS2 nad PS1 discs from any region. PS2 games boot up normally when inserting the disc into the console it won't do so for PS1 games and DVD movies.
To play PS1 games or watch DVD movies, you had to insert the disc into the console, place the PS2 into stand by mode via the reset button, then I have boot-up the PS2 while holding down the reset button until the disc is read.
What mod-chip does my uncle's 30006 Fat model have?
We really cannot tell unless you open up the console and take a look.
What's the difference with 3.0?
can i install any modchip in my ps2 slim 75000 series, is the chip for all ps2 slims?
Hey I just managed to install a modbo on my PS2 too, however didnt go without troubles... Im still experiencing the PS2 just suddenly crashing down and never wanting to turn on again until I just take the lid off, which gets me baffled where the issue is
maybe a pinched wire.
I was told the modbo 5 isn't related to the Matrix chip, and is not good to use in a PS2 slim (75001) is this right?
Modbo 5 is a clone chip, but it works fine.
Hi bro , noob question. I have PS2 Slim with modbo 4.0 installed in it, do I need to use opl or fmcb to play games using pen drive
You will need OPL to boot games from USB.
@@MrMario2011 Can I install fmcb using a pen drive?
My PS2 fat is chipped with Modbo 760 and occasionally i get the red screen of death from DVD PS2 games but the game booted up successfully at the next boot. Is that normal with any PS2 modchips?
Hey we have the same keyboard or.. it looks like we do
Writing this one here cus I can't find any information anywhere. I went to change the video setting on my PS2 and believe I may have set it to VGA by accident and having nothing but a black screen when I try to use my modded PS2 now. At first I thought I may have bricked the console until I read that there is a way to set the PS2 to recovery mode if you accidentally do as I have I done but the guide I found seems to specifically refer to the fat PS2 and not the slim. Does anyone know how to access the recovery mode on the slim that has the modbo on it?
after sitting in my closet for a few years my mod chip seems to have stopped working. the ps2 slim boots up like its unmodded, dont have a original game to test with, but unburnt dvds do work. any ideas why did this happen? is it worth trying replacing the chip?
nvm. i took it apart for the 10th time today to take a picture to look up the model of the chip. put it back togeter now it works :D
When in doubt, take it apart and reassemble it 10 times! Glad it works.
I have a modbo 5.0 I'm looking to install on my ps2 slim, will it allow me to play ps2 games off usb?
If you have a 90000 series you can set up FreeMCBoot to load on boot, otherwise you don't have to have a modchip to set that up.
They say you should use thicker wire for the ground and 3.3v points, but i see you used 30awg, would this cause any problems?
It's certainly better practice to do so, however I've done 30 awg on installs all around with success. The only one that sticks out which caused me issues was PicoBoot, it would not work unless I used 26 awg for GND and power.
I want to know something: can you play now original Ps1 import games? not only burned Ps1 cd's ????
and every modbod 4.0 is the same and can do that ??
yep
what kind of solder and flux do you use ?
Flux is in the description, I'm using some roll of solder I got years ago at Radio Shack. Still have quite a bit left to use so I haven't replaced it!
sorry my bad , thanks !
i got this chip super-7 E17 how to access that menu?
Hi, I received my modbo 4.0 chip and it came with this other little board. Would you know what that little board is for? Great vidoes man!
Sounds like a laser fix board.
MrMario2011 ahh ok. Thanks
Chris J What is the reason for it
Not sure if you will see this, but can I keep this mod chip and still do MX2SIO? I had my ps2 slim modded back in 2007. Now I don’t burn discs to play games.
Yep
I’ve got a modded PS2 console SCPH-30003 R. It was having trouble loading CD & DVD discs for PS2 so I got rid of the Datasafe CD ones I used Verbatim and burned at X4 Nero. They work fine but for some reason now all my DVD ones Sony and Verbatim burned at X4 they just make a click sound and then say Please insert a Playstation Two disc? Tried my original one Tony Hawks Underground and works straight away?
Do the magic mod chips and this is going back 10 years loose there lifespan or something?
Modchips don't shorten your lifespan, blank media (specifically cheap blank media) does. Blank media is harder on your laser than original media.
I wanted to remove the matrix modchip from my fat ps2 because it ruins my hdd use. Can i just cut the wires that connects the modchip??. I'm not even a rookie in these soldering things. Needed help
Easier and safer to just disable the modchip. Hold down the start button on a controller when booting up the PS2.
