PS3 Swap Switch Tutorial

I already have a modded slim PS2. I was more curious than anything and it's no big deal either way. However if if someone was able to do it for me, I'd consider selling on my modded PS2.

 

Anyone test FW 2.40?
It's either David or me testing all the time, come on guys, a little courage!!

 

I already installed 2.40 firmware (I always install firmware as soon as I see there is new update).
Didnt thought about testing it, but I can test it now.

EDIT: nothing changed, still works great.

 

hey cool man, thanks again to YOU.
Later,

TSR

 

hey its me again
i have something importent!!!
in few sites in the web someone wrote that
we can "dril a holl in the top of the ps3
and in some way that i didnt get it - to stop the kaser from reading!!!! and thats what we need!!!
it sais excacly - "if u push ..... it will stop the laser from readin but not the spinnig"
and thats what we need!!!
to stop the laser!!!
please serch thes sites and solve it!

 

But ejecting a disc when the motor is still spinning cant be good for the ps3 either.
After lot of switches I think that will damage the ps3 too.
Its lot better with the laser turned off but I still wouldnt do it until there is also a way to stop the motor.

And those 2 ways to stop laser + motor will probably be lot of soldering inside ps3, and I dont want to solder in it for a 3rd time, cause 2 times I soldered in it I had feeling I broke the ps3..

 

just wanna share my experience with 2.41. yesterday afternoon, all my downloaded games can't launch. it would show the playstation 3 splash and then dark screen and hanged there. my son was playing games fine in the morning. i tried going thru all the settings, even my tv settings and even tried changing tv and cables. even a settings and system restore did not solve the problem. then i thought about the new style of quiting game from the xmb. maybe its my ps2 game that has not quit properly. but it certainly does not show that i have a game running in the xmb. i touch and hold the eject button. it light up and gives a few beep. then i tried launching warhawk again and voila!!! it launches!!! but too bad all my movies/mp3s/pictures are all gone

is it just my system? or is it swapped discs have to be exited properly? and why did the state of the swapped discs still intact even after series of restarts and even system restore?

 

hi david
we allready have a way to stop the motor
i just said that someone found a way t stop the laser
so we dont have to wait the 8:30 min'
will someone please explore this "laser stop shit" to findout how we stop the laser?

 

Sounds like a load of crap to me but source/link ?

yantz, no such thing happened to me. and yeah you ALWAYS have to switch off the ps3 properly, either by "standby" button on ps3 or via the XMB menu. Never use the switch at the back directly!

 

allright!!! xenepp!! i gota say that internal mod with the card reader works very well...thanks for the pictures to pin point where to solder to..has anyone tested out ps3 games yet?? yay!! no battery..i was really scared soldering for it was my first time doing it on any systems..worked out very well thanks again.. im going to try to read all liitle more about the sensor to retain original function.. im still a little confused about that..and what is a big original game to swap out final fantasy 12 with??? any help would be cool thanks.

 

tsrp3

i will give u a link in a few hours ok?
let me search again
but its a good idea, no...?

 

hi its me again
this is the quote of what i told abaut:
Boot PS2 Backups on PS3 via Soft Swap Method!

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"A method has been found to play PS2 backups on the PS3! Via taking off the metal cover on the Blu-ray drive, removing plastic cover, unplugging sensor and cutting a circle on the top cover you're on your way to acheiving this. Boot the PS2 DVD and then wait for it to load up, hold the PS button and quit the game. Slide the cover back and down and push down on the disc secure magnet, this will STOP the LASER but not stop it from spinning! Swap discs and push X to boot a PS2 backup. This has been tested as WORKING on v1.10 firmware. Swapmagic is only required for PAL conversions and CD backups.
"
we can: stop the motor!!
we can: put out the disc without drill a hole...
but we can't : stop the laser!!

there is the link - http://forums.maxconsole.net/showthread.php?s=c4b42844dc3eaaf8b01ec6b1b0a63539&t=44652

so maybe we have a solution for the laser...
waiting for your answers guys and for yours - tsrp3...

 

WILL THIS MOD ALLOW ME TO RUN A CODEBREAKER (ORIGINAL OR BACKED UP) SO I CAN RUN CODES ON PS2 GAMES?

 

yes, its a great idea..im puzzled right now on some games is have though... some load and some dont.. and some load but after the intro it goes to a black screen and sits there untill i have to reboot.. hmm...another wierd thing is that i have a game that is 3.2 gig original and it loaded a 4.0 gig dvd... it doesent happend to all though...just one game.. i konw that the dvd has to be biger then the one im swaping.. but why is it that that one dvd reads but not the others...any ideas?? is it the way im burning?? i burn at lower speeds at 4x.. so i dont think its the problem. i also tryed to boot bluyray original to bluetay original and that dident seem to work ither..how about the plug for the bluray drive can we unplug that to make the lens stop reading then swap, then pop plug back in??

 

Is this still worked for newest firmware?
Anyway to stop the disc (still spinning when we use this method I think)?

 

The problem with booting ps2 backups using ps2 orig. games could be a number of things. What seems to be the most common problem is the media people burn to. I know the PS2 was very picky about what media was used to play backups, as well as the gamecube for that matter. It wouldn't surprise me if the PS3 was the same way.

What I've found gives you the most bang for your buck are the HP DVD+/-R disks. The +R disks are usually Orange, and -R are Red, if they haven't changed the disks since I got them. I've had one legit bad disk out of about 75 so far.


If thats not it, make sure you're waiting for the disk to stop spinning, don't want to blow out your laser. Also, CD orig. can only boot CD backups, as well as DVD orig. can only boot DVD backups... I think the same goes for DVD DL disks too.

Hope some of that info helps

 

well honestly i wonder what kind of crazy 14yo wrote this shit.
"push down on the disc secure magnet, this will STOP the LASER but not stop it from spinning!"
pushing down the magnet will just forcefully stop the MOTOR from spinning, doesn't help in any way.
I wonder if that dude even openend his br drive to see how it works.

 

i tried this mod using 3 switches but now i cant load any discs...wen i have it on manual mode it sucks the disc in and spits it out but when the disc is in it does not say even show that the disc is a ps2 format disc on the game manu in xmb.when i have it on autmatic mode and try to insert a disc it does not suck it in.it only senses the disc is there.i think the problem lies where the mototr sits but not so sure.can any1 please help me out thanks.i urgently need help.

 

sorry dude, using 1 switch method here :/