Recent content by Mi5KL

1 year and 5 months later I finally got around to replacing the fuses in the PS2, to find basically the same issue before finally deciding to Actually Look in the expansion port and notice that part of the port is broken and a pin is bent. This is probably not fixable, not by me anyway, can't...

So I replaced the network adaptor with a new one, and the same issue is still happening. Fuses or not I think it must be an issue on the PS2's end. It doesn't seem like a common enough network adaptor issue to happen to both of mine, or else I think we'd recognize it. I flushed out the NA port...

I assume this is all the necessary info? https://i.imgur.com/wQfuRe5.png I still think it's interesting that after the PS2 (incorrectly) formats the hard drive, it lists all the correct partitions until you close it out and check it again. Like I said previously, I've used programs on my PC to...

So I went ahead with buying a second SATA kit, and the issue is exactly the same, I thought it might be worth getting a video of what happens when I try and format the HDD with the PS2 though: Is this something that could be indicative of a blown fuse in the PS2? or something with the network...

The second drive was formatted correctly on my PC via HDLBatch, not with default windows tools, so I imagine the PS2 would've recognized it. The PS2 formatting the drive incorrectly when I tried again afterwards seems to tell me that it's probably an adaptor issue especially since it isn't...

I had only downloaded WinHIIP because I saw someone else say that it's repair function helped them fix a similar issue, not for installing games or anything. I gave PFS BatchKit a shot but I really prefer having more of a GUI, unless HDLBatch is whats causing the issues here. I was able to...

Year Later Update TL;DR: Check your expansion port for broken pins! Fat PS2, FMCB, OEM network adaptor with a sata upgrade kit, 1TB western digital, I think the drive was initially formatted in ulaunch but it's been a while. It's worked fine for like 2 years and now suddenly won't read the hard...