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crowmen

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13. January 2007 @ 18:38

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hi all, i have a fat ps2 (v9 i think) with mc exploit and hdd. im trying to put a very old image i have of ape escape on a cd-r so i can play it on my ps2 using the launch.elf method i also have some swapmagic elf files though im not sure which to use for cds and if that would even work with psx games (im not aware of any others that dont require me to go and buy something but if u know one please tell me). but i can never get it to play. i made the image a long time ago with Nero and just did a plain copy so i wonder if that may be the problem. i open the image in Nero now and all i can realy change is the write speed iv tried it at full speed and the lowest 4x. i load up the exploit on the ps2 and go to the browser through launch.elf then swap the discs and try and run the game i get a black screen and the disk just sits there spinning. iv tried swapping the game out again(while its spinning) and putting the trigger disk back in and it just loads that game. as i said i think i didnt make the image properly it runs perfectly fine in a psx emulator on my pc but id imagine theyd be alot more versatile so is there anyway i can check to see if the image is ok or if it needs to be changed somehow and if so how would i do that?
now the second problem the grinding noise. iv noticed that on most of the cd-r's i use when there in the ps2 they make a grinding noise when they spin fast and noise as if there rubbing against somethign when theyr at normal speeds. i opened the case to look inside as it ran and that by putting gentle presure on(im not sure how to describe this) the small white wheel in the laser cover. the thing that when the disk goes in and the wheel that turns the disk goes into the disk this little white wheel is above them and creates a sandwitch which id imagine is to hold the disk steady. anyway applying pressure to that would stop the grinding noise. as i said this happens to most not all of the cd-r's and thats the same make of cd etc it also seems to happen with pc software disks i have but other than that all the genuine audio cds and ofcourse genuine game cds/dvds work fine. iv tried removing the laser cover and taking the white wheel out of that then running the disk again and just letting the magnet hold the white wheel down on top of the disk but the grinding is still there. im not sure but the only way i could garuntee a disk to work would be id imagine to make an audio cd. i have an old audio cd made on the same brand of disk that doesnt make the grinding noise and that works fine but when theres an audio disk iv created recently it grinds and gives a disk read error. so this may also be the problem with ape escape. i noticed that without a disk in the lens on the laser will pop up for a second could there be some reason that it goes up and stays up when it trys to read the cd-rs but not other disks? i realy dont know what the problem is here so any help will be greatly appreciated. and sorry for such a long post. thanks, Marco Flash

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