that knife trick can blow your fuse or ruin the disc tray motor, no thanks.
modchip=cheaper than buying new ps2 that you broke trying to save money
and i still got my ps1 memory card for saving old games on. besides, a ps1 memory card can be had for like <$5 anyway, i dont see the problem.
i need to buy a memory card this weekend along with socom and the network adapter. i rented socom and played a far way into it and couldnt even save