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Revision as of 16:05, 24 February 2021
MechaCon is short for Mechanics Controller. This chip is the security ic of the PlayStation 2 that implements game disk security, Magic Gate and KELF file decryption.
There are two known main variants of it.
The earlier one is based on SPC 9700 and used till GH-016.
The newer one is ARM based, codenamed "Dragon".
The chip includes an 512 word eeprom. The content is different between the two main reversions.
SCP
TODO
Dragon
EEPROM layout
| Start (word) | End (word) | Size (byte) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 48 | 96 | |
| 48 | 90 | 84 | |
| 96 | 128 | 64 | |
| 128 | 150 | 44 | |
| 160 | 190 | 60 | |
| 192 | 198 | 12 | Region params |
| 204 | 208 | 8 | MAC address |
| 211 | 216 | 10 | wake up time |
| 216 | 225 | 18 | model number |
| 227 | 232 | 10 | Region code key seed |
| 232 | 237 | 10 | Region code ciphertext |
| 240 | 245 | 10 | iLink id |
| 245 | 248 | 6 | (used by scmd 3, subcmd 48 and 49) |
| 248 | 253 | 10 | Console id |
| 253 | 256 | 6 | (used by scmd 3, subcmd 48 and 49) |
| 256 | 312 | 112 | config 2 |
| 312 | 344 | 64 | config 0 |
| 344 | 400 | 112 | config 1 |
| 400 | 512 | 224 | Rom patches ciphertext |