So I went down in to the basement, dug it out of a box, blew the dust off it, and got started.
SOFTMOD PS2 MOD
While researching Vita homebrew, I came across a video from where someone demonstrated a soft mod for the PlayStation 2 slim.
SOFTMOD PS2 MODS
Press down until Rename is selected and hit O Rename file to dvdplayer.The PS Vita scene has blown up in and a flood of new mods and homebrew are out. ELF and hit X ELF Hit O and on the next screen Hit O again Press down till you get to B? Started in as EmuParadise Forums, our community has grown over the past 18 years into one of the biggest gaming platforms on the internet. The goal of our community is the complete preservation of all retro video games. RicoSuaveGuapo likes this.We are the oldest retro gaming forum on the internet.
Softmodding the ps2 is just having a freemcboot memcard plugged in during boot. Thanks for this guide I assume I still need to write the boot image to the hard drive? Last edited by RicoSuaveGuapoAug 6, J-Machine Self proclaimed Pog champion. It saves you quite a few bucks and a lot of time for disk swaps. If you have a fat and slim PS2, mod the slim then transfer the memory card. Last edited by rs1nJul 16, Level Joined: May 27, Messages: 13, Country. This is necessary to recover the entire storage space on the HDD since the boot image we used earlier is very likely not the same size as your drive!
SOFTMOD PS2 INSTALL
This step is required regardless of whether you choose to install FreeHDBoot. This version is likely newer than the one that came with the HDD image. Always format your memory card first - this is a necessary step in the Free MC Boot installer! Install FreeMCBoot onto your memory card. When you boot the PS2, it should eventually load up the PS2 menu. Make sure that the PS2 is unplugged whenever installing or removing the HDD or you could very well blow a fuse! There are plenty of alternatives, so feel free to use your favorite. Mac and Linux users can copy the image file to their HDD using the dd command. The idea is to write a boot image to the HDD so that we can run custom code. In theory, you can use any IDE adapter that fits the network adapter, and any storage device that your IDE adapter handles.
SOFTMOD PS2 UPDATE
Once you have such a memory card, you can create new ones or update it to the most recent version I always have one as a backup that I have stored away safely. For any PS2 slim or fat with model number less than 9xxx, the simplest method is to obtain a memory card with Free MC Boot installed. Updated for - everything still remains the same, but added a few more details. Softmodding a fat PS2 in By rs1nJul 10, 68, 16 2. I used an old 40GB Maxtor which I had lying around.By rs1nJul 10, 68, 16 2.
Is there a specific hard drive I need when installing a generic HDD into the PS2 expansion port? Or can I only use first party PS2-specific HDD addons?Ī PS2 network adapter with a generic drive will do. You can copy games from CD/DVD to the HDD using ToxicOS itself, install images with a PC program called WinHIIP (you have to connect the HD to your PC to do so) which you can download from SKSapps, or by network (~350kB/s) using FAPLink. See the following link for OS compatibility: You can load these OSes from a USB flash drive with Free MCBoot. However, some games don't work from HDD or need a specific OS (such as ToxicOS) to boot from. I recently installed a HDD in my brother's PS2, and he claims games load much faster from HDD than from CD/DVD. Is it true games load faster from the disc than the HDD? I believe I can boot NTSC images from HDD on my PAL console without problems, using ToxicOS. I understand that you must use a third party software to change the region on an import before loading it. Does this allow me to play PS1 games as well as PS2?
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