I'm not even a hundredth as experienced or as intelligent as some of the guys on the forums, but from what I understand there is no way to invoke PS1DRV while under PS2 mode, thus making what you're proposing impossible (someone out there, feel free to correct me if I'm wrong). The closest you can get at the moment is utilizing one of the official Sony PSone emulator hacks under PS2 HDD-OSD, but that has a whole host of drawbacks, chiefly among them being the fact that the emulator is far from complete and, as a result, many games run with glitches. Click to expand.Some legendary developer once wrote that accessing the PlayStation 2 peripherals while in the PS mode will result in a bus error. I don't know if it will really happen or not, but it should be likely if the memory mapping does change between the IOP's 2 operating modes.The best way now would be to create a good software emulator, which will allow us to emulate some peripherals like the memory card and CD-ROM hardware. Hardware emulation just isn't flexible enough. Interaction with the other pieces of hardware by the running program can be just translated into RPC calls to the PS2 libraries.That would also allow us to quit and return back to the dashboard with the existing hardware, which makes things more convenient for gamers.Invoking rom0 S1DRV will reboot the whole PS2 into PS mode, with the IOP in PS mode and the EE set up as the GPU emulator.
PS1DRV is actually a PS2 program. Click to expand.You must allocate more memory for the iopcd threads, and add a delay loop to sceCdRead, otherwise the FILEIO RPC server will crash while seeking thru the file that is in your USB mass drive. Don't ask me why, I can't remember. We had plenty of horrible crashes trying to make it work D:.Also, disc0 isn't needed. I don't have access to the SLBB disassemblies right now, but according to the POPStarter src, this:sw(0x00000000, 0x00200834);sw(0x1000000A, 0x0020083C);sw(0x00000000, 0x0020085C). Should be enuff for disabling both the reading and the integrity check.Good luck.EDIT: Oh, I just remembered that the POPS-00001 container does not clear all the SIF register flags properly due to some stupid coding mistake. I'd recommend you use the unaltered emulator binaries for great justice.
Press Cross to select Settings, And go to Usb device start mode, and change it to Auto. And, on Default menu, change it to USB Games and select OK and on the menu, Select Save Changes. And, with that out of the way, press Circle twice and your game(s) should appear.
So when sony that the pstwo would not support an internal hard disk, a lot of people were rightfully dissapointed. Games like final fantasy xi are not playable on the new system. More importantly, owners of the pstwo would never get the chance to drive seamlessly from city to city in grand theft auto by running the game directly from the hard disk. Just think of all the people you could be running over instead of waiting for the next city to load.well, some hacker who goes by the name of automan has rewritten pstwo history. Photos of a pstwo with an internal hard disk have been in forums around the net. The job is not for the faint of heart, and you’ll need a 12v power supply to power the hard disk, but to help get you started i’ve included the ide wiring images after the break.are there any brave souls that want to give this a try and confirm that it’s legit?like i said, not for the faint of heart.
There’s lots of tiny solder jobs to be done.Posted in Post navigation. Wanko: yes, but the whole point is to speed things up. Laptop drives run at 3600, 4200, and 5400. There are some 7200 rpm drives, but expect to pay out the nose.
Most drives you see are 4200, maybe 5400 by now. Most PC drives are 7200 nowadays. The PS2 will take a 127GB drive, or larger if you run a patch on the HDLoader program. Forceflow: that cache only comes into play in certain circumstances.
I would imagine with a PS2, it doesn’t have much time to use the cache, because games are not designed to stream very well, this is why you have load times between levels, and why adding a faster drive is better. You’re better off finding a spare 12V+ lead somewhere and using a larger capacity, faster, 3.5″ drive. There is no significant technical difference between 2.5″ notebook drives and 3.5″ desktop drives other than their dimensions.
While 3.5″ drives have one to four platters, the more compact notebook drives usually have only one or two. That is necessary to keep the drives below the common drive height limit of 9.5 mm. The data density of notebook drives is very high today, with a maximum per-platter capacity of 50 GB.When it comes to maximum data transfer rates, a 2.5″ drive will never be able to compete with a 3.5″. The reason is that the fastest transfers occur on the outside of the platter, and 3.5″ platters have a larger circumference.
Ok I’ve been toying with this concept for a long time and have many alternative ideas. The teadious soldering pattern looks like a win, but a major loss when the wires are pulled out by mistake. If anyone has a PS2 1-10 and has the Network adapter try networking from the slim to just the network adapter. If somehow it recognizes it then we’re halfway to successfully using HD on slim. If that works than maybe someone with the new wireless datastorage router can get that to detect.As for life of the laser eye. If your PS2 is dead you might be able to run an IDe and power extension through the front (cutting a hole) and using a DVD-ROM drive instead. I havn’t tested yet, but when you turn on your PS2 the Hard drive does boot up in an accessing mannor but then spins down and the DVD drive takes over.Just a thought maybe I’m crazy.
I might try this ide mod just for the fun of it. Some stuff I’ve learned about the pstwo and hdd:First off if the hdd reformats: there is mention of this problem being fixed by dms’s new bios.Secound there is a prog just released called USBextreme that lets you play games via a usb external hdd on pstwo. Find USBadvance (same prog but free if you can find on the net.)So this project really isn’t necessary unless you just want to do for the fun of it.Lastly I had the idea of taking the eide cable plug out of an old cd-rom and soldering the wires to that so there is a plug on the back of my pstwo, no worry of wires being pulled and u can use a standard ide cable to plug into it. I am definitely a newb, however many products have been release for the slim ps2.
I have heard of successful laptop/notebook pc hard drive installs directly inside the slim ps2 and actually seen two slim ps2 system running hd advance without usb or connected or a mod chip installed, I know that one of the hd came from a toshiba tablet pc and the other came from a thin model dell laptop (insipirion, I think) Is there anyway that a newb such as myself could add a laptop hd to my slim without having to use usb advance. I know they are expensive but I have access to some if it will work. I can solder and have soft modded several xbox systems and placed modchips in several psones and ps2 systems, but this is the extent of my knowledge with this type of work (step by step directions make anyone pretty nifty) Please help!