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PS2 Slimline guide: external USB hard drive & game playing (NO CHIP REQ'D)
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Ace_2
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15. March 2007 @ 16:39 |
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Has anyone tried to run Formula 1 2005 or Formula 1 2006 on your hard drive(both PAL region)? I see compatible, incompatible, yet I have no details on whether or not you have to DNAS swap the games(they both have online play). Anyone have insight on this?
My console collection: Version 14A PlayStation 2(chipped), Version 7 PlayStation 2, PlayStation(both models), Wii, Gamecube, N64, Super NES(original from US and Japan and Mini), NES(front and top loader)Model 1 & 2 Genesis, Sega CD, Sega 32X, Atari 2600, Sega Saturn, Sega Dreamcast, Sega Master System(Model 1 and 2), Atari Flashback 1 & 2, FC Twin(2 in 1 NES/Super NES clone), GN Twin(2 in 1 NES/Genesis clone), Atari 7800, Intellivision II, TurboGrafx 16, GameBoy Color
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wangle
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15. March 2007 @ 18:34 |
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i'd been trying to get my v15 PS2 (PAL) to play games from the USB HDD and i've finally figured out how after weeks of experimenting.
and it works every time (providing you are using games that actually will work with it)
this is how i did it:
take a USB hard drive formatted in FAT32 (use USBExtreme.exe to format if u need to)
put USBADVANCE.ELF on it,
load several games onto it using USBINSANE.EXE (or USBExtreme.exe)
(for some reason it wouldn't work when only 1 game was on it)
build a CD (using cdgenPS2.exe) with LaunchELF on it: open LaunchELF.CNF in notepad, assign the following command to one of the buttons:
LK_Cross_E1 = mass:/USBADVANCE.ELF
Burn that CD,
Plug in the HDD to your PS2 USB port,
Pop in the CD and turn on your PS2.
now this is the important part:
when the menu comes up, take the disc out and close the tray/lid,
then launch the USBADVANCE.ELF using the assigned button,
you then will be able to just select a game and it load it (black screen, then wait a while... eventually it will work, if it is compatible with USB Advance)
Optionally, instead of taking the disc out (and this is the way i do it because it's easier):
after LaunchELF loads, you can just open the tray/lid and leave the disc still in it,
then when you launch USB Advance you will find it stalls at the menu, just close the tray/lid for a moment and quickly open it again when you see the USB Advance game list
on the game list screen pick one and press X, if it says "loading... " for more than 1 second, no amount of waiting will make it work. if the screen turns black, good!
the hard drive should be reading, if it has a light it should be blinking.
good luck :)
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govnoff
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19. March 2007 @ 04:38 |
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Can I use LaCie Mobile Hard Drive?
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wangle
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19. March 2007 @ 04:48 |
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try it and see
i've tried two drives and both have worked (as long as its been converted from NTFS to FAT32 - i used partition magic to do that)
one was a 2.5" hdd in a portable case, powered only by the usb port, and one 3.5" hdd in an enclosure powered by an AC Adapter
the thing is i notice there is some slight noise on the screen when using the AC powered one, so it's probably best to use one that is powered by the usb port only (2.5") thats if you have one to spare, they're quite expensive and not very large.
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vedivini
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20. March 2007 @ 18:22 |
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i formatted by USB drive and and then installed a game using ul_install.exe
does it still needs a usb extreme dvd?
thnx
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wangle
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21. March 2007 @ 00:22 |
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21. March 2007 @ 04:23 |
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Originally posted by yzlo83:
Dear smokyrain,
Just got my USB 2.0 Housing with a 320GB IDE Western Digital HD. Unfortunately, same problem with loading USBAdvan.ELF...
This is starting to sound rather comical...hehe...
When I load SWAPMAGIC, it loads up perfectly. But for some reason it fails to load up SWAPMAGIC.ELF (i.e. changed from USBAdvan.ELF)
Can you please help or anyone who has a V15 ps2?
Cheers,
Albert.
