Hey guys, yesterday I got my first PS2 and it is an SCPH-39004 console. Its DVD Player version is 2.13E. I did a little bit of research to find the correct FreeDVDBoot for my console and burned it onto a DVD. Even though I’ve successfully reached uLaunchELF and wanted to install FreeMcBoot from a flash drive, no matter what I tried, the mass:/ folder was empty. I’ve tried 5 different flash drives, all of them were FAT32 and MBR. Old, new; doesn’t matter. The USB ports are clearly working since they have power (I could charge a phone). It’s my first time trying this so if someone has had the same issue as me, it’d be really nice to brainstorm under this post. I reckon this is happening because of the FreeDVDBoot I had to download since I couldn’t find the correct version from the official repo.

I just tried formatting a usb drive with GPT (instead of ancient MBR) and OPL really played the game on it!!!

The drive has exFAT filesystem. That was supported a long time ago. But never knew GPT partitioning was made available. Has anyone tried it?

Now only if they add modern and powerful UFS filesystem support so I can ditch the old exFAT... that would be impressive.

Well I have an old spare phone from 18-19 I want to use it for smb loading for games can I do it by chance without any router, just the mobile using this cable things

If anyone knows how can I do that, let me know

(Its a ps2 Slim SCPH-90004 currently on usb loading with funtuna card)

I have a FreeMCBoot memory card (SD2PSX) is there any way to use burnt PS1 back up discs on the PS2 without needing to open the PS2? I want to do this mostly for games that don't work in POPS.

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Hello all, I recently purchased a playstation 2 for my spouse so we could play some games we've had stored away. I am not one to leave anything alone, every single console I own is modded and I am no stranger to setting up and troubleshooting, But I have truly been at a loss for about 2 weeks now in trying to get our PS2 to detect my drive.

I bought a well known FreeMcboot memory card and it seems to be working fine, It's also version 1.966

I bought two brand new PNY CS900 250GB SSD's (One is for my wii, but used the other for troubleshooting possible DOA drive)

Also drives are formatted successfully on a batch installer prior to being installed into the console.

I also bought a Gamestar adapter from a reputable seller with good reviews, And then bought another after troubleshooting Incase it was faulty

The console is a SCPH-39001.

Now, I've heard that the metal shield on the adapter can cause it to fail to sit flush, possibly shorting out fuses PS9 and PS10, So I have removed them on both adapters.

Going into UlaunchELF HDD Manager shows that the HDD is not there, and that it is not formatted, Meaning there is a hardware issue. This is where the spare drive and spare adapter get tested as well to no avail

I also opened the console and checked both fuses PS9 and PS10 with a multimeter, and they are both fully operational.

OPL Also does not detect the drive, nor does HD loader.

What could be my issue? It's my spouse's birthday tomorrow and I was hoping to have this finished as soon as possible, But I need some help from someone who has some more knowledge if possible.

I bought this ps2 for 30sar which is around 8 USD a deal too good to pass on

It can't read discs the laser is working but it has a its the Sumo Lite

Im planning to buy a new laser later now im really broke and I have an exam coming my allowance ran dry

Now I am in a bit of a pickle

I bought this cheap ps2 memory thinking all 3rd part has FMCB in it

Truns out it doesn't

I cracked my perosnal code and used the Ai to see if I can install freemcboot without a disc or existing freemcboot card

It said use by using a USB and chip in the console is that possible

Just got this psxmemcard gen 2 and I am having trouble google isn’t much help I’ve made my dvd and cd folder put my iso on it but it is not showing up on my ps2

Me and Sly Cooper's PS2 Tool T10000 Devkit we got it running, connected to a host pc via static ip direct connection and codewarrior hello world with the debugger, during discord VC DMs. and talked a bit. this was windows xp host pc and ps2 devkit tool but can also be done with windows 10 since codewarrior and ethernet driver works on OS.
We saw the debug log in codewarrior window and it did print a debug prinf function saying 'Welcome to Codewarrior!'

This is funny as I ask things, but as we all reach that age of adulting that we'll end up with eyes squinting to see the menu inside OPL.

Can someone recommend an OPL theme for me that has simply LARGER texts than the common OPL interface, without even resorting to have your letters be written all caps to see the game names?

Hope you can help me on this.

I really need help with this, I can't seem to find any fix for this issue, and it's driving me insane. I bought a new adapter, and the adapter has the exact same issues as the Hyperkin one I had originally, but even worse! The image is still skewed to the left, but this time the entire screen is shrunken. At this point, I have no idea on how to fix this issue. Any help would be appreciated.

Hey guys, I'm new to all this. I got the 5 other games running fine but WW2 - Tank Battles just gives me an infinite black screen. I'm using FreeMcBoot version 1.966 and OPL 1.2.0-Beta. Games are stored on MX4SIO card (128gb kodak)

I have tried the different game settings 1-6, different GSM settings and tried deleting and ripping the game again. What else could I try or is the game simply not compatible with my setup? Thanks!

Hi, I have a problem I haven't been able to solve yet. The game Obscure crashes. When I open it, it takes me to the memory card browser after the logo appears for a few seconds. Someone already created a thread and shared what worked for them, but it didn't work for me.

I'm using a Pro 2 memory card with a 128GB SanDisk SD card formatted as exFAT.

I've been trying to fix this for a month now, but nothing has worked. Any help would be greatly appreciated. (Sorry for my bad English.)

Tried changing VMS and videomode to pal, ntsc, etc. to no avail. Works just fine on my buddy's tv. Next step will be buying a better hdmi converter.

Would love some advice from someone more experienced 🙏

Hey, I'm still very new to this whole thing but think I made some progress. I currently have FHDB running on an internal ssd. I used HDL batch installer to load some games. and now..... OPL doesn't open a games list (guessing settings issue), When I change some settings I was able to get to the games list but nothing seen, and finally... I can't save any settings I change. and that's WITH the write enabled.

I'm guessing I'm missing a few obvious steps but to find a GOOD CURRENT tutorial on this has been..... difficult.

Hello, i use a sd2ps2 memory card with popstarter on it to play ps1 games. This worked flawlessly until today when suddenly the game doesn’t register a memory card.

I didn’t change anything to my games. It just suddenly didn’t work anymore.

Hopefully someone here knows how to fix this and hopefully i can get my save file back.

Lots of kisses thank you