What kind of wire did you use. Exact details please
The stuff here was Radio Shack garbage, this is what I really like for installs now. Affiliate link: amzn.to/33oKYL2
@@MrMario2011 cool thx
@@MrMario2011 I checked your links in the video and you recommend TUOFENG kynar, I noticed that wire is 11 strand 30 AWG and really easy to tin. My main issue was actually finding good kynar wire. In the UK I was buying on eBay and all of it was single strand and was literally untinnable and I’m putting it down to cheap Chinese kynar, what strand is the wire you mentioned above? Single?, I have never tinned single strand as I’m yet to find quality kynar in the Uk. Search results are very scarce so normally buy whatever I can but that TUOFENG looks like it would work well.
So guys tell me this works on 90004 - 1C model and then I can play games without disc ?
i cannot upgrade my mod chip to version 1.93 , and it is showing as programming fail when i run the firmware elf using usb through ulauncher
You shouldn't reflash them
Anyone knows how to add games into these? Please help, thanks. Mine says Ps2esdl on menu but tried it won't work
Where do I get this?
how is he getting such a nice picture on his monitor?
Has it component input?
Nope, Composite hooked up to a DVD player with HDMI out. It's probably a camera trick, the image doesn't look as nice in person compared to on here.
MrMario2011 Still, thanks for the fast response.
Anyway i think it is time, that someone comes up with an hdmi cable for the ps2, like recently the gamecube got
It already exists and it isn't that good. Taps into the same analog signal Component uses, so it's better to buy component cables.
MrMario2011 yeah, got one of those component cables, sadly it isnt such of a big improvement like the NGC gets from a compinent cable
Hey, do you have a link to the wiring diagram?
They're pretty easy to find online
This is cool I have a fat ps2 how hard is it
I installed a modbo 5 into my fat PAL PS2. Can get into the config menu fine. Got myself a couple isos and burned them at 20x speed using imgburn onto verbatim dvd+r. But keeps saying insert a PS2 disc. Just tried a backup of a PS1 NTSC game and it boots fine. What am I doing wrong?
20x is much too fast, best to burn at the slowest speed your burner can handle.
@@MrMario2011 thanks for the fast reply, I'll try again now
@@MrMario2011 burned at 4x and it worked perfectly. Thanks for the help
Is it possible to get rid of those ugly firmware logos?
In the 2 installs I've done I've put the chip just behind the USB ports, between those 3 screw holes, the side with the vcc, gnd, and reset pads facing towards the ports. Makes for a much cleaner install imo
The inside of the metal shielding has insulation already, the electrical tape isn't really helping on that front.
I found my old ps2 which I think it's chipped. But I haven't try to power it for years. Will the chip die if it is unpowered for too long?
It shouldn't.
@@MrMario2011 I need to replace it or all versions of chips will play burned games?
how about PAL games? Do they work? (50 Hz and the like) ?
Yep.
Fernando Salazar Why? That's dumb.
Hi! Been struggling with this today, I've connected all wires but I see no boot screen when I turn on the ps2 phat. Any suggestions?
@PROJECT ZIPPER We make threats not promises unfortunately not, ive ordered another mod chip. Will reply here if it works
@PROJECT ZIPPER We make threats not promises Ha, good luck! Be careful with the abysmal dvd lens ribbon! It breaks quite easily. I did buy it from eBay, from an UK seller with positive feedback.
And I did hold the buttons, didn't work. Thanks though. I think the matrix logo should show regardless of the controller being used or connected
@PROJECT ZIPPER We make threats not promises Nice, i think you need H, even for PAL. With H you may fix your problem, I've seen this online. I installed the new chip, done now. I got the boot menu, but had to connect the controller ribbon cable so I turned it off and connected it. Now all I get is a black screen.. sigh
@PROJECT ZIPPER We make threats not promisesRibbon doesn't need to be connected to get video output, I first tested without anything connected and I saw the matrix screen but it froze at 'loading config' or something. I'm going to try circle triangle combination today, or Start button. Maybe that'll give video output
free mcboot memory card works pretty well and super easy
I just modded my phat PS2. Make sure your DVD-Rs do not a a full printable label. My console would fail to grip the disc dude to the paper surface.
