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Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
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Other mods (hardware)
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### Modchip (mayumi v4) example
Click the photo for full size. It shows a Mayumi v4 modchip and Dual Frequency
Oscillator mod installed (blue board is the modchip and the black board is
the DFO mod):
<img tabindex=1 alt="Sony PlayStation (PSOne) console" class="p" src="https://av.libreboot.org/playstation/mayumi.jpg" /><span class="f"><img src="https://av.libreboot.org/playstation/mayumi.jpg" /></span>
The modchip disables the copy protection and region restrictions. A modchip is
still advised, even if using an Open BIOS. The Open BIOS could be modified to
send commands that disable the wobble check, thus invalidating the need for
a modchip, but even then there are still caveats. Please read:
<https://psx-spx.consoledev.net/cdromdrive/#cdrom-secret-unlock-commands>
The most technically correct solution, regardless of which BIOS you have, to
also install the modchip and DFO board, as shown. More info is written about
these in the next sections below:
### Video timings
The Open BIOS will not implement any DRM, so it's possible that you might boot