citrus3000psi wrote:Lawfer wrote:citrus3000psi wrote:
The best fat ps2 goes to a V7 or 3900x.
Pros
Solid laser, i-link support, perfect software compatibility, hard drive support
Cons
Noisy, no built in IR sensor, large
The SCPH-3900x comes in V7 and V8 though and can have a motherboard that is either GH-017, GH-018. GH-019 or GH-022, any ideas if one if better than the other?
I doubt it matters. I don't know the differences between those specific revisions. But if you have options, I'd grab a V8.
What are the upsides of getting a V8 over a V7? And how can you tell what is a V8 from a V7? I have found contradicting info online, like someone saying that a V8 is basically a GH-022 Motherboard + B100 Bios, but other website class a GH-019 + B90 as being a V8.
This is what someone posted on another forum:
A v7 will have motherboard legend GH17, or GH 18 or GH 19 or GH 22 and markings on the BIOS in the range B70 through B90.
The v8 will be model 39000 or 39006, GH 022 and BIOS marking B100.
"00" is the region code for Japan and "06" is the region code for South-East Asia.
For NTSC U/C it's "01" and for PAL it's "02", "03" and "04".
Again not sure if this is true as I found contradicting infos online.
So what constitutes a "V8"? And do NTSC U/C V8s exist?