Ghost 2
This chip was developed by the Official Team Ghost2 Team (http://www.ghost2.net/)
Features:
SECURITY:
High security. We have protected our design using a military grade secure FPGA to prevent cloners, fakers and IC crackers.
Based on Secure Antifuse APA075 Series ACTEL FPGA.
APA075 Series ACTEL FPGA is the most SAFE, SECURE and is the LOWEST power consumption (2.5V) device on the market.
Actel Device featuring: ISP, SRAM and a large number of gates allow us to supply code update at light speed.
Installation:
The G.2 Device Supports V0-V12 USA/ASIAN and PAL
Full PAL,NTSC/U,NTSC/J Support.
Reduced wire Count
For PAL/US V8-V12 Console
A,B,F,G,I,M,N,O,P,Q,T,U,V,R,W,Scex,3.3V,GND,CLK>>19 wires
A,B,G,I,M,N,O,P,Q,T,U,V,R,W,Scex,3.3V,GND,CLK>>18 wires (Since Core Kernel 1.3: wire F optionnal, use for better DVD-RW compatibility only)
For PAL/US V0-V7 Console
A,B,I,M,N,O,P,Q,T,U,V,R,W,Scex,3.3V,GND,CLK>>17 wires
For JAP V8-V12 Console
A,B,F,G,H,I,M,N,O,P,Q,T,U,V,R,W,Scex,3.3V,GND,CLK>>20 wires
A,B,F,G,H,I,M,N,O,P,Q,T,U,V,R,W,Scex,3.3V,GND,CLK>>19 wires (Since Core Kernel 1.3: wire F optionnal, use for better DVD-RW compatibility only)
For JAP V0-V7 Console
A,B,H,I,M,N,O,P,Q,T,U,V,R,W,Scex,3.3V,GND,CLK>>18 wires
Less wires to the laser controller and new patching technology = longer laser life and NO LA6508 failures !
Design:
Fully compatible and tested with all bios revisions.
Dual Way High Speed RS232 Interface.
High Speed serial interface that operates at 1Mbs
Very Low Power (5uA in sleep mode)
2,5V Very Safe G.2 operation and Safe 3,3V power supply.
Absolutely new LPPT (Low Power Patching Technique) to save and PROTECT PS2 motherboard.
Ground Bounce Free Technology: Ground Bounce effect is _NOT_ existent. Absolutely new, rewritten VHDL code with Laser and Laser Coil protection routines.
SCEX Signal Limiter to safe LA6508
High capacity flash : Updateable (Re-programmable) Flash Memory Integrated Circuit supports up to 512Kbytes on chip.
G.2 supports up to 512Kbytes Flash Memory on board for future upgrades and possible application space on chip and unlimited features possible.
Purple PCB with Gold covered pads.
Reduced PCB size to fit into PSTwo
MultiMedia:
BE AWARE THAT THE FOLLOWING FEATURES ARE NOT AVAILABLE IN THE PRODUCT’S DEFAULT LEGAL STATE:
Full Autodetect and NoSwap with media Autodetect and intuitive PnP Technology.
Auto-detect and boot of all media types
G.2 will automatically detect whether a PS1, PS2 CD-R, DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD9 or DVD+RW (Homebrew Elf's), original domestic CD/DVD is inserted and then boot it without any interaction from the user .
DVD region Free with RCE support.
Watch all region DVD movies on your PS2.
Colour Fix
Screen Fix
Green screen removed for Playback of DVD Movies.
MacroVision Remover
DivX and MP3 Mediaplayer compatibility.
Action Replay and Action Replay MAX compatible.
PSX LOGO position and PSX game screen position are PERFECT and FIXED.
HDD (Hard Disc) ATAD patching Support (original HDD or any computer HDD with unlimited size).
Disc swapping supported for CD/R media and DVD/R media.
DVDR booting is very fast and reliable with 100% success.
Unrivaled boot success rate The boot rate of G.2 is nigh on 100%.
Future Proof:
Protected Recovery Mode: Unable to be erased by malicious anti mod code.
Corrupted Flash Management: Working and able to reprogram Flash even if actual Data are corrupted.
Allow EEprom removal and replacement
Chip Flash Manager : Flash Upgrade Mode through nicely designed GUI.
Flash upgrade via CDR for firmware update. Will have extra features added in software at no extra cost in future update builds.
RS232 Debug Interface: high speed serial interface that operates at 1Mbs allow developer to write their own Flash File.
