I have been looking for almost 3 days and cant find the awnser to my question.
How do you load backups using Action replay (max), so far I have tried:
1. load a game with a large TOC in AR then swap the disk once the TOC game starts to load.
2. selecting, "play with no codes" or whatever it is then putting in the game and hitting X to select "Ok".
FYI, the way I swap the disk is: I have the ps2s top off, and the top off of the disk tray (with just the white magnetic peace over the disk). when it comes time to swap them I grab the dikthats in their and place the other one in.
I burned both games that I have tried (Guilty Gear XX slash, and Marvel Vs capcom 2) usinf Alcohol 120% using a pioneer DVR-710 dvd wrighter, and for Guilty gear I burned it on a Maxwell 16X dvd-r, and MArvel vs capcom on a HP 52X cd-r.
I have DVD Decrypter, shoul I be using that insted of Alcohol? I really want to know what im doing wrong before I waste any more DVDs.
and assume that it will work for a fat ps2, just skip the part about disabling the sensors. but my AR max wont recognize my flash disk, and i dosent have a midia player option, just "DVD region X" or somthing like that.
Quote:PS2 without modchip, Using GS/AR/Swap Magic with Swipe/Slide Card or Flip Top, PS2 DVD backup booting
1. Have AR/GS dongle in a memory card slot (if needed by your disc)
2. Power on your PS2
3. Insert AR/GS/SM* disc, press Reset
4. At the AR2/GS2 menu, press EJECT
5. Swap AR/GS disc for an Original-TOC-DVD* and wait 10 seconds
6. Select "AR/GS Codes"
7. Highlight "Add new code" and press X to get to the next screen
8. Press X three times. You will see "Updating code list please wait" each time)
9. Press "Start" on controller
10. Select "Without codes", press X
11. Press X again, you will see "Updating code list please wait"
12. You will hear Original DVD stop spinning
13. You will have about 10 seconds to do the following 2 steps
14. Immediately after disc stops spinning open Flip Top or use Swipe/Slide Card to open PS2 tray
15. Close Flip top or Use Swipe/Slide Card to close PS2 tray then press X
16. Screen will change and game will now boot
* Note - For Swap Magic just insert the DVD boot disc, press Reset and when "Insert Disc" is shown on screen use Swipe/Slide Card for swap and follow on screen directions.
* Note - "Original-TOC-DVD" is an original DVD that is a larger file size than the backup
* Note - For a shortcut make a few ?Add new codes?, or use any title you know you don?t need (you can always reset the dongle) and after step 6 just highlight one of the ?newly? added codes or unnecessary ones and press square to delete it, then proceed on with step 9.
*Important* You have to have the correct version of AR/GS in order to boot backups
what am I doing wrong
I got to step 6 and added and AR codef ro Xenosaga ep2. once I got to step 10. the AR never said "Updating code list please wait" it just loded the game. the dvd never stoped spinning. I tried to swap the games out but it didnt work
That's a good guide here that covers that. But you require an awful lot of work to get it working. You need a CDLoader file either burnt to a disc using the Max CD Creator or on a USB flash drive and then load it using the Max Media Player, and from there you can do the swapping. You can also use codes on backups this way by using the codes first on ARMax itself and the second time ARMax boots, boot the backup using CDLoader.
Read inside that thread. I remember a lot of people having the same issue. If I remember correctly, nothing can really be done if your ARMax doesn't have the media player. But I could be wrong. Read on friend.
