USBAdvance???

[omegatron]

....hmmm

[omegatron]

nothing about this release sounds legitimet someone what is going on is this a gift from scene or a mockery from someone else

[detroit]

april fools

[c0d3x]

no, it's true unfortunately

[EntwinedWS]

Tested on a V7..boots, loads off HDL too, but wont recognize my 10GB Stock XBox HDD in USB Enclosure. We are not responsible for this one..

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v643/EntwinedWithSickness/usbex.jpg

:barf: Whoever did this is a lamer.

[c0d3x]

yes... a big idiot :S

[fasman]

I can only gess who is up to this....the ass holes at PS2N**

[fasman]

Enaybody that wants the Nfo file and dont want to download it from ps2hd can get it here.

[Vegeta]

http://img54.exs.cx/img54/1972/usbe8ny.th.jpg (http://img54.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img54&image=usbe8ny.jpg)

Lame whoever did this.

[<G>]

http://www.ps2-scene.org/forums/showthread.php?t=34940

that pretty much sums things up in a nutshell. :D

[Mr. Worm~~]

If it really exists as the app shown, was made by someone against the scene and not asociated with the seller, nfo's are sponsored by hd/usb/advance...
If it is just the splash with some crap...then is nfo's
or maybe it's just hdl with a new skin, that could be made by anybody

[thereal_zap]

assuming that this is real, then obviously it's useful for new ps2 owners, but for us old fogies what's the benefit? how do games load (fast/slow)? and the most important thing, is there any REAL compatability upgrades? dvd9 games, sector read games supported, etc?

if anyone who actually has this app can answer these questions, it'd be nice to know.

[beefster678]

trust me, its real

[brakken]

USB Extreme is a horrible product. The loading times are a joke. GTA:SA takes around 7 mins to load at the start. All FMV games lose audio sync, skip and freeze. Games take forever to load.

This is what I predicted due to some common sense. PS2 uses USB 1.1 and that is slow as hell to begin with. Fact is that you can't load data faster then the USB port will let you. It's simple math guys. Ps2nfo of course lied about this and said it's really fast. Hell, this method is even slower then streaming gamecube games!

DVD9 still doesn't work, a few games I tested that don't boot on HdLoader/Advance don't boot. What a ripoff.

Anyone who buys this product then complains about loading speeds should be bitch slapped.

The only reason I purchased it was to prove my prediction.

Don't buy it unless you're some kind of idiot n00b!

There is the IDE addon for V12 PS2's, I suggest you do that instead if you want HDD support. It's pretty easy to do, just takes a while and a little bit of patience. Anyone who can install a modchip can the IDE addon.

Conclusion - USBExtreme SUX!

[kamiccolo]

Brakken, can you link me to some info on the ide addon?

[jokko]

0.3Mb/s what a neat shit.

[Dark_Killer]

USB Extreme is a horrible product. The loading times are a joke. GTA:SA takes around 7 mins to load at the start. All FMV games lose audio sync, skip and freeze. Games take forever to load.

This is what I predicted due to some common sense. PS2 uses USB 1.1 and that is slow as hell to begin with. Fact is that you can't load data faster then the USB port will let you. It's simple math guys. Ps2nfo of course lied about this and said it's really fast. Hell, this method is even slower then streaming gamecube games!

DVD9 still doesn't work, a few games I tested that don't boot on HdLoader/Advance don't boot. What a ripoff.

Anyone who buys this product then complains about loading speeds should be bitch slapped.

The only reason I purchased it was to prove my prediction.

Don't buy it unless you're some kind of idiot n00b!

There is the IDE addon for V12 PS2's, I suggest you do that instead if you want HDD support. It's pretty easy to do, just takes a while and a little bit of patience. Anyone who can install a modchip can the IDE addon.

Conclusion - USBExtreme SUX!

I surely hope this didnt come as a suprise to anybody.

[SiNER]

I am now wondering if there's software that can emulate a USB hard drive. Even if load times are slow, would somewhat be convenient just having a USB wire from PC to PS2.

