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and put a mod chip in it so I can play any region games and burned ones. Are there any brand of chips that are better than others or is a chip a chip. Also what is the reliability because all of them claim to run any game perfectly. Thanx

I heard you can an external one through the parallel or serial i/o. I've heard of mod chips messing systems up before, though, so I'd use a boot CD instead.

In my opinion (you don't have to listen to me ) No, a mod chip is not a good idea. It can cause a lot of problems with your playstation, although it is handy to just download and burn games.

Such as...?

Well, I had friends back in the day with a modded Playstation, and it had a lot of over heating problems, and sometimes it wouldn't read stuff... but the person who modded it wasn't the brightest, so maybe it could be good.

overheating is a common problem with the original Playstation design, as it primarily uses the vents in the bottom, and many people played them on carpet, covering the vents.

most times this overheating would require the console to be player upside down. and it wouldn't read a disc at all if it were right-side up.

The lesson here is: Be careful when installing it, or look for a SCPH-7501 or older model Playstation, and get a mod chip that just plugs into the "parallel I/O" port on the back Also, Always place the console on a hard, solid surface, so that the vents in the bottom can do their job.

Yea but then you have to put that in first every single time you want to play a japanese game or whatever.



I never heard of an external mod-chip. Ill have to look into that. And thanks for the adVice. I only heard of putting it upside down when a disk wouldnt read. Ill be sure to put it on a hard surface.

We used a baking rack suspended from the bottom of a shelf for my brother's PS1. With 16 inches or so of open air below the system, it never overheated. I think he left Sim City in there playing over an entire weekend once to rack up some cash.

Hmmm....i've heard mixed stories on this. I, personally, would try it, but only if I could get a PS cheap, so if I didn't work it wouldn't matter.