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"Neo 4!"

Im thinking of having Neo 4 fitted to my PS 2, but im getting estimates of £135 anyone know where I can get it done cheaper??

Also whats everyone views on the Neo 4, I know a Neo 2.2 can be fitted cheaper, but I don'tlike the idea of Disc swapping.

The people who quoted me with these silly prices is a local Playsation shop in my area (£130 + 6 Months gurantee) and also www.modchip.co.uk (£135 + 1 yr Guarantee), ive generally tried the markets but noone does anything on there. My GT3 got scratched and how I wish I had a backup of it which is one of the reasons I wanna Neo 4 (or similar) chip done. If you know of any company (online or not) that do it for £60 odd, then it would be useful. In the meantime I will keep looking locally.

Ya know, Id just get an import PS2 if I was you....Or if you dont want the hassle there are some companies that seel already chipped PS2s for about £200....

Oh...and don't blame me if anything goes wrong. There is a high failure rate for PS2 chipping. Expecially with 40 odd wires.

You really need to find a unofficial shop. At my local market, they will do it for £60, and at computer fairs near me they will sometimes do it for £60.

DO NOT pay £135!! That is way too much.

You could try threatening the person doing it. When I got my PSone chipped (for back-ups because a lot of my games were getting scratched in the car when I used the LCD screen). The person quoted £50, I though no chance. I was thinking about replying to them "chip it for £20, or I'll tell the police of your illegal buisness". But I ended up doing it myself. Cost me a total of £1 :)

If you can't get anywhere else, try haggling. But don't pay over £100. Find a "dodgy" shop to do it cheap.

just thinking bout it, he might of been.

as u say u only use dvd`s 4 swap tick, so i guess he must of been on about dvd swap rather than AR

iv'e also been told that Neo 4 doesn't require a swap trick from where I was quoted. Tom can you tell me where I can get it done cheaper with out a swap trick, as I said this is strictly for back ups.

No it doesn't! That is the whole feature of the chip, the
> fact it doesn't need the swap trick.
It only needs the swap trick if you use
> DVD-Rs. And then you don't use AR2, you use a DVD game with a TOC bigger than
> the one you are playing. DVD-R games are very uncommon as the blank DVDs cost
> about £5!!

If your "mate" has had a Neo4 installed, and still
> has to use an AR2 swap trick, he's been done!

ok tom ur right there. got me facts wrong.

Grand Kill Mania wrote:
another thing
> the neo4 does require use of action replay swap trick. m8 mine had his done with
> neo4, £60 he paid without AR.
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No it doesn't! That is the whole feature of the chip, the fact it doesn't need the swap trick.
It only needs the swap trick if you use DVD-Rs. And then you don't use AR2, you use a DVD game with a TOC bigger than the one you are playing. DVD-R games are very uncommon as the blank DVDs cost about £5!!

If your "mate" has had a Neo4 installed, and still has to use an AR2 swap trick, he's been done!

Thanks, anymore comments like grand kill mania's are welcome.

£135 is a way bit hefty in my op. bare chip is approx £50, I`d expect u`d pay roughly £80-£90 if the place installs it 4 u.

however if u install ur self u got 2 solder 44 wires!!

another thing the neo4 does require use of action replay swap trick. m8 mine had his done with neo4, £60 he paid without AR.

so i guess £135 must inc the AR price aswell.

Messiah on the other hand has 22wires and reqiures no AR or swap trick of any sort. only prob both r hard 2 get hold of due to sony.

kanection.co.uk is 1 place i heard of whether they have messiah or neo4 i dont know.

there r also reports of some asian companies taking up production of ps2 mod chips, and they apparently dont give a monkeys about what sony say. u could also search 4 eurochip v.3. ive seen that on some sites.

hope this helps :)