I purchased a SM set last year, and have had no trouble with the DVD copy. The CD copy on the other hand, is a whole other story.
No matter what, it will not work on my slim PS2. I tried it on my brother's slim, and it happens to work just fine. Strangely, all of my CD-based games work fine. (it's just the SM)
So, after browsing the pages here, I found a link to something titled "DVDloader", located at Sksapps, which claims to boot CD-based games with the SM DVD.
I downloaded, unzipped, burned to DVD, and it starts up with the DVD SM. After I get to the menu, now what? It will not boot up my CD import, nor anything CD-based.
The question is, how the heck do I work this thing?
I did find an internal menu that has some options in it, but clicking on them brings me back to the DVDloader's menu. (basically, they do absolutely nothing)
Thanks a lot for any help you can give me! :)
kyle16
I think you need to load (no swap) an original ps2 game (cd-based) to refresh the TOC. Then you can swap in your backup. Though an even better option would be to convert your game to a DVD.
CD-ROM games spin like mad in the ps2 while DVD-ROM games do not. Just checkout this link.
Could I have a big step-by-step process on what I'm supposed to do?
Here's what I've been doing so far:
-First, I boot up SM 3.6 DVD.
-Second, I insert the DVDloader and start it.
-Third, I press X and choose one of the 5 CDloader options. (is this necessary?)
-Fourth, refresh the TOC with Chulip, a 500-something MB game to load the 300-something MB Naruto bonus disc.
-Fifth, I swap Chulip with the bonus disc in the style of SM.
-The screen goes red, and it says "Error Validating PS2 disc".
-Finally, the disc stops, and at the bottom of the screen it says "Invalid PS2 disc".
What's going on here? I'm swapping everything correctly, nothing is a back-up of any type, yet the thing keeps rejecting the disc.
What am I doing wrong?