[accadeecee]

Launched usbadvance.elf from launchelf. Booted fine. Inserted my 256mb pendrive FAT32 formatted. Recognized. used ul_install to transfer ARMAX EVO to pendrive. Success. Plugged pendrive back into sony. ARMAX added to Game List. Clicked on start. ARMAX loaded fine. The loading time seemed minimumly longer, but there isn't much to load. When I tried to use the cheats and inserted PS2 DVD i got BSOD, but then i expected as much. Also transfered HDLoader to pendrive which also booted fine, but didn't run the games. Have yet to test it with an actual game due to the size limitation of my pendrive (256mb)

[thereal_zap]

this is by NO MEANS a direct request, so don't take it that way...

i'm just curious where (generally) everyone is finding this, i.e. web, irc, newsgroups, etc. i've been searching all medium and i can't seem to find this damn thing anywhere. it's more of a tools collecting task than anything for me cuz i'll continue using my IDE hdd.

i suppose the only reason i'm asking, in general, is cuz i've never had such a hard time finding something ;)

[dlanor]

You're just looking too far away... ;)
It's right here at this site, in the "Latest News" forum.

Edit: Well, it was there, but has apparently been removed now...

Best regards: dlanor

[ltdc2004]

NO WAREZ TALK!

[theglassjaw]

damn, they got me good

[dlanor]

First a reply to ltdc2004:
Cool it man! Normally I'd agree with you on that, but this particular stuff was posted in the news forum by xiaNaix, with statements that he (whom I've considered a senior user here) did NOT regard it as warez of any kind, and even <G> spoke of it in similar terms. Surely normal users must also be allowed to at least discuss the same things then, or has free speech been limited to some select group ?
(Note that I didn't post or link to any file, but merely spoke of stuff already on this site.)

Whatever, as far as my results with it go, it might as well have been a hoax.
I'm stumped, trying to get this stuff to work.

I've FTP'd the ELF to MC and launched it there with LaunchELF.
I've burned the disk image to CD-R and tried to boot that.
I've tried both those boot methods with no USB device, with fresh-formatted USB-memory, and with same USB-memory after placing a small disk image onto it with ul_install.

In all cases the only boot result is a black screen, so I still haven't seen the main menu.
Am I missing something ? Or is this thing allergic to my Matrix Infinity, or perhaps to my V9 console...? If this is really the finished product, then it's nothing but a bad joke.

Best regards: dlanor

[accadeecee]

For those of you who want to see this in action, or are still thinking this is a joke here's a video for ya. (Keep watching it eventually loads up ARMAX EVO)

[dlanor]

Perhaps I should have expressed myself differently. I did not mean that the product is a joke in the sense of it being an intentional joke or hoax. I meant that it is a joke in terms of rotten compatibility as I can't even get it to start up on my console, despite the many different ways I tried (partly described in my last post).

Your video was interesting in a way, as it appears that you could start USBadvance from MC, using LaunchELF, which is also the method I'd prefer. Is that correct ?

And when you launch it this way, does it matter whether the tray is empty or not ?

As for the USB device I have two questions:
Does the program display anything at all if the USB device is missing ?
And is anything displayed if a device is connected but empty ?

As stated previously, I get NO visible boot response other than a black screen, for all those cases (and several other cases too).

Btw: Just to clarify things, let me make it clear that I have no interest whatever in really using USBadvance for running either games or homebrews. (I already have HDLoader for those needs.) I'm only interested in testing what it's capabilities really are. But so far all it's capabilities on my console are null and void...

Best regards: dlanor

[accadeecee]

was just a broad statement for those who thought it was an April fools joke (as i did) and yep i loaded launchelf from MC, then USBAdvance from the boot partition on HDD (Unmodded Console dunno if it makes a difference) Had a PS1 disc in tray to trigger exploit. The prog loads even without a USB device in port, when you insert an empty USB device whilst prog is running, it detects it and says there is no games installed. What I found unusual is it doesn't have any visable "mode selections" (pressing select didn't bring one up either) Seems they are confident in it being compatible with most games.... and There is only two buttons "Start" and "Format" kinda hard to see in the vid, but there's no "rename" "delete" etc, which could be a pain in the arse because if you change anything on the computer side of things it isn't reflected in the config file without hex editing it

[accadeecee]

dlanor just reading through another forum and apparently with the matrix infinity you have to disable "macrovision" to boot USBAdvance???

