Originally posted by hsd123:

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anyone know how i can play burned ps2 games WITHOUT a mod-chip?? i have free mcboot installed, but somehow the copyright protection on discs is very strong..i have a slim ps2 ntsc, not moded in any way

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Originally posted by hsd123:

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my esr does not work, i have tried the patching too. where its suposed to say "ps2dvd in drive", it says "invalid media in drive"! i dont know what else is wrong, is it impossible to get around the copyright protection? how can i eliminate that?? =/
or could it be the dvd type? i have maxell dvd-r, theyre blue

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http://psx-scene.com/forums/attachments/f164/14518d1220607050-esr-public-beta-esr-beta-r9b.rar

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Originally posted by smokyrain:

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Yes I have heard of Maxell. They should be fine.
But some PS2 can be fussy about what brand of discs to use.

Try burning the ISO with imgburn.

Or make sure the disc is in the PS2, then turn it on and launch esr.

And also you can try ESR r9b as I said above.

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Originally posted by smokyrain:

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I checked the ESR Official threads, and usually the black screen is the same problem you had using the ESR gui.

They suggest about the same as me.

Different brand of disc, or different program too burn.

http://psx-scene.com/forums/f164/esr-no...-screen-101145/

You can check through that forum and see if anyone has any more ideas.

Have you cleaned your PS2 lens lately? You have no issues playing any retail games.

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Originally posted by smokyrain:

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I checked the ESR Official threads, and usually the black screen is the same problem you had using the ESR gui.

They suggest about the same as me.

Different brand of disc, or different program too burn.

http://psx-scene.com/forums/f164/esr-no...-screen-101145/

You can check through that forum and see if anyone has any more ideas.

Have you cleaned your PS2 lens lately? You have no issues playing any retail games.

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Originally posted by smokyrain:

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This is the thread we always went by for PS2 Media

http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/303681

I myself always use Verbatim or Sony DVD-r

But I have used dvd+r as well.

I remember reading something about Blue discs once, but I can't remember now exactly what it was with the PS2.

Also clean your laser with rubbing alcohol and a q-tip

Dip the q-tip in the rubbing alcohol, but not so its dripping.
Clean in a circular motion for about 30 secs, then using dry end do the same.

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Originally posted by smokyrain:

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This is the thread we always went by for PS2 Media

http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/303681

I myself always use Verbatim or Sony DVD-r

But I have used dvd+r as well.

I remember reading something about Blue discs once, but I can't remember now exactly what it was with the PS2.

Also clean your laser with rubbing alcohol and a q-tip

Dip the q-tip in the rubbing alcohol, but not so its dripping.
Clean in a circular motion for about 30 secs, then using dry end do the same.

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Originally posted by smokyrain:

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Your ps2 does need a modchip of some sort, whether it be an actual modchip, swap magic or fmcb 1.8

Does your PS2 read Regular CD or DVD fine? YOu cleaned the laser now.

Do you have fmcb configured to Fastboot? If not maybe try that.

http://bootleg.sksapps.com/tutorials/fmcb/config.php

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