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swap magic on ps2 help
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sburge
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10. January 2006 @ 01:27 |
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hi, can someone tell me what i am doing wrong as im new to this. I have a ps2 old version, i load swap magic disc until the screen with load program comes on. i then use the slide card pop open the tray and insert the backup. then close the tray and put the slide card in again until tray pops open then i slide the hook round and pull it back to the left and the tray shuts. i then press x to load program but the program says 'not valid ps2 disc'. what am i doing wrong?? thanks for any help.
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gibraltar
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10. January 2006 @ 02:48 |
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what game is it your trying to load?
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sburge
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10. January 2006 @ 07:45 |
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the warriors from www.solops2
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i_suck
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10. January 2006 @ 12:45 |
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how did you burn it? what media?
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sburge
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11. January 2006 @ 00:30 |
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i think it was and iso when finished so i put it in alcohol120% and burned it to a blank dvd.
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ppills
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11. January 2006 @ 09:12 |
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DVD+R or DVD-R? You need to burn it to DVD-R at a low speed. Either 2.4x or 4x. No higher!
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11. January 2006 @ 10:05 |
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insert the backup. then close the tray and put the slide card in again until tray pops open then i slide the hook round and pull it back to the left and the tray shuts.
When you say you close the tray are you using the button to close it?
Don't use the button,push the tray in with your finger as far as it will go then do the slide tool thing.
let us know how you get on.
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sburge
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11. January 2006 @ 11:10 |
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im using DVD-R but at a normal speed on Nero, whatever normal is. and i use my hand to close the tray. i dont have to do all this dvd decryptor stuff etc do i? surely u just burn the iso. i have got from www.solops2?
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zooom1834
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11. January 2006 @ 11:40 |
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Why do u need DVD-R sorry i know this isnt my post
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ppills
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11. January 2006 @ 11:42 |
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DVD+R isn't very compatible with PS2. You'll get a "not a valid ps2 disc".
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11. January 2006 @ 12:03 |
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The media is your main source of the problem. You are using + and as stated above, it isn't favoured by the PS2 too much.
You need to buy good high quality DVD media. Eg, Verbatim, Tuiyo Yuden are your best bet. Have a go, and post back.
-Mike
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ppills
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11. January 2006 @ 12:08 |
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SBurge, what brand of DVD burner do you have? If it's a BenQ, LG, Lite-on, NEC, Nu Tech, Plextor, or RICOH, then you can change the booktype and burn with DVD Decrypter, and you may be able to burn it to a DVD+R in the meantime while you get your hands on some DVD-R media.
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chilli280
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11. January 2006 @ 14:35 |
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hi, i had trouble when i first got swap magic discs and i got em to work in the end by putting the swap magic disc in machine (making sure u put the correct disc in i.e dvd or cd) some games are on dvd's and some are on cd's, look on disc???, after you load swap magic disc and it comes up on screen press eject button then insert bigger toc comes up on screen press eject to let it read again then use tool to open disc tray, alot of messing about but its the only i got em to work.
i use datawrite yellow and read/write with dvd decryptor (dvds) and clone cd for cd based.
i hope this works for you Good Luck
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11. January 2006 @ 15:02 |
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i got em to work in the end by putting the swap magic disc in machine (making sure u put the correct disc in i.e dvd or cd) some games are on dvd's and some are on cd's, look on disc???, after you load swap magic disc and it comes up on screen press eject button then insert bigger toc comes up on screen press eject to let it read again then use tool to open disc tray,
Why did you do that? :S
Why didn't you just use the Slide Tool to open the disc tray from the start rather than faffing about with the eject button?
-Mike
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sburge
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12. January 2006 @ 01:31 |
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woah complicated stuff all this aint it? or am i just dumb? let me get 1 thing straight, when i load swapmagic i come up with a menu saying load program and normal (resolution i think) which can be changed to PAL or NTSC. this is where i use the slide card and when i done all the fiddly bit i press x on load program to load the game. correct?
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ppills
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12. January 2006 @ 02:07 |
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Yes, that's the part where you do the whole slide tool action thingy. Then you put in your back up and start it.
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sburge
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16. January 2006 @ 06:09 |
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hi worked out what the problem was. i slowed then burning of the dvd right down to x2.0 and the games work fine. strange that slowing it down can correct it... after all it is the same info going on the disc.
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Soulcity
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16. January 2006 @ 07:24 |
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Man u probaly want to get a fliptop instead of those slide cards.
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ppills
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16. January 2006 @ 07:53 |
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Yeah slide cards are going to wear down the inside of the ps2.
And yes, slowing the burn speed helps because ps2 games are very sensitive.
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gibraltar
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17. January 2006 @ 10:35 |
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your better off burning using decrypter rather than alcohlo120% as i have similar problemswhen burning with alcohol but never with decrypter
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