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

So if Im correct Im going to have to buy swap magic in order to run usbadvance with my hard drive, theres no way to use an ac powered hard drive with ARMax at all?

 

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Need a little help.
I have a pstwo v12, and my son put a program in the MC named "Ice Manager Devolution", connected an external HD to pstwo, put in Swap Magic 3.6, swaped with HDloader advance,and the games inside HD are ready to be played anytime.
But there´s a little problem, (if it is a problem),can´t take out the HD loader, because doesn´t stop spinning while I´m playing.
Is there some trick to take the disc? because I don´t think is necessary the motor running while playing from HD!
Am I wrong?
Thanks in advance for any answers.

 

Hmm, USBeXtreme does not list my ipod as a hard drive to install games onto, yet I can use it as a harddrive. Is there a certain setting i need to set my ipod too? It's formated as FAT32. I tried installing the game then simply moving those install files onto my ipod but I get the "non valid ps2 format" thing on my screen when I try to boot it with Swapmagic 3.6. Also I have the 75001 ps2 slim model...will that work or has that been made not to work?

 

@ Rouzuki

Your question about the hard drive has already been answered in this forum. Check out my post on page three. It is the fifth post on the page. This should answer your question.

As for the "non valid ps2 format" showing on your screen, are you using an origional swap magic cd or dvd when you turn on your play station.

 

ah much thanks, thought i had found all the ipod keywords on this thread, must have skipped a page ^^;

 

great faq
just one question, does this work only on the slim ps2? or can i use this same exploit and tutorial on the older version ps2?
need to know so that i do waste my time tring if its only going to work on the newer ps2

 

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I used hdloader on a slim.
I can´t take the disc out, because because doesn´t stop spinning.
See if you can answer to this
http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/5/348187#2204057
The question with my nick, of course

 

cools thanks for the advice, im still learning the tricks of the trade, i mainly use the hdd for ffxi, but since i have it for pc i need to make other uses for it.

still, thanks for the advice! you're a great help.

::bows::

 

another question..

i was givin a copied version of hdloader, that was burned onto a disk.
do i need swap magic to boot that disk or will it still work regardless?

just seeing if i need to tell the person that they need to go F#%*($ themselves with a f$*%)@ loaf of bread or if i need to buy both swap magic and hdloader.

 

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thanks again man, i'll give it a try.

I hope everyone else is just as nice as you are!^^

 

ok i read over the thread that you gave me so far all is well with one problem...

i cannont find anything that explains how to use a usb memory stick to load or execute the hdloader.

is there another website that you could recommend that could explain this process?

 

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I'm hoping one of the knowledgable, friendly people here can help me with my little problem. Essentially, USB Advance loads, but instead of listing the games I have installed, it says "Insert a USB Device". On the right panel, it says "Games N/A, USED ---, FREE ---, STATUS No dev". This seems odd to me, because the USB Advance elf file itself is running off the usb device.

Pertinent info:
- The usb device in question is a 250GB Lacie usb hdd (with AC power source)
- My PS2 is a slimline SCPH-70011
- The game was installed directly to the drive using the USBeXtreme tool. It created three files in the root directory of the drive, 'ul.cfg' and two other large files beginning with 'ul' and ending with '.00' and '.01'. So far I have tried it with two separate games. As a side note, converting (or copying, or whatever the correct term is) only took about 5 minutes 2GB. People who take a half-hour or so must be using a USB 1.0 connection. I'm using USB 2.0, and it just flies.
- I'm loading the USB Advance elf using Swap Magic 3.6. I've loaded it successfully using the '\SWAPMAGIC\SWAPMAGIC.ELF' method, and through Unofficial ELF Launcher. Either way it loads from the HDD in question, not a memory card or separate USB drive.

I hope that's all the information necessary. Again, any help will be much appreciated. As a bonus, once I get USB Advance working I'm eager to try out MasterChu's SLUS file edit theory to get games working that otherwise won't play. I actually have Rogue Trooper to test, the game he specifically mentioned in the original post for the idea. Any suggestions for what program to use to edit the SLUS file?

 

@voxaryx

It sounds like your hard drive might not be compatable with usbadvance. Check out my post on page three. It is the fifth post on the page. It has the link to hard drives that are compatable with usbadvance.

As for your slus question, if I understand you right; there is no program needed to edit the slus, you just need to find another game that has the correct SLUS and replace the DNAS file.
exp. Replace DNAS280 with SLUS280.

If I remember right masterchu has put together a very detailed and easy to follow guide for this method.

 

@duke69111 - Thanks for trying, but that was completely unhelpful. The links you posted were for compatibility with HD Advance. I'm using USB Advance. Furthermore, on the second list you linked to, 9 of 12 people reported a drive similar/identical to mine to be working. Previous to posting here I searched the net for a list of USBeXtreme/Advance compatible drives, but was unable to find one. Anyone know of any?

SLUS editing: I'm not trying to get DNAS games working, I want to try MasterChu's idea of fixing games that don't work with USB Advance by replacing instances of /cdrom:0 with /. Again, any suggestions for a program to use to edit would be appreciated.

 

hey im still a bit confused everyone. i followed the method with opening usbextreme and saving the games to my external Hd. but what is this i hear of swap magic, and hd loader. is that what u need to load the games?
cuz the main thing is this, i have silent hill 2 and RE4 on ym HD right now. now what? how do i go about to loading them up, i also downloaded usb advanced cracked version, can anyone help me to playing these games??? thanks, oh and wahts the ELF thing i keep hearing about? thanks everyone

 

ELFs are the Sony version of executable files. The USB Advance you downloaded should contain an ELF file. There are many ways of running this ELF file. I personally use Swap Magic, because the latest version (3.6) has the ability to run ELF files from the Memory Card or a USB device. I'm not sure about version 3.3 and previous. The way I did it was to create a directory on my USB drive called SWAPMAGIC. Then I renamed the USB Advance ELF to SWAPMAGIC.ELF, and put it in the SWAPMAGIC directory. It doesn't matter that the name is different, that's just so Swap Magic will recognize and load the file properly. Trust me, this works. Connect your powered on USB drive to your PS2, put the Swap Magic disc in the drive, and turn on the PS2. You'll see the usual loading screen for Swap Magic, then after a few seconds you'll see the USB Advance loading screen, which should then display the game(s) you have installed on the drive.

If you don't have Swap Magic, there are other ways of getting the ELF to run, but I can't help you, sorry. If in fact you have a slimline PS2, and are connecting your HDD to it using USB, you don't need HD Advance. That program is for people who own a phattie and are hooking up their HDD using a more complicated method.

As for my previous issue, my issue was in fact compatibility. I took the Lacie/WD drive back to the store, and for one penny less I was able to get a Maxtor Ultra16 250GB drive and usb enclosure. I switched the jumper from CS to Master, did all the formatting and whatnot, and it works like a charm.

I'm in process of trying out MasterChu's idea right now. As soon as my computer will allow me to disconnect my drive, I'll be headed downstairs to try my first "hacked" version of Rogue Trooper with USB Advance. Wish me luck.