Have you managed to get this to work... I have read with some drives like my own even.... I first formatted it with NTSF.... then using ul_format.exe I formatted it with FAT32.
Also do you have all 3 files in your SWAPMAGIC Folder or just the elf file?
And I was going to mention on that other drive you had and screen came up blank could just be because the game is not compatible or it needs patching to be compatible.
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 21. March 2007 @ 14:02
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vedivini
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21. March 2007 @ 09:45 |
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Originally posted by wangle:
see here
and here
ok will try again today
thanks
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wangle
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21. March 2007 @ 12:33 |
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you can get the latest LaunchELF here
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vedivini
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21. March 2007 @ 15:13 |
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how to make cd with cdgenps2?
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21. March 2007 @ 15:55 |
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edited out.....
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 21. March 2007 @ 17:25
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vedivini
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21. March 2007 @ 16:37 |
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thnx smokyrain but I was using cdgenps2 not cdvdgen
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wangle
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21. March 2007 @ 16:56 |
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no - that's a different program,
don't bother with CDVDgen its too complicated
CDgenPS2 is all you need,
so open cdgenps2 so you are ready to add stuff to it,
then open a new text document, put in:
Quote:
BOOT2 = cdrom0:\LAUNCHELF.ELF;1
VER = 1.00
VMODE = PAL
(change PAL to NTSC if you need)
save it as SYSTEM.CNF and drag that into cdgenps2
then open another text document and put in:
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LK_Square_E1 = MISC/FileBrowser
LK_Cross_E1 = MASS:/USBADVANCE.ELF
(change the USBADVANCE.ELF filename to match the one on your hard drive)
then save that as LAUNCHELF.CNF and drag that also into cdgenps2
then rename BOOT.ELF (from the uLaunchElf archive) to LAUNCHELF.ELF and also drag that into cdgenps2
also, i usually include the following files:
LIBSD.IRX, MAIN.IRX, MCMAN.IRX, MCSERV.IRX, PADMAN.IRX, SDRDRV.IRX, SIO2MAN.IRX, USBD.IRX
but you probably don't need them if all you're going to do is launch one thing from your hard drive
also, put a file on there that is 50-100MB to pad the cd out so it is not too small table of contents, otherwise it will be hard for the ps2 to read, any file will do, just rename it DUMMY.DAT and drag that into cdgenps2.
then click the IMG button to save the cd image, burn it, preferably at less than 24x
then u can try booting it with your hard drive plugged in (don't forget to eject or take out the disc as i mentioned in an earlier post)
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vedivini
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21. March 2007 @ 17:20 |
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thanks wangle... I will try that now
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21. March 2007 @ 17:22 |
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Originally posted by vedivini:
thnx smokyrain but I was using cdgenps2 not cdvdgen
sorry ..... I had read that too fast I guess.
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wangle
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21. March 2007 @ 17:34 |
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:) lettuce know how it goes
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vedivini
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21. March 2007 @ 17:42 |
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sorry the error came that disc cannot be read
is it becoz i am using a CD RW
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wangle
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21. March 2007 @ 17:57 |
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i use cdrw with mine
try reset a few times
u got a mod?
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vedivini
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21. March 2007 @ 17:59 |
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no i dont have a mod
one more thing
which hard drives do u use
does any flash drives work?
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wangle
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21. March 2007 @ 18:03 |
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you may have to load a swap magic disc first then
but to check if you burnt a disc right, test it with pcsx2 emulator on your pc
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wangle
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21. March 2007 @ 18:08 |
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all the hard drives i've tried have worked so far
you should be able to browse it's contents from launchelf
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vedivini
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21. March 2007 @ 18:11 |
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ok checking the cd with pcsx2 emulator
btw i am using 5gb usb seagate drive
if inspite of all these i have to still use swap magic then whats the use of usbextreme
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wangle
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21. March 2007 @ 18:14 |
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to play games from usb hdd
lol
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vedivini
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21. March 2007 @ 18:18 |
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vedivini
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21. March 2007 @ 18:22 |
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can you please upload the image of you rw somewhere which I can burn?
thnx
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