What does this mod do? I do t get it.
it makes it so you can play backups or imported games.
Hi, I was just wondering, is there a way to install freemcboot without a internal hdd or original game using this chip?
Yep, Project Phoenix Media did a pretty good video on it: czcams.com/video/YqWJCtZZcfA/video.html
How do i find out which modchip is compatible with my model 9004 ps2 slim? I found one for a great deal of 6 on ebay but i donkt know if it will work with mine
whered you get the satin silver ps2?
I've gotten one from a thrift shop and another from /r/gamesale on reddit.
MrMario2011 ok thanks
Is there any reason to hard mod over softmod?
One shot booting of backed up games and imports from disc, no need to patch them with ESR, some chips such as this also have functionality to load a certain file on boot from your memory card or USB drive. For the regular enduser though? Not really, my preferred method is FreeMCBoot and playing all the games from an internal hard drive.
MrMario2011 I didn't assume it was worth modding. I plan to backup all my games and uncles games so I can play all the games from when I was a teenager. I tried putting a modbo rev 4.0 into a fat ps2 when I was in highschool and that didn't turn out great.
Free McBoot is great for wanting to play PS2 games, but if you're wanting to play PS1 backups it's a pain to set up and Free McBoot can't tap into the PS1 backwards compatibility so the only way to play backed up PS1 games is with pops which is basically an emulator. That's one reason why you'd consider hard modding your PS2 and using it in conjunction with Free McBoot.
@@ToothpickMan11 you can boot ps1 backups with freemcboot. All you need to do is cover all the disk lens to force the disk to always spin put in a legit ps1 game then boot into unlaunch elf by holding pressing circle when booting console and swap the ps1 game with a modded ps1 game and in boot settings select boot ps2 disk and it should work fine.
@@edwardgrant7708 You can't do that with a fat PS2 easily, also that's a lot of work when you can just install a mod chip. You also won't damage your laser near as badly or the spindle motor.
Why do you want to put in Mod chip ? when you can use soft mod
softmod sucks, because you must patch every dvd
For the fun of it. No fun with the easy way out.
it don't brother me with patch. i don't want to taking chance's breaking my PS2 . I hope someday if ever able to soft my Xbox 360
will it run ps1 import burned game ?
Yep!
Yo dude i got a ps2 with matrix ....but it won't run burned disks..
welp
@@MrMario2011 what ????
Better than FMCB?
remle ikawura this board should. the model number is low enough. fwiw i wouldn't say it's "better" than free mcboot only because free mcboot is a softmod that doesn't require disassembly
The issues with FMCB don't come from FMCB, they come from OPL and ESR. OPL does not guarantee every game to be played by Flash Drive, Hard Drive or even Network so yea its free but the Modbo chip is literally like 6 bucks and disassembly of a PS2 is a piece of cake. Alot of people run both a modchip and a softmod with swap disc as back up. I have all 3 on my 77001 Slim. But i'm looking to get a modchip installed in my other slim.
If my ps2 pal is chiped, can i play ntsc games? Plz respond this is very important to me
Yes you can. Thats the whole point after all :)
i have mod chiped ps2 fat why i cant run games ???
Bad laser? Bad Burns?
@@MrMario2011 im burned ISO file game at 8x speed.. Thats enought or no ? can you show the ways to do that ?
And when ps2 turning on not shows ne moded screen
Ok I hope you reply back if you do will like and sub to you I need to know what will happen if you ever remove the mod chip will the PS2 function like normal thanks.
PS2 will perform normally when modchip is removed.
cool but now iz better McFreeBoot
Screen fix with SMS is not working properly. :(
nightmare... probably most hardcore mod to do in console... i tried it 4 times and only one ps2 survived... and i fucked 3 of them :(
2 out of 2 done so far, both survived!
Probably still fixable, those ps2s are like tanks.
Whatever happened to just chipping your system without all the dumb shit on screen and « options » that are absolutely pointless and unnecessary. I’ve been dying to unlock my ps2 for playing imports but keeping everything legitimate,as it was meant to be minus region lock; I guess my only real option is importing an actual PAL and NTSC J system nowadays.
Can't you just use mechapwn? It makes modchips useless, it just works, with PS1 and PS2 games from all regions.
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That looks like shit bro...
You're not wrong. Good thing I've improved, huh?