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TyMan4325
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_ 		24. September 2005 @ 20:29 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hey guys, I was wondering if anyone else was having problems booting burned games that were burned to Sony DVD-Rs. I am using swap magic 3.3 and it seems like whenever I backup a game to these discs they don't load. I am burning at 1x and I am backing up games that should work.
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Daniel_G
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_ 		25. September 2005 @ 06:03 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Maybe you're burning them wrong, or maybe you need to burn them at 2X or 4X... some more info on what software you burn them with and what software you extract the .iso with would be helpful.
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TyMan4325
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_ 		25. September 2005 @ 07:35 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I am just ripping my store bought disc and then burning the image using Nero. Wouldn't increasing the speed just make it worse?
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TyMan4325
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_ 		25. September 2005 @ 07:36 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Sorry I forgot to mention that I am using DVD Decrypter to rip.
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tmfloria
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_ 		25. September 2005 @ 07:42 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
ok You're using Swapmagic 3.3
So are you using a fliptop or slide card?

If you're using either one and haven't ever gotten a game to work correctly you may have either installed the Fliptop incorrectly and the PS2 still thinks the drive is open or if you're using a slide card if not used right it too can make the ps2 think the drive is open and it won't load right...
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TyMan4325
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_ 		25. September 2005 @ 07:50 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I am using a slide card. I have loaded games before with my slide card so I don't think it's an issue with the way I use the card. Like I said it seems only to be the sony media.
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tmfloria
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_ 		25. September 2005 @ 07:54 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
What games have you tried to burn on the Sony's and what does it do when it atempts to boot?
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TyMan4325
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_ 		25. September 2005 @ 08:19 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Ok I burned Darkwatch, DVD Loader (I know it's not really a game), Mercenaries (I know it's not supposed to work) and Tony Hawk Underground 2. Everytime I try and boot it says not a valid PS2 disc.
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tmfloria
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_ 		25. September 2005 @ 09:11 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
DVD Loader should work Darkwatch & Mercenaries Need to be rebuilt http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/210515

and Tony Hawk Underground 2 Aparently from what I'm reading from other threads may need to be rebuilt also.. Alot of people are having problems with those games

What are the ID's of those Sony's you have?
Try Burning DVD Loader at 2x or 4x I read somewhere also that the PS2 reads games at 2x or 4x depends on the game I don't know how true that is but I've always burned at 2x or 4x with no problems
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TyMan4325
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_ 		25. September 2005 @ 12:49 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Ok great. Shouldn't I be able to run Darkwatch and Tony with DVD loader? Maybe I burned DVD loader wrong. I have "DVDLoader v7 ALL". I try to burn with Nero Express and it says it's a CD image. So I go into Nero and Select DVD Rom and burn without multisession and I manage to burn the image to DVD. Is the correct way of burning it? I didn't burn to CD because my understanding was that Swap Magic doesn't boot CDs. Thanks for all of your help.
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tmfloria
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_ 		25. September 2005 @ 14:29 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
If you're using SM 3.3 you shouldn't even need DVD Loader.. But the game may need to be rebuilt for Large TOC or other reasons.... Do a search for these games by name on here.. there are numerous threads on them. So I know that you aren't the only one having problems with these games...

or you can just rebuild them with the link I gave you
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TyMan4325
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_ 		25. September 2005 @ 18:04 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I am new to this whole rebuilding thing. I read the thread, now can I rebuild to get most games working? Thanks again.
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tmfloria
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_ 		25. September 2005 @ 19:30 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
more than likely that is what your problem is with the games you are trying to get to work...It's worth a shot
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TyMan4325
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_ 		26. September 2005 @ 16:44 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Thanks. I know this has been askd a million times but can you direct me to finding a copy of apache 2?
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tmfloria
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_ 		26. September 2005 @ 18:23 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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TyMan4325
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_ 		27. September 2005 @ 21:28 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Thank you very much. You have been a big help. I will rebuild them and see what happens.
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TyMan4325
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_ 		28. September 2005 @ 08:34 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Ok I need a little bit more help. I followed thw guide step by step. I loaded my IML file in Apache 2 and went to build ISO. Now the percentage at the bottom goes crazy and the ISO gets bigger and bigger until I stopped it at 10 gig. Why is this happenening?
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