[ps2modder]

it seems to be good only with pstwo.....

[peeman]

This is a quick guild on how to use USB Advance.

* Burnt the usb-advance.BIN using Alcohol
* Formated old 4gb USB laptop drive on PC by performing ..

NOTE: H = Target Drive

G:\USBAdvance.Cracked-PS2Scene\ul_format H FORMAT

The USB hard drive need to do Initialise and create a NTFS
partition with maximum size in the WindowsXp Disk Management first!

The USB hard drive is locked while formatting so make sure no files
are open or window explorer isn't exploring the device!

WARNING, ALL DATA ON USB HARD DRIVE WILL BE LOST!
Proceed with Format (Y/N)?

FAT32 FORMAT: LBA 0, NumSectors 8007489
FormatFAT32: Cluster size = 8 sectors
Fat Size = 7820
Data Size = 7999637
Fat entries per sector = 128
Data area num clusters = 999954
Max fat cluster = 8007680
Writing BPB
Initialising FSInfo
Initialising FAT Table
Initialising ROOT directory table
Fat32 Format complete
Disk formatted ok...
OK.

* Installed backup game "Lego StarWars" on PC to old 4gb laptop drive by performing ..

NOTE: D = Source Drive & H = Target Drive

G:\USBAdvance.Cracked-PS2Scene\UL_INSTALL D H "Lego StarWars" CD

Checking disc..
COPYING: 607.14MB/607.14MB
copy finished

* Timings were as follows:

Lego Star Wars CD 607.14MB

Avg 4.5sec/1mb Transfer Via USB2
My Estimate: 45mins
Start: 02:35 (GMT)
End: 03:18 (GMT)
Actual Time: 43mins

* Booted USB-Advance on 'slimline' PS2 via SWAP MAGIC V3.3 (CD)
* Plugged in USB Drive
* Selected 'Lego StarWars'
* Press 'X'

And that's it - the game loaded & plays fine!!!!

NOTE: Loading time seems about equal to CD speed and doesn't affect the actual game play.

Note: This was cut and pasted from a another site, i have not actually tested it or do own a copy. :chinscrat

[dlanor]

What I found unusual is it doesn't have any visable "mode selections" (pressing select didn't bring one up either) Seems they are confident in it being compatible with most games....
Maybe, but consider this instead:

Mode 1 makes HDLoader slow down, so it's NOT needed for USBadvance
Mode 2 is used to allow huge image files, which USBadvance can't (FAT)
Mode 3 is for a stealth mode, apparently not supported by USBadvance

Of course, there may well be problems specific to USBadvance, for which some kind of mode flags may be needed, but I don't think it has been tested extensively enough for those problems to be clear yet.

and There is only two buttons "Start" and "Format" kinda hard to see in the vid, but there's no "rename" "delete" etc, which could be a pain in the arse because if you change anything on the computer side of things it isn't reflected in the config file without hex editing it
True, so people using it will almost have to learn hex editing.
(Which isn't necessarily a bad thing.)

Thanks to the tip by Accadeecee about the macrovision disabling, I too have now been able to test USBadvance with more meaningful results than just a black screen. Apparently there is some conflict between how Matrix Infinity handles macrovision, and something USBadvance relies on at boot, causing it to lock up if the macrovision fix is ON (which it normally is...)

Having tested the program for a while I can confirm most of the results reported by Accadeecee. I can also report an odd feature that may be used to allow links between HDLoader menu and USBadvance menu, though that will require writing a new launcher which can perform such transfers with IOP reset at the proper point of each transfer.

What I did was first to install Altimit both for HDLoader and USBadvance.
Then I booted to LaunchELF, used it to launch HDLoader, used HDL to launch Altimit, which I used to browse for LaunchELF and relaunch that, which I then used to launch USBadvance and used that to launch Altimit, where I again browsed for LaunchELF to try another relaunch. Unfortunately the chain of success was broken there, as that launch locked up.

I am convinced, however, that a launcher could be developed with the ability to go back and forth between HDLoader and USB advance. After all, even with stuff not designed for it I was just one step from closing my circle.

