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bmcd

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14. January 2007 @ 02:53

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I was wondering if there was any way to load PS2 games straight from a USB stick. For example is there a program like HDadvance or USBeXtreme that can load from a usb stick instead of usb Hard Drives?

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Xplaya

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14. January 2007 @ 10:16

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I would assume you could use a usb stick just like a usb hardrive and use the software usbextreme/advance to load games off it.
But I dont have a big enough usbstick to try it.
Also the compatibility sucks with extreme anyways

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bmcd

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14. January 2007 @ 19:56

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I've kinda tried that.

To do this I put an HDadvance .ELF (named SWAPMAGIC.ELF) in a SWAPMAGIC folder of my USB stick and loaded it with Swap Magic 3.8. I also put files created by USBeXtreme in the root directory of my USB stick. When HDadvance loaded it found my game, but when i tried to load it nothing happened. It just went to a black screen and stopped working.

Is this because HDadvance cannot be used with my 8Gb USB Stick or because i cannot load HDadvance from the same drive as the game i'm trying to load? Also, if it is the latter, how can I get the HDadvance .ELF onto a memory card without using a usb memcard reader?

Thanks!

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Xplaya

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15. January 2007 @ 10:23

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My guess is that that game is not compatible with usbextreme/advance. What game did u try? Do you know if it normally works with a usb hdd.

The compatible rate of games working with usbextreme is like 5-10%.
You might have to look up for a compatible list somewhere.

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PS2 Silver Simline & Swap Tool Pro v2
Swap Magic 3.6+, Games, Games and more Games...
***
Old Fat PS2 & Slide Card Pro
A whole lot of Elfs, Mp3's and Videos via HDD.

bmcd

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16. January 2007 @ 06:00

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