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Question: How does one check the revision of the laser? I don't see anything on one of my IDE drives with the SF-DB11. I know you said the DW-Q28A isn't compatible but I have one and the board revision underneath the tray says Revision 01. Is it printed on the laser itself. EDIT: According to...

A hack is in progress to allow non-Sony drives but there is no ETA. As always, MAKE SURE TO BACK UP WORKING HDDs USING HDDRAWCOPY TOOL BEFORE MESSING WITH THEM! The update disc will throw a HDD needs servicing error if the drive is blank. Empty drives pulled from other PSX systems will need...

That's good to know, I found this info a while back on Twitter. One of the big PSX guys posted it. Apparently it is a standard ATAPI laser so either switching it out for a different one via software or emulating it entirely on FPGA is possible. Nobody has come up with a solution for this though.

When the console doesn't read discs, it's usually because the DVD Burner laser is dead. It uses that to detect the disc and then sends it over to the PS2 lasers for reading. This prevents the PS2 lasers from blowing up if a blank disc is inserted. For PSX1 (5000, 7000, 5100, 7100), you'll need...

I've been curious about this as well. I have heard this before in the past but on all of my DESRs, I have not experienced this. I haven't run into anyone who has experienced it either. The only thing I have noticed is that the factory HDDs got extremely hot to the touch. You can feel it on the...

That's awesome, I may end up trying this out! This looks like a promising cheaper alternative to something like the Memcard Pro.

You may want to see my previous post. It turns out it is actually possible but a heck of a lot of work is involved with over 100 wires and a modified modchip acting as an IDE controller. But yeah, the servers are dead and this kid simply can't take "it is impossible to play since the servers...

So a small correction on my previous post: It looks like it is possible to install an HDD on the 77K but it will require A LOT of work. Expect to pay in the triple digits (in US dollar) assuming you can find someone willing to do the install. You are better off using a FAT PS2 like a 39K or 50K...

Look, I know you want to hear "Yes, here's how and [insert modder here] will do it for [insert dollar amount here]" but it's not happening. The truth is plain simple: You/Modders cannot mod your 77K slim for internal HDD support. It's not possible as Sony removed the hardware for it. You...

I think you misunderstood. That's not mean, that's a figure of speech. It means you are stuck without a solution. Due to the internal HDD requirement, only the 70K slims modded for internal HDD support, FAT units with a Network Adapter, and PSX DVR units are able to play this game. The rest of...

Yeah, it's a CD game (hence the BIN/CUE I mentioned). Glad to hear it is working now.

Interesting, I'll have to try this on my PSXes and see if this will help with it only reading JP PS1 discs, even with Mechapwn 3.0. I've been using a swap disc to play American PS1 games but if this will auto patch that, this is great! EDIT: I should read more carefully next time... black...

I've used both the Japanese and PAL release on OPL 0.9.3 and 1.0 successfully using Internal HDD and SMB. You should use the Japanese version since it is 60Hz and also has English (this is one of the games that actually uses the console's language setting). Try the compatibility modes like the...

No problem, I'm just glad to see it is finally in the main builds. Yeah, just a single USB 1.1 port on the front. krHACKen's method was to use a build of wLE that supports dvr_hdd0:/, copy the files to a new partition in the 40GB PS2 area, and then copy them out to a PC using FTP in a...

XMB doesn't have a format HDD option, you have to factory reset it or low level format the drive and restore from an image. Even then, I'm not sure if a factory reset will repartition the drive. Pretty sure the Update Discs can do it but it won't update a console on the same firmware as the...