Convenience:
BE AWARE THAT THE FOLLOWING FEATURES ARE NOT AVAILABLE IN THE PRODUCT’S DEFAULT LEGAL STATE:
All features work the same on all console motherboards from PAL to NTSC.
Insert and Play Technology.
Everything is AUTO in G.2. NO NEED to enter annoying setup/configuration menus. G.2 does everything in it’s intelligence.
G.2 mod detect the file type and run the appropriate tool/program/player/emulator AUTOMATICALLY!
Just insert the disc and play/watch/listen.
No need to press reset once, twice or three times for boot mode selection. Simply insert CD or DVD and AUTODETECT will do everything for you. DVD Video, PS2 and PSX are automatically detected by G.2.
You do not need that 'mode select' because it plays almost anything in default mode - just put the disk in and close the tray. But again, if someone wants those messy features (like press this, hold that, wait for etc.) they can be added by simple flash upgrade.
No need to remember manual for G.2!
16MB and 32MB third party memory card support without boot CD for them. (Except V12)
Auto SLEEP mode.
Legal:
G.2 Mod is the World FIRST and only legal design for SP2 completely blank and re-writable chip for PS2.
It uses a revolutionary Recovery Mode which allow to flash the EEprom content from a programmed EEprom, Blank EEprom, or even EEprom with corrupted Data.
It uses a 512Kb Flash on board to load tools and programs.
Compatible with all the applications written for Playstation2.
Absolutely no patches are applied to BIOS and/or Controller in it’s Default Legal State.
When others devices argue about the reason why they circumvent SP2 checks (mostly for claiming that they allow homebrew to boot), this device SIMPLY DIDN’T CIRCUMVENT SP2 CHECKS in it’s default legal state.
Usage Instructions:
BOOT MODE FOR G.2
The mode select is pretty similar to M2 - by tapping RESET button on ps2 a number of times after power up. The modes are as follows: (from STANDBY, when the LED on reset button is RED)
1. Default mode - with autodetect and all features on. This is the only mode users probably will ever need except recovery mode which has to be entered at least once to program eeprom.
2. Ghost mode - the same as above (1) but switches chip off when the game is loaded. This is to be compatible with some utilities such as RegionX, players etc. When you load for example RegionX disk and you're asked to insert movie disk to play, the chip is already off at that time and when you put the disk the machine will not detect it as ps2disk - the mod chip is off (in sleep state). It will be activated every time you press the RESET button, but only to load the game, then it goes to sleep again. This mode is enabled in sw so we can reprogram it to anything else later on if needed.
3. Chip off - switches mod chip off completely, ps2 behaves as it has not been modified.
4. Flash upgrade - the same as (1) but enables write to EEPROM - in all previous modes any write/erase/modify operations are not possible because EEPROM is hardware write protected. We use it during development to reprogram EEPROM via network adaptor or USB.
5. Recovery mode - used to program EEPROM for the first time (blank EEPROM), to reprogram it if corrupted etc. This mode doesn't apply a single patch to cdvd nor bios bus, that's why it is possible to reprogram EEPROM when it's not usable. User doesn't need to do anything - just enter recovery the mode, put the recovery CD and wait for the recovery process to complete. Please note - as there are NO PATCHES applied to ps2 in recovery mode we have to use 2 version of recovery disk - one for Jap region, and one for PAL region. This is because Japanese and PAL ps2 check for "Licensed by.." string when load PSX disk (and in this case the recovery disk as a PSX disk for ps2). American machines don't do this check by some reason so you can use either Jap or PAL recovery CD. It doesn't matter which one to use as there's no differences in EEPROM file. So customers will need to download ISO image of recovery disk for either JAP or PAL region, Americans can use either of them.
It might look complicated, but it's not :). As we stated above the only mode you need is (1) - just power up your machine normally by pressing RESET or EJECT. PS2 will remain in ANY of those modes until you go back to STANDBY or switch off the power. The modes can be changed ONLY from STANDBY - afterwards you can tap and press whatever you like, as many times as you like and it will not change the mode.
From STANDBY, when you press RESET the machine is switched on and you have 2 seconds to tap RESET again after the BLUE LED turns on. When you tap RESET again the BLUE LED goes off and when it turns on again you've got 2 seconds to tap RESET if needed, etc…
Number of Reset Taps - Mode
1 - Default Mode
2 - Ghost Mode
3 - Chip Off
4 - Flash Upgrade
5 - Recovery Mode
Firmware, Software & Diagrams:
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