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Greyfeld

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5. November 2009 @ 16:41

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I finally got myself a pack of CD-R's. I burned the BIN file from Growlanser Generations onto a CD-R, then loaded up my 3.8 Swap Magic disc. I tried both Normal Boot, and Special Boot. Normal shunts me back to the bios screen, then to the red "you must enter a PS2 game" screen. Special boot makes the screen go black forever.

What am I possibly doing wrong here?

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smokyrain

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6. November 2009 @ 02:10

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I know its a silly question, but are you using the Swap Magic CD to load the game.

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Greyfeld

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6. November 2009 @ 03:51

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-.- yes i am. Swap Magic 3.8 w/ coder. Compact Disc.

The DVD disc is 3.6.

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smokyrain

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6. November 2009 @ 09:05

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What speed did you burn the CD backup at?

What version is your PS2 FAT? Either Press Triangle in Browser, or look at the back for model number.

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Greyfeld

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6. November 2009 @ 14:00

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I burned it at 6x, and my PS2 is a v7.

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smokyrain

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6. November 2009 @ 22:06

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Ok I found a disc and made a backup.

I burned it at 16x on Maxell Cd-r, I usually use Verbatim Cd-r, but had a couple of these lying around.

It works fine on my new V18 PS2.

My V7 hates CD's lately, so only use it for the hddloader mostly.

If it still doesn't work, maybe your laser needs cleaning, if you notice you have problems with any other Original or backup CD's.

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Greyfeld

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7. November 2009 @ 00:02

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well, i'm playing my original version of Final Fantasy Tactics, which is scratched to hell, and it's playing fine. Also, DVD-R backups play beautifully when I use my 3.6 Swap Magic DVD. I'm using Memorex discs.

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smokyrain

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7. November 2009 @ 01:59

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Ok thats good then.

I would say try burning it faster as it worked fine for me.

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smokyrain

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8. November 2009 @ 01:20

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I fixed my V7 today...
At one time before I needed new laser, I had moved the white cog wheel.

So now I have new laser KHS 400Q in it, so I put the cog wheel back to its original place

Anyway the disc played fine now, before it was saying 'insert PS2 format disc' for me also.

Hope you get it too work.

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Greyfeld

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8. November 2009 @ 07:30

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I haven't tried it yet. I just picked up Dragon Age: Origins, and before that i was killing time with FFT, so I haven't been buggered to try it again yet. But I'll be back to post about it one way or another when I get around to it.

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Greyfeld

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20. November 2009 @ 18:11

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So, I finally got around to trying burning the game at 16x, and I'm still having the same issues with loading the disc. Normal Boot throws me back to the bios, and Special Boot sticks on a black screen. I have no idea what I'm doing wrong. And I can't find an official Swap Magic forum to ask questions about it. ;_;

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smokyrain

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20. November 2009 @ 20:16

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Not sure what the problem is then, unless try a different brand of Media.
Makes a big difference on some PS2.

There really is no official Swap Magic forum. Just forums with PS2 sections, or Swap Magic Sections.
The Official Swap Magic site has a compatibility section, but no one really ever kept it up.
http://www.swapmagic3.com/Swap_Magic_Compatibility.asp

Or you find threads where people had problems with certain games.

I can't find too much on this particular game.

It does work fine for me and was reported as working with SM 3.3 in this thread
http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/176791

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Greyfeld

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20. November 2009 @ 20:34

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the only thing i can think of is maybe my laser isn't very good anymore... I only say that, because I played my retail version of FFX a bit over a month ago, and I remember it loaded pretty slowly. But I don't have the money to shell out on a new laser when I'm not even sure if that's the actual problem or not.

I suppose if I come across another game that requires the CD swap magic, I'll have more definitive information on just where the problem may lay.

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smokyrain

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21. November 2009 @ 00:43

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Yeah that would tell you if you had other CD backups.

You could try converting CD>DVD if you want and see if that works.

Try using this tutorial here - link

or this one - link

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