Originally posted by auhsoj200:

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when it says to load ar max and go to the media player, thats were i get stuck, my ar max only has four choices.

1. Expert Mode
2. Max Memory (mc manager)
3. DVD Region X
4.Settings

and it also cannot read any files from my usb pendrive so what am i supose to do now? when i put the disc in, it does nothing.

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Originally posted by Reaguin:

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Bit of a problem, only got one backup I can try at the moment and I'm loath to burn more since the pack od DVDs cost me twenty poxy quid. I'm trying to get Pop:Two Thrones to run (the backup) using Cogswap. Using Champions of Norrath as my original disk since it has a very high TOC.

I get the "PS2 Game" message fine, make the switch, the game boots, then ... nothing. The "Loading" screen you recieve if you boot an original copy, only this one doesn't actually load, ever. Any advice would be appreciated.

Using Verbatim 2.4x media to burn onto.

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Originally posted by haseo77:

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do you know the armax codes for innocent life a futuristic harvest moon?

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Originally posted by smokyrain:

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Originally posted by Reaguin:

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Bit of a problem, only got one backup I can try at the moment and I'm loath to burn more since the pack od DVDs cost me twenty poxy quid. I'm trying to get Pop:Two Thrones to run (the backup) using Cogswap. Using Champions of Norrath as my original disk since it has a very high TOC.

I get the "PS2 Game" message fine, make the switch, the game boots, then ... nothing. The "Loading" screen you recieve if you boot an original copy, only this one doesn't actually load, ever. Any advice would be appreciated.

Using Verbatim 2.4x media to burn onto.

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Is this a PAL game on a NTSC PS2. You might need to patch the ISO.

You can try using cdloader.elf first and see if it will load it.

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Originally posted by tphalex:

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Do I really need to use Max Media Creator to make the cdloader.elf CD or can I just do it another way like for ex: Cd writing wizard(windows).

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I think I know the answer to this but I'm going to ask it anyway, will the two exploit cd's work if I burn them on some CD-RW instead of CD-Rs?

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Will the exploit work with a FAT 39000 series ps2?

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Originally posted by Aravile:

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Okay, as far as I can tell, everything is done to the key for when I tried to do this method.

ALL OF THIS IS ON SLIMLINE PS2.

I put the ARMAX disc in, it loads, I go to media player, and load it.
I put the CDLOADER.ELF disc in and load the program, which is successful.
This is where the issue starts.

When I put the ARMAX disc in to have it show PS2 CD in the corner, that part is fine. But when I put the cogswap disc in, it either brings up an error and I have to re-try it, or when the picture goes red-tinted, the border changes pink and doesn't do anything. The disc does continue to spin, doesn't stop, and it doesn't go anywhere after this.

Can someone please help me figure out the problem to get past this? It would be greatly appreciated.

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Originally posted by smokyrain:

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Originally posted by Aravile:

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Okay, as far as I can tell, everything is done to the key for when I tried to do this method.

ALL OF THIS IS ON SLIMLINE PS2.

I put the ARMAX disc in, it loads, I go to media player, and load it.
I put the CDLOADER.ELF disc in and load the program, which is successful.
This is where the issue starts.

When I put the ARMAX disc in to have it show PS2 CD in the corner, that part is fine. But when I put the cogswap disc in, it either brings up an error and I have to re-try it, or when the picture goes red-tinted, the border changes pink and doesn't do anything. The disc does continue to spin, doesn't stop, and it doesn't go anywhere after this.

Can someone please help me figure out the problem to get past this? It would be greatly appreciated.

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Do you have magic keys or Swap Tool pro installed on your Slim PS2.

To play backups that way you will need modify the slim with the Swap Tool Pro set(which is newer version of magic keys)

Seeing you have the Ar Max with Media Player, you can install Free McBoot and then use the ESR 9a .elf to play backups.

This works well on unmodded PS2 and is easy to install.
http://bootleg.sksapps.com/tutorials/fmcb/

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Originally posted by Aravile:

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Originally posted by smokyrain:

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Originally posted by Aravile:

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Okay, as far as I can tell, everything is done to the key for when I tried to do this method.

ALL OF THIS IS ON SLIMLINE PS2.

