Anyone have any experiences with this chip?? bad or good....

There are good and bad experiences with all modchips. However Magic's seem to have more than thier fair share of problems. Don't get me wrong, there are a bunch of people who use Magic chips and don't have any problems but if you compare the record of the Magic chips to say Messiah 2 Pros or DMS3 chips then you will notice a HUGE difference. The other problem is that there are a number of cheap clones running around that people are selling as Magic chips. You get what you pay for. ;)

I have a magic 3.1 chip and i haven't had any problems with it. It has booted my PS2 orignals, PS2 dvd backups, PS2 cd backups, and PS1 backups all with no problems.

i had a V7 ps2 with magic 3.1. it doesn't have 90% sucessful booting rate for dvd-r and it's even worst for dvd+r/+rw. i traded it for a V6 and fitted with a messiah 2, now i am really impress and appreciate with messiah 2. people with messiah 2 all along are spoiled by them because they are so hassle free and easy to use.