A Mod Chip is an 8 Pin IC with 7 wires that is hardwired to your playstation, with this chip installed,
you are able to play any imported or copied playstation game on your PAL Playstation.
Original Playstation games have a unique
code on the disk, this code is designed to match up with your Playstation
Console, If You have
any imported games they will have a different code on them making it impossible
to play them.
Any copied games will suffer from the code problem as well, when you make a
backup of your original game it is impossible to copy this code in order for the
game to run.
Purchasing a Mod Chip however solves these problems, when your Playstation looks
for the code the Mod Chip simply supplies the code that your Playstation is
looking for and will load any game that you have.
Can I still run my original games ?
Of course you can original, games will not be affected by the installation of a Mod Chip.
Can the modchip be fitted to any playstation ?
The chip can be fitted to the following models SCPH 1001, 1002, 5501, 5502, 5551, 5552, 7001, 7002, 7501, 7502, 9001, 9002. To find out which model machine you have simply look on the back of the Playstation and the model number is displayed there.
You will need the following: