PS2 Slim Hard Drive Solution

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Jake Hansen

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I'm searching for a storage solution for my PS2 Slim.. seems easy enough to add an internal IDE HD to the "fat" version, but I can't find an answer for the slim one. I ripped all of my games a while back when my optical drive was starting to go, and I have FreeMCBoot (hate it), but now I want a way to play my games directly from a HD after experimenting with USB. Am I out of luck here? The Reddit police banned me from the thread for this question. Thanks in advance for any advice.
 
HWNJ said:
What do you hate about FMCB?
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I just found it to be very slow, buggy, and not very user friendly .. I just got frustrated navigating the interface & then having it crash when I finally got where I needed to go. It sounds like the only really viable option is to burn everything to individual discs. I've tried that & failed before, but I suppose I can try again, though that would require me to use the FMBC card. I was just hoping to find some way to connect a hard drive & be able to run off of that since a) I know the optical drive will go eventually, and b) I'll never get around to burning the entire library. The decision to go with the SLIM model way back when is turning out to be a bad move lol ... ah well. Thanks.
 
You misleading FMCB with something else. FMCB interface is exactly the same as OSDSYS (Browser, the original menu), and it is as fast/slow as OSDSYS is. It is bunch of patches making OSDSYS displaying in menu something read from text file and allowing run applications.

For running games from USB, You must use Open PS2 Loader (OPL). But 100% with all games is not possible to achieve, due to PS2 design, especially from USB which is 1.1 (a lot slower than ODD). The best You can use is HDD, but that is not for Slim (excluding 70xxx if You are good with soldering 80 cables ;] and 75xxx if You want crappy modchip in the middle). Instead of USB, think about MX4SIO or SMB.
 
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Jake Hansen said:
I just found it to be very slow, buggy, and not very user friendly .. I just got frustrated navigating the interface & then having it crash when I finally got where I needed to go. It sounds like the only really viable option is to burn everything to individual discs. I've tried that & failed before, but I suppose I can try again, though that would require me to use the FMBC card. I was just hoping to find some way to connect a hard drive & be able to run off of that since a) I know the optical drive will go eventually, and b) I'll never get around to burning the entire library. The decision to go with the SLIM model way back when is turning out to be a bad move lol ... ah well. Thanks.
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Dude, you're heavily confused on what is FMCB...
 
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HWNJ said:
Dude, you're heavily confused on what is FMCB...
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At the time I was using it just for retro console emulators. I just messed with it & it was scrolling by itself through menu choices .. I dunno, something is screwy with it. I won't dispute being confused. I can't seem to figure out how to get a burned disc to play by using that memory card with the FMCB installed. Sounds easy, but...

Jake Hansen said:
At the time I was using it just for retro console emulators. I just messed with it & it was scrolling by itself through menu choices .. I dunno, something is screwy with it. I won't dispute being confused. I can't seem to figure out how to get a burned disc to play by using that memory card with the FMCB installed. Sounds easy, but...
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I tried to install FreeDVDBoot, but it was a corrupted image, and my drive is a SCPH-70012
 
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DVD images before burn must be patched by ESR Disc Patcher, and You need ESR set in ESR_PATH in config. Otherwise You will not launch DVD disc (CD cannot be used).

FMCB doesn't scrolling by itself menu, it points to joypad drifting issue...

Free DVD Boot is not something which You installing. It is disc image, bootable on all models with exploitable DVD-Player versions range. Read readme of this project.

It is not drive, it is console model.
 
Any chance you might know of an ESR Disc Patcher download anywhere that works with the newest Apple hardware & OS? I managed to find one, but it was outdated. I appreciate the help... My original hope was to plug in a solid-state HD & play ISOs from there directly before learning the Slim model kyboshed that, but burning a new disc for every game and figuring out the rest of the complexities may just require more time than I have to spend... I like the idea of using the original hardware (and my new wireless controller!) over emulation, which is what had me looking at this again while my Odin portable is being repaired.. but it may just make more sense for me to wait until I can pick up a new Mac Mini & just run PCSX2 & sell the PS2 Slim.
 
Isn't hdconnect what maxidypower once sold with the ribbon cables replacing the mess of wires and making soldering a bit easier? HDCombo defeats the purpose of the slim. You did misinterpret me

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That might be maxdiypower's version. Yeah, it is these Flex-cables. It does not come with an extra case (even the original kit). That is correct, like I wrote.
 
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