PS2 chipping

HGFB · Post by **HGFB** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 8:04 am 0

How well do things like this work?

http://www.modchipworld.co.uk/store/swa ... p-184.html

I'm toying with the idea of getting a slimline PS2 from Asda if they still have any but I suck with a soldering iron so I need something a bit less stressful

Meow · Post by **Meow** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 9:10 am 0

you can soft mod, with a older ps2. just get a maxtor hd, about 160 gig should do also and an adapter and HD loader.

http://www.hdloader.net/

HGFB · Post by **HGFB** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 9:14 am 0

Cheers but I'd rather have something a bit cheaper than buying a new harddisk.

Meow · Post by **Meow** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 9:21 am 0

HGFB wrote:Cheers but I'd rather have something a bit cheaper than buying a new harddisk.

its not that much, nor could you brake it, have you tried taken a ps2 apart and then soldering a chip. at least with this, it won't killed the ps2.

ahhh never mind, your not interested.

WiteWulf · Post by **WiteWulf** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 10:42 am 0

A friend of mine did the softmod thing with hdloader and it's a great piece of kit, even plays back media as well, although it's no XBMC. Having the games load from HDD is so much better than waiting on the slow-poke optical drive.

piku · Post by **piku** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 10:42 am 0

HGFB wrote:How well do things like this work?

That disables the drive's "lid is open" mechanism, doesn't it? Making the drive think the lid is always closed.

So what stops the laser from zapping you in the eyeball for fun?

The Caffeine Kid · Post by **The Caffeine Kid** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 12:28 pm 0

How does this harddrive on a PS2 thing work then? Can you not just plug a USB hard drive in the front, or do you have to faff about powering a normal one and connecting it to the PS2 in another way?

jrc313 · Post by **jrc313** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 1:07 pm 0

I've used a Swap Magic on a fat PS2 and it works a treat. Not quite as elegant as a chipped version, but chipping a PS2 is such a frightening proposition that I'd rather put up with a small amount of inconvenience than end up with an oversized paperweight.

Bubba · Post by **Bubba** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 3:36 pm 0

Chipping a PS2 is a right pain, but is the most versatile - never underestimate the ability to throw a japanese or american disc straight in the PS2 and have it "just work". At uni we have a modded PSTwo with a steadily breaking layzor (cheers for that one Sony, this will be PSTwo number 4 that's failing in under 3 years) and a much older old style PS2 with a hard drive and softmod which works excellently. Playing games like Guitar Hero off the hard drive dramatically reduces the load time

Honestly, I'd say get a 2nd hand big PS2. They're noisy, but they last *much* better (Get one with an iLink port on the front) than the new models and you can bung a hard drive in them for the best PS2 experience :-) One of these with a modchip installed would be my ultimate recommendation, but they can easily be set up with a soft mod if you pop a memory card in the post to some kind soul (;)).

Seriously though, the new PSTwo are supposed to have better build quality. But I'm still getting plenty of "my PS2 won't read games" repair requests from people with these consoles. It's now got to the point that if you pick up a 2nd hand old style model from Gamestation then the chances are it'll outlast a new slimline one, or be repairable for much less.

Cheers

Bubba

Kamineko · Post by **Kamineko** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 9:05 pm 0

microwave wrote:you can soft mod, with a older ps2. just get a maxtor hd, about 160 gig should do also and an adapter and HD loader.

http://www.hdloader.net/

Eeeeeenteresting.

piku · Post by **piku** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 4:07 pm 0

Kamineko wrote:
microwave wrote:you can soft mod, with a older ps2. just get a maxtor hd, about 160 gig should do also and an adapter and HD loader.

http://www.hdloader.net/
Eeeeeenteresting.

Indeed since I've just got a big PS2.

Is Â£30 on eBay a good price for the PS2 Network/HDD adapter? And does it really matter what HDD I put in it?

Kamineko · Post by **Kamineko** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 9:09 pm 0

And does it really matter what HDD I put in it?

I use a bit of software called HDAdvance (which is a 'retail pressed' kinda-fork of HDLoader (I've since used it to put the latest HDLoader on my memory card as well)). Here's HDA's compatibility table!

GO GO GO!

I've got a 80GB SAMSUNG SP0842N.

piku · Post by **piku** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 2:08 pm 0

Cool. Currently I'm a bit distracted trying to upgrade everything but I'll see if there are cheap 80-100gig hard drives out there.

I read on the Internet that the HDLoader or the Modchip has an FTP server so you can upload stuff to the PS2 over the network, like you can with XBMC on the XBox. Is this right? I'd like that.

Kamineko · Post by **Kamineko** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 3:35 pm 0

HDadvance does, but it's a tad slow. It works, though.

SiN · Post by **SiN** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 6:32 am 0

With the price-cut to $99, I'm finally thinking of getting a ps2! What's the best way to go about chipping it these days? I'll be buying a good deal of the games, but I want a chip to play out-of-print games. So region-unlocking isn't a big deal, and I have to be able to play originals.

That HDadvance thing looks pretty good, but it's sold out on their store. Any clue where I could get one and/or other suggestions?

Cheers,
Mo

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