Recent content by MillenniumTwilight

It seems like you were right on the money. Replacement SATA connectors had arrived and upon changing them, the exact same behavior happens. So, to me at least, it seems the fault lies in the NA themselves; perhaps they got damaged on NTSC PS2 connector bay and/or by the faulty HDD. At least I...

UPDATE: I tried smaller 2.5" HDDs and they ended up working on one of the PAL consoles. Only one of the adapter works, the other never boots into FHDB. So this probably narrows it down into an adapter or connector issue. Since I can play on one of them (I've completed a game on it without...

Greetings, I have run into a seemingly incorrigible problem with using a hard drive on PS2 in almost every circumstance... Before I describe the issues, the equipment and tools I've been using are: Two OEM network adapters with SATA mods (A liExpress variants / clo nes) Multiple fat PS2s -...