I put the ARMAX disc in, it loads, I go to media player, and load it.
I put the CDLOADER.ELF disc in and load the program, which is successful.
This is where the issue starts.

When I put the ARMAX disc in to have it show PS2 CD in the corner, that part is fine. But when I put the cogswap disc in, it either brings up an error and I have to re-try it, or when the picture goes red-tinted, the border changes pink and doesn't do anything. The disc does continue to spin, doesn't stop, and it doesn't go anywhere after this.

Can someone please help me figure out the problem to get past this? It would be greatly appreciated.

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Do you have magic keys or Swap Tool pro installed on your Slim PS2.

To play backups that way you will need modify the slim with the Swap Tool Pro set(which is newer version of magic keys)

Seeing you have the Ar Max with Media Player, you can install Free McBoot and then use the ESR 9a .elf to play backups.

This works well on unmodded PS2 and is easy to install.
http://bootleg.sksapps.com/tutorials/fmcb/

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okay, i was able to install MC boot, but now i'm am unsure of how yo use it properly and set it up to run backups

would you be generous enough to help me get past that stage as well?
also, if you could link neccessary files that i would have to load up, that would be great.

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Originally posted by smokyrain:

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Originally posted by Aravile:

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Originally posted by smokyrain:

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Originally posted by Aravile:

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Okay, as far as I can tell, everything is done to the key for when I tried to do this method.

ALL OF THIS IS ON SLIMLINE PS2.

I put the ARMAX disc in, it loads, I go to media player, and load it.
I put the CDLOADER.ELF disc in and load the program, which is successful.
This is where the issue starts.

When I put the ARMAX disc in to have it show PS2 CD in the corner, that part is fine. But when I put the cogswap disc in, it either brings up an error and I have to re-try it, or when the picture goes red-tinted, the border changes pink and doesn't do anything. The disc does continue to spin, doesn't stop, and it doesn't go anywhere after this.

Can someone please help me figure out the problem to get past this? It would be greatly appreciated.

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Do you have magic keys or Swap Tool pro installed on your Slim PS2.

To play backups that way you will need modify the slim with the Swap Tool Pro set(which is newer version of magic keys)

Seeing you have the Ar Max with Media Player, you can install Free McBoot and then use the ESR 9a .elf to play backups.

This works well on unmodded PS2 and is easy to install.
http://bootleg.sksapps.com/tutorials/fmcb/

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okay, i was able to install MC boot, but now i'm am unsure of how yo use it properly and set it up to run backups

would you be generous enough to help me get past that stage as well?
also, if you could link neccessary files that i would have to load up, that would be great.

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Ok thats great. Now I should know which Version of fmcb did you install, but basically below info should help you out.

Now if you installed the BOOT.ELF along with the fmcb
It will have have said writing your own BOOT.ELF like in this picture.



When you start up your PS2 with the mc in, you should see the uLaunch screen.



Here is a uLaunch tutorial to help you understand what uLaunch can do.

Basically you select FILEBROWSER by pressing O, but you can later change that to X if you want by selecting CONFIGURE,then scroll down to STARTUP settings, choose PAD Layout and change it to X:OK O: Cancel

Then scroll down to RETURN, Then scroll down to OK, and it should save your configuration.
You would then have to restart uLe for the changes to take effect.

Any to play backups you need ESR 9a along with the ESR disc patcher GUI v0.24a.rar , which you will find both of these in this post.
http://psx-scene.com/forums/freevast/58441-esr-public-beta.html

The PS2 ISO image you have backed up needs to be patched first with the ESR disc patcher in order to work with ESR 9a or other versions of ESR.

So you need to copy the ESR 9a Direct DVD.elf file to your usb device, then using uLaunch , you will copy it to your mc by selecting FILEBROWSER in uLe
Then choose mass:/ and you should see your elf file, then HIGHLIGHT the elf file, SELECT R1 and choose Copy, then hit Triangle for RETURN, and browse back to mc0, and SELECT R1 again, and choose Paste

Now hit SELECT button on your PS2 controller, and you should be at the uLe main menu.

Choose Configuration , scroll down to the R1



Press 0 to Browse or X if you changed it, and locate your ESR 9a.elf file on mc

Then just scroll down to OK, and press X or O depending how you have it set up

Now when you put in a patched backup in the PS2, you can start up and then just press R1 to load the backup.

