PS2 Is It Possible to Install a Hard Drive on a PS2 Slim?

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Agent Smith

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I have a SCPH-77003 PS2 Slim and I was wondering if It's possible to install a HDD somehow. In the ps2 home forum I saw a 700xx mod but I don't see anything about my model. If there's no way then I will go with loading games with SMB.

If it isn't possible:
Is a used (with 2 power on hours) 2TB Seagate Barracuda Compute SATA HDD sufficient for my setup? I plan to repurpose an unused PC that's been sitting for a while, and I figured this drive would be a great way to put it to use. But I also have some 120GB SATA SSDs
 
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Unfortunately not, the PS2 FAT and Slim only have USB 1.1 ports. You can try it, but games will likely run very slowly (textures and cutscenes).
 
Dariush Aghaee said:
MX4SIO has nothing to do with SD to SATA adaptors.
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It changes your Sata HDD into a SD card via cable, you just need to set the partition size on your computer before formatting it so it's acceptable via OPL.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dPFl6ZWSILpKTATMS5iG7KVnUnHl2sWuZZtG_586NPc/htmlview

It should be bi-directional.
https://www.sblt.net/product-p-800195.html

Just make both ends male instead.
https://www.instructables.com/How-to-make-an-SD-Card-extension/

You could even use a sata to usb 3.0/3.1 caddy, then a usb to sd cable, which might be simplier.
 
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Kevstah2004 said:
It changes your Sata HDD into a SD card via cable, you just need to set the partition size on your computer before formatting it so it's acceptable via OPL.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dPFl6ZWSILpKTATMS5iG7KVnUnHl2sWuZZtG_586NPc/htmlview

It should be bi-directional.
https://www.sblt.net/product-p-800195.html

Just make both ends male instead.
https://www.instructables.com/How-to-make-an-SD-Card-extension/

You could even use a sata to usb 3.0/3.1 caddy, then a usb to sd cable, which might be simplier.
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Yes, but it's not practical IMO. Just imagine how much power this configuration gonna sink from a rail which is meant to power a maximum of 2 memory cards. Unless you consider powering everything externally.
BTW, I prefer to simply buy a micro SD card instead of that.
 
Dariush Aghaee said:
Yes, but it's not practical IMO. Just imagine how much power this configuration gonna sink from a rail which is meant to power a maximum of 2 memory cards. Unless you consider powering everything externally.
BTW, I prefer to simply buy a micro SD card instead of that.
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Agreed, it's a convoluted solution for slims if you want to make use of spare hdds, we need ODEs for both the PS2 & PS3 really.
 
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