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So, I installed a Matrix Infinity (which I can only assume is not a clone, because I bought it from divineo, the matrix team's "official usa reseller"). I triple-checked all connections, and I solder parts and wires to pcb for a living so I'm 99% sure I got it installed properly.
The thing is, I have a V12 PS2, which I keep reading are very iffy with the lasers. After I installed my chip, I have a very odd assortment of what will and will not be read by my console. I can read a CD-R (which I used to upgrade the firmware), but not a CD-RW (both verbatim, burned at 4x on a much higher rated drive). I can not read any original games for psx (the black discs). I CAN read an original PS2 CD (the purple discs). I can not read any original PS2 DVD discs. I can not read any original DVD movies. And I can not read any PS2 backups.
Granted, I haven't tried everything yet (PSX backups, for instance, considering that a CD-R was successfully run), but isn't it odd that it can read a CD-R but not an original black disc? Or that it can read an original purple CD, but not an original black disc or DVDs?
So, I'm curious if anyone knows if the coloring that sony uses on some of it's discs is known to make it harder to read? Do modchips usually result in a less effective laser somehow? Should I replace my laser, or possibly some other parts that control the laser to be on the safe side?
I'm also curious but hesitant about a USB hard drive alternative. Am I right that slim ps2's have no means other than usb to use a hard drive? And that game compatibility using usb extreme or usb advance is extremely low in any case?
Thanks in advance.
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