Best regards: dlanor

[lostinnil]

ul_format is totally useless. to learn why, you can check out my testing result from this thread

http://www.ps2-scene.org/forums/showthread.php?t=34961

[accadeecee]

anyone tested this with an actual game yet, would love to hear the results

[Arcflup]

anyone tested this with an actual game yet, would love to hear the results


Yup,

It does work.

It is fairly straight forward to get going.

Copying the games over isn't too bad.

Sadly the limitations of USB 1.1 means that it SUX!

I hooked up a 20GB laptop drive in a 'powered from usb port' caddy. Copied ICO over in about 4 minutes. Attached drive to pstwo. Booted swapmagic CD, swapped to UsbAdvance CD, UsbAdvance booted and asked for a usb device. I unplugged the hdd and plugged it back in. It was immediately recognized and showed me ICO was installed, also how much drive space was free. I selected ICO, the screen went black, hdd spun up and its activity light came on. After about 20 seconds hdd spun down light went out. That was it so I guess ICO is not compatible.

Next Devil May Cry 1.

18 minutes to copy to hdd (4407MB).

Same process as before but this time it did boot in after a few seconds - cool! Unfortunately it was very slow playing the opening movie - unusable! The levels take longer than the DVD to load but once they are loaded gameplay is unaffected. However, going through a door to change scene is reminiscent of Resident Evil only slower - TOO SLOW.

I was well pleased that the pstwo had the balls to power the laptop drive from its usb port but a great shame that the poor loading times totally ruin it.

Unusable.

Bummer!

Oh Yeah, one more thing, all the time that DMC was playing the UsbAdvance CD was spinning like buggery.

Arcflup.

[NFinity]

hey guys, does anyone know where i can get usbadvance? google isnt helping. another thing, i read that u have to burn a .bin file, will my ps2(slim) need to be chipped? :banghead:
-NFinity

<edit>or is it forbidden that i request it ? </edit>

[fasman]

You will need a chip to use it NFinity,just like all other homebrews,also googleing it does work,just try again.

[Arcflup]

Nope, a chip is not required. I use swapmagic with the slimtool.

[Ka-rosu]

how can i unpack this elf???

[Lajos Szalay]

Mr <G>

has exceeded their stored private messages quota and can not accept further messages until they clear some space.

[seschu02]

Hmm I have been playing with this all day and have gotten mixed results. Some games work some don't. I suppose that's to be expected.

I use the PS2 Slim with a Magic chip so I don't know if that has anything to do with anything at all. I have noticed that the CD spins all the time. Seems kinda odd, I wonder if the laser is engaged during this process?

Anyone running multiple games off of it yet. It seems I can get 1 to work but when I start dropping several on the HD (20 Gig DataStor) I start running into issues.

[brakken]

Guys did you read my post? USBExtreme SUX! It's not worth the bandwidth to download it even when it's 700KB. I rather download some goat pr0n instead!

[camo]

The loading times are a joke. GTA:SA takes around 7 mins to load at the start.
Hmm...about 2-3 minutes for me.

All FMV games lose audio sync, skip and freeze. Games take forever to load.
I'm playing for 3 and a half hour now and everythingl is fine. Not a single skip or freeze.
Only the loading times when i enter a house are slightly longer.

[Enzomatrx]

it would be nice to hear PSTwo owners giving their take, since they are the "affected" ones.

People with non-slimline PSTwos can be.. well.. biased because of their options.

For PSTwo owners, this is an "alternative tool", not like HDLoader which is an "essential product in itself"

So stop the exaggerations and vague "it sux!!! slow games!" posts, please.

see camo's above post for "good" kind.

All that matters is:
1) at the benefit of the laser's usage, is it comparable to using DVDRs for games?

although the whole "USB Advance CD is spinning a lot" makes me doubt there are "laser-biased" advantages. Don't know why it has to read the CD though...

[Ka-rosu]

Can you change the menu screen and splash screen of USBAdvance??

[kamiccolo]

The guys who got it loading with swap magic, how did you go about it. I cant get it to load using swap magic disc?