There are other methods to get ESR launched, but I don't want to confuse you yet and can explain them later.

This thread here may be of help also.
http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/5/665761

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Originally posted by cloud2696:

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My Action Replay doesn't have the media player, I just bought it yesterday so I can this out. Is this possible to do without the media player?

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Originally posted by lackyno:

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If you install Free McBoot on a Fat PS2, it will still work on a Slim afterwards, right?

And do you have to install it individually on each memory card or once it's on one, you can just use the "copy" feature on the PS2 and copy it onto other cards?

Thanks smokyrain, you've helped lots of people out.

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Originally posted by smokyrain:

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Ok I am probably not explaining this right.
Firstly the Ar Max memory manager can only handle save files. It won't transfer elf files.

You have a FAT PS2 and so without the media player in Ar Max, you only have this option. You will need a PS1 original disc.

1. To make an exploit using PS2 exploit Utility 5.1 and export it to a memory card save(XPS format). Then use PS2 Savebuilder to open that save file, and then save it as a new file with .max extension.
You can have cdloader.elf, uLaunch 4.12 etc on the mc exploit.
Then transfer it to your usb pen drive. There is a readme.txt included and a great help file in the Exploit program. Also here is a PS2 Exploit Utility Guide that can explain a bit more.
You would then use your save manager in Ar Max to transfer it from your usb pen drive to the memory card.

Then everytime you put in your PS1 original game it should boot up to either uLaunch 4.12 or cdloader.elf depending how you set it up in the Exploit utility.

To use Cdloader.elf
Just launch cdloader
Once it loads up, press EJECT on your PS2 and put in an original High TOC PS2 DVD
Then u have to press (X) when message is displayed.
Another message will appear saying (USE THE EA METHOD), you will notice the disc will stop spinning.
Swap the TOC original game with the backup game using your fliptop or slide tool, then press (X), it takes a while to load, but it will load up.

Otherwise you could return your AR MAX and make sure to get the one with Media Player.
Then you would be able to just have the cdloader.elf on your usb pen drive and be able to launch it through the media player to play your backups.

I hope that explains a bit better for you.

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Originally posted by KingCold:

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Originally posted by smokyrain:

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Ok I am probably not explaining this right.
Firstly the Ar Max memory manager can only handle save files. It won't transfer elf files.

You have a FAT PS2 and so without the media player in Ar Max, you only have this option. You will need a PS1 original disc.

1. To make an exploit using PS2 exploit Utility 5.1 and export it to a memory card save(XPS format). Then use PS2 Savebuilder to open that save file, and then save it as a new file with .max extension.
You can have cdloader.elf, uLaunch 4.12 etc on the mc exploit.
Then transfer it to your usb pen drive. There is a readme.txt included and a great help file in the Exploit program. Also here is a PS2 Exploit Utility Guide that can explain a bit more.
You would then use your save manager in Ar Max to transfer it from your usb pen drive to the memory card.

Then everytime you put in your PS1 original game it should boot up to either uLaunch 4.12 or cdloader.elf depending how you set it up in the Exploit utility.

To use Cdloader.elf
Just launch cdloader
Once it loads up, press EJECT on your PS2 and put in an original High TOC PS2 DVD
Then u have to press (X) when message is displayed.
Another message will appear saying (USE THE EA METHOD), you will notice the disc will stop spinning.
Swap the TOC original game with the backup game using your fliptop or slide tool, then press (X), it takes a while to load, but it will load up.

Otherwise you could return your AR MAX and make sure to get the one with Media Player.
Then you would be able to just have the cdloader.elf on your usb pen drive and be able to launch it through the media player to play your backups.

I hope that explains a bit better for you.

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hello everybody


i have a question for you smokyrain.

why isn't this tutorial working on a slim ps2?? i have tried it with a slim right now but the only problem i have right now is that the ps1 game is booting then the cdloader or the ulaunch boot thing........this sucks....i have tried every way that i don't have to mod my ps2 or to buy the action replay cd again only for this media player.....i will test it with another ps1 game to get sure......

however back to the start of my post..why isn't it working with a slim ps2 (sorry my english is bad)

thx for the answer

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