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

I am also working on the DVD5 of GOWII also as we speak and trying something with the DVD9 version also.
Just got to finish them up and test which will be a little while yet.

As for your SM DVD, did it ever work, can you exchange it from where you bought it from. Thats what I had to do with mine and they did.

Yes there are some good tutorials on the exploit, but I don't know how they work with a usb drive.
I know they work via hd loader.
You may want to start a new thread to ask that question.

http://sksapps.com/index.php?page=exploit_utility_tutorial.html
http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/109289

Couple good threads there.

Ok I have tried both the DVD9 patched and it wouldnt load, and I tried the DVD5 and it won't load either.
Works great with SM 3.8 though (the DVD5 of course)

 

i have SW 3.8 CODER and i tried booting ELF files off my USB HDD (2.5 Gb) and it won't but when i try my flash drive it does boot it. any idea why i cant boot off my USB HDD?

Thanks

PS: I have v12 slim PS2.

 

I too have had a problem with SM working while a USB drive is plugged in. Try letting SM load first, then plug in the drive and run USB Extreme (or whatever else you use) and see if that helps.

I tried GOW2 (DVD5), and I am gettin gthe same result as with the DVD9, hopefully one of you guys have better luck. :/

 

oK First how did you format your 2.5 USB drive. Sometimes is better to format first with NTFS, then using USBExtreme ul_install i would format it to FAT32.
Then make folder SWAPMAGIC, put in usbadvance.elf file and rename it to SWAPMAGIC.ELF
Its important that they are in caps as I have above.

 

Hi I need Some help Does This method Work for ps1 Games because
I have a ps2 Slimline and a 60Gb usb hard Drive
and I Did a Full format on My usb hard Drive to the FAT32
and I Downloaded USB Advance ELF and Renamed it to SWAPMAGIC.ELF
and Made a folder named SWAPMAGIC in the root directory of My USB mass storage device..

And I Have - Need for Speed Porsche Unleashed
That I Got From My Dad a Wile Back but i don't have the real Cd any More.

and the File is not in iso Format

its in 4 Files / NTSC-U)

1.Need for Speed Porsche Unleashed.img
2.Need for Speed Porsche Unleashed.cue
3.Need for Speed Porsche Unleashed.ccd
4.Need for Speed Porsche Unleashed.sub
------------------------

I have Tryed To Convert Them to iso useing MagicISO
But Then When its Done i tred to test it With ePSXe emulator and it wont play , When i tested it with the Need for Speed Porsche Unleashed.img File it Worked on the ePSXe emulator

So Then I Tyed to use USBInsane to convert it to the hard Drive Files and to do that i browsed the Folder that it is in and and since its not an iso i had to tyed the 1st latter , the N and i saw it so i clicked on it and converted it to the hard drive files for swap magic

But When i load it i can see the name of it on the sceen so i tryed to load it but it goes to a fuzzy sceen right away.

i also tryed it to load a ps2 game and i sawl it for that to and clicked on it but it goes to a black sceen so i figerd it just did not have a nof ram or something to load that

but any waz can someone plz help me out with the ps1 problem

And Thanks for any help
- Dustin

 

for those types of files, just rename the .IMG file to .ISO so you can use it with usbinsane

 

I loved that game!

Meanwhile DONT WASTE YOUR TIME ps1 games + USBAdvance = INCOMPATIBLE

 

Hi,

I allready have a fat PS2 with a 300GB HDD inside, working perfectly, but I made a mistake when I formatted another 300GB HDD for my slim PS2 (which is in a USB external box). I formated it in my fat PS2 (so it's in the PS2 format), instead of using the NTFS format in Windows...

My questions are:
1) Is there a way to convert this HDD to NTFS without deleting all the backups I allready have on it ? (if no, then can I copy the backups using Winhiip from my fat PS2-HDD to my usb NTFS-HDD using Winhiip ?)

2) Is NTFS the right format for using an external USB HDD with USB Extreme ? (I saw, in tutorial that you have to first use NTFS format in windows, then use USBExtreme to re-format the HDD again... so I don't really know if the HDD remains in NTFS or if USBExtreme tranforms its format to another ?)

Regards,
T2J

 

1. yes. you can use software such as "partition magic" to change the format of a hdd without destroying the data.

2. no, it must be FAT32 (or 16 for drives smaller than 2GB)
*NOTE* do not use XP to format it in FAT32 directly, because it won't let you use all the available space (if it lets u at all) just quick format it in NTFS to allocate the entire size, then using another tool, like usbadvance, properly convert it to FAT32 (though it says NTFS)

also

how come they work for me then?

 

wangle please let us know your method IF YOU CAN REALLY play ps1 games with USBAdvance.

 

ya Man Can you Plz tell us...
it wood be a big help for those who want to play ps1 backups on usb hard drives

Thanks
- Dustin

 

just tested it with bomberman kart and it worked no troubles

although i do have a modchip, could be why

 

Will you please explain wangle if you are talking about PS1 Game booting up successfully on PS2 via USBAdvace.
How do you do it?

 

yes

 

i did it the normal way *shrugs*

 

Glad to know that. I will try it ASAP!

 

ok, i've been trying to follow this forum, but sometimes i think it jumps to the fat ps2, and i need the slimline tutorial

so here is where i am at

I have a ps2 slimline
I have an external hard drive
I can obviously download stuff
I think I can get access to a ARMax
I have plenty of ethernet and usb's, but i don't think i have a usb flash drive specifically for the ps2.....will a regular one work?
I have plenty of PSX games

Anyway, I am willing to buy extra stuff if necessary



So here's the question(s)


1. Can the ARMax exploit work at all for the slimline? It seems to be the easiest and cheapest method by far of doing this, so this is the way I would prefer

2. And if not, what is the easiest way I could do this with a slimline



I'm sorry if these questions have been answered before in this forum, but I can't always tell which ps2 model they are talking about


Thanks in advance for all of your help!

 

Oh, and I just realized that this might be a problem....I have a very recent ps2.....bought Christmas 2006, probably whatever was latest at the time

Just thought it might make a difference

 

I have tried searching this whole forum but i can't seem to find an answer. If I format a 500GB external USB hard drive using the USBAdvance format tool will I be able to use all of the space or does the 127GB barrier apply or is that just a PC issue? Thanks for you help.

 

Hi everyone,

I am planning to buy magic keys II with Swap Magic disc v3.8

Is that enough to play games of external drives?

Can anyone tell me a reliable source from where I can buy the above?

If you cant post the links here you can PM me

Thanks a lot