Common Asked Questions

Is a Mod or Modchip Legal

The number One point on this is AusGameStore does not or pretend to give legal advice. If you are unsure on what you want to do is legal or illegal, get professional legal advice and or consult a lawyer in your country.

Mods do have legal uses & also illegal unlawful uses

What is illegal is using these devices to play pirated backup game disc copies that you do not own the original of
Even renting a game then copying or ripping it then returning the original is illegal & wrong

The Purpose of a modchip

The sole purpose of a modchip is to assist in playing of original games purchased overseas or games you may develop yourself which would not be possible in your console.

Due to territorial restrictions and to also take your console overseas with you on holidays to play all local retail and hired games, without the modchip this would not be possible

Remember to always purchase original game discs this will support the developers to make & produce great games because without them we would not be able to enjoy our consoles

Will A Modchip Burn Out My Laser

The modchip wont effect the operation of the laser or any of its control circuits,
However the game disc quality is more important & will effect the laser life.

Poor quality media tends to drive the tracking & focus coils of the laser harder as the laser attempts many times to read the data from the game discs. This results in overheating of the laser coils & see you later, gone.

That's why with all our mods, we install laser protection. A circuit that limits the current & voltage to the coils.
So even with bad media the coils are current limited to how hard they run.

Modchip or Memor 32 card

Well that's a good question the memor 32 card is external there is no need to open the PS2 console.
Hence no laser protection Read ---( will a mod burn out my laser)
We are finding now that laser burn out with this device is common & not recommended by AusGameStore.

Game Console laser & DVD drive problems are common & fail regularly

If you have a Laser Issue see our Console Service Repair page here

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