PS2 Slimline guide: external USB hard drive & game playing (NO CHIP REQ'D)

I have some DNAS problems here. Still can't get Colin McRae Rally 2005 working. It black screens without it, and with the patch in a rebuilt ISO, USBeXtreme's Windows installer gives me a read error(patched with a DNAS patcher). I'm about to try using Burnout 3's IOPRP280.img, which is good considering Colin McRae Rally 2005 uses DNAS280.img as its DNAS file. Has anyone ever gotten this game to work, and with which game did you swap the DNAS file? Does region matter(Burnout 3 is NTSC U/C, while Colin McRae Rally 2005 is PAL)?

 

Hi Ace,

Too bad your initial DNAS swap didn't work. For Tiger Woods 2005, the CD had both a DNAS280.img and a IOPR280.img. I just deleted the original DNAS280.img, renamed IOPR280.img to DNAS280.img, and everything worked (after rebuilding, etc.).

For Tiger Woods 2006, it has a DNAS280.img and DNAS300.img, but only had an IOPR300.img. So, I deleted both DNAS's, renamed IOPR300.img to DNAS300.img, then copied the IOPR280.img from Tiger Woods 2005 and renamed it DNAS280.img, and it worked (after rebuilding, etc.).

Sorry I can't answer any of the rest of your questions regarding your particular game, DNAS's, regions, etc. as I've just barely started delving into this stuff.

Good Luck!

 

Okay, but get this: Colin McRae Rally 2005 has NO, that's right NO IOPR file, just a DNAS280.img file. What's up with that?

 

Hey Ace,

Apparently that is not uncommon. In some of the other stuff I've read re: DNAS they talk about getting the IOPRxxx.img files from other games, or sometimes even from a Sony demo game disk. As I understand it, it does not matter if the IOPR/DNAS file comes from a different game or not, so if you have any original PS2 game with an IOPR280.img file, it might be worth trying. I would try for the same region, just in case, if you can do that.

 

hey guys all dat wat us ay can not be used to copy a swapmagic ?????

 

Hi Nothing,

I'm not sure I understood your message, but I think you were asking for a copy of Swap Magic. A copy of Swap Magic won't do you any good, because it has to have special physical formatting on the CD/DVD that can only be performed when pressed at the factory.

 

i have a 250gb hard drive that i connect to my laptop through a usb. can i use this for the ps2? also, i have about 75 gigs of data on the harddrive, is there a way for me to use it with the ps2 and keep the existing files?

 

aeryk, i know that they can not be copied, well that is what i read from people, but i saw you guys here have way to make game work on hard drive, and jsut wondering if you do taht you cna make the swap magi, copy, with dnaxxx. and dropxxx.

 

Hi Nothingto,

No, you actually have to have Swap Magic, first. That is the CD/DVD that then allows you to run a backup game - either on a hard drive or a copied CD/DVD. But, the first step requires a copy of Swap Magic. There is NO WAY from everything I have read, to be able to create a Swap Magic disk on home CD/DVD burners no matter what trick you try.

I thought from earlier messages you already had Swap Magic, and had backed up your games to your USB HD, and were just having trouble getting them to load?

The DNAS swap simply allows a game to load from the USB Hard drive using USBAdvance - but you have to have Swap Magic first to get USBAdvance to boot. The DNAS swap has nothing to do with Swap Magic, as far as I know, only with USBAdvance running the games.

 

Can someone tell me if the tutorial at the very first of this thread will work with an original PS2 and not a slimline PS2?

 

aeryk yes i have,it, i bouthg it long ago.. but the only way i can play my game is if i burn it in dvd, and then swapmagic method, but since i post my first mail here, i saw you like games on the hard drive was easy but , i have read a lot and there no pssible way i cant, do it.

 

PT, while I have just started in this adventure, I don't see why not, though I have not done it myself (only have a slim). For the chubby PS2's, there are better ways of running games from hard drives, I believe - like an internal IDE hard drive, for one. Much faster and more elegant. And, there are exploits which might not (not positive about that one) require the purchase of Swap Magic.

From everything I've read though, Swap Magic works on chubby PS2's, and the USB ports on these systems are more open then those on the slim, so chances are pretty good it will. Short answer: YES! Anyone who has more experience in this area feel free to correct me if I am wrong.

Nothingto, have you tried the DNAS swap method on even just one game? The black screen after selecting a game to load was the same thing I got until I did the DNAS swap. Have you tried that on any of your games? You are 99% of the way there - you have Swap Magic, it is booting from your hard drive, and you have USBAdvance working, now you just need to try the DNAS swap on one of your games. I know the method is a little complex, but it sure beats having to change DVD's all the time! I just leave one of the Swap Magic discs in the PS2, and can play any of my games from the hard drive!

 

no i havent try that one yet.. but i saw it works perfect for all of you, aeryk, if you can help me wiht that, i will be thankz, to you, . it seen to be easy, for you,, but for what i read, i dont get it, yet, thankz anywayz. and thank if you help me

 

Hi Nothing,

Sure, I can try to help. Back on page 9, I specified a step by step process. Tell me which step you are having trouble with, and I'll see if I can't clear it up.

Good Luck!

 

Whats up everybody i just got a external hdd and i put some games on it but i cant put "Bully" or "WWe smackdown vs raw 2007" but i heard u need to patch those games in order to make them work but i cant find the programs or know how to do that
any help will be appreciated
thx

Aladdin

 

Alladin,

Tell us how far in the process you are. You have Swap Magic, and have put USBAdvance on your hard drive, and are able to boot the PS2 to USBAdvance? And you have some games working from USBAdvance, but not the two you mentioned? So you just want to do a DNAS swap on those two?

If that is the case, I have written some instructions for the DNAS swap on page 8 (December 17th, 2006). Let me know what step number you are having trouble with, and I'll see if I can help.

If you haven't got the Swap Magic and USBAdvance part working yet, go back to the very beginning of this thread and read MasterChu's tutorial and Ace's additions.

Good Luck!

 

Hey, Aeryk, IT WORKS! Colin McRae Rally 2005 is fully functional using Burnout 3's IOPRP280.img(seems like region doesn't matter, just like file size). All I need to do now is patch the game to NTSC, reinstall it, and I'm good.

 

Hey Ace, that's GREAT! Isn't it amazing when it works? I hate that pause while I wait to see if the black screen goes away and I get that little "loading..." word, but it sure is awesome when it works!

Good to know that the region doesn't matter, too. That opens up more possibilities for replacement DNAS/IOPR's.

 

So do I. Makes me nervous, especially with the fact that it's sometimes possible for a game to be commonly thought of as not working(that was only the case with Colin McRae Rally 2005, I knew that my other games, Colin McRae Rally 04 and Need for Speed Carbon, were fully functional, but with choppy video sequences(is there a fix for that?)).

 

I'm pretty sure the choppy video comes from the slower relative speeds of a USB hard drive versus an IDE internal. Surprises me a little that USB speeds would be slower than the native PS2 DVD drive read speed, but that's what I've read.