[rabiddog781]

you can put the USBadvance elf file onto a memory card and use swapmagic to boot from the card (need SM 3.3) that way the cd drive stops spinning. you can find the disk needed and instructions on swapmagic.com at the bottom of the page. As for games, I've had multiple games working, full motion video is ok if its in a compressed format but a stream just plain skips and splutters. erm the games i've tested so far are : Gran tourismo 3 , tekken 4, ssx3 (needed universal EA patch) and MERCS. the problem arrises when you attempt to remove a install like i did with a game that didn't work, if you get any fragmentation on the drive call it a day and reformat. I was actually very impressed with the loading times, but thats because A: i've never used hdloader/advanve B: my backups were on crappy disks so they were unreliable

[jdg]

will this work on a pstwo with a nh9 modchip?

[mp3thief]

worked fine for me with not one mod on my pstwo. Unless you consider ARMAX a mod! ;) Loaded up the image onto alcohol 120% virtual drive. put the USBADVN.ELF on the pendrive (make sure to rename to autoexec.elf on the pendrive) and load up ARMAX. Then just go into media player and it comes right up.
A bit pissed off at the command line only, took 2 hrs to copy tekken 5 over to the hdd...even at 10mb/s (4.5gb total), But for me, i can't tell the difference between the loading time through the hdd or the disc.
I don't really care who released it...just glad they did. Didn't have to buy a chip, or a fliptop, or magicswitch, magic swap, any of that crap

[rabiddog781]

Has anyone managed to get import backups running on usbadvance without a modchip, only swapmagic disks ?

[Apprentice]

I Got a PStwo and SM 3.3, I just burned the cue/bin on a cdr and got it running with the SM CD. I used an USB2/FW enclosure with an old 20GB HD, copying games on it via FW was blazing fast after I set the driver on performance mode (like said in the news), something like 2/3 mins for a full dvd.
The result was better than I expected, I did put .hack vol 1 on the HD and had some probs to make USBa recognize the HD but after some plug/unplug I got .hack in the menu and runned it. As expected the loading time was worth than DVDr but was somewhat supportable, and videos are a big no no using USBa, very choppy.
I tried so far :
- .hack vol 1 : worked perfectly
- Castlevania : worked perfectly
- GTA SA : Worked fine as long as you don't go in the ingame menu (black screen)
- Suikoden 4 : black screen
- Shadow Hearts 2 DVD#1 : black screen

[ashmufc]

And do the ones that dont wrk on BUSXtreme apprentice, work on hdl/hda?

[Apprentice]

I only have a pstwo so no hdl/hda for me, I just know GTA SA work on hdl and usba support for it is crap :)
I'll maybe put it on a MC and use it for some of the well supported games but that's all (not worth any money imho)

[SeSchae]

Here is something for you:

I just made a little gui for those who don't want to use the commandline tools ul_format and ul_install...

it's a litte automation which still needs the commandline though. At least you do not need to type anything :p

So here it is: USB-Advance-Tool... please mind that it was coded in 3 hours...

[mp3thief]

i heard that the indepence exploit won't work on a pstwo, is that correct? becuase i cant get it to work on mine, i can load cogswap via media player as an .elf on ARMAX, but not the way i could on my chubby ps2. when i get off work i'll give your gui a shot...anyway to break it down to see what the command line does? this 1-10mb/s is bullshit

[membre999]

I used an USB2/FW enclosure with an old 20GB HD, copying games on it via FW was blazing fast after I set the driver on performance mode (like said in the news), something like 2/3 mins for a full dvd.

So it's possible to copy the games to the usb-device via pc and then afterwards play it on the ps2 ?

[jdg]

SeSchae,
nice app man thanks!

[[SAF] josh]

hmm i juz got my hdd to work with usb advance, managed to get star trek shattered universe to run, choppy video, but smooth game play, what does this suggest?

[retro]

I just want to tell that i ran the elf from my noname memstick and
usbadvance found it! It looked realy cute (free memory 32MB) :)

So if you got a big memstick and a smal game it might be possible to boot games from it. :)

[mp3thief]

Originally Posted by Apprentice
I used an USB2/FW enclosure with an old 20GB HD, copying games on it via FW was blazing fast after I set the driver on performance mode (like said in the news), something like 2/3 mins for a full dvd.


:banghead: the hell you say? i have a maxtor 200gb with 16mb cache on a 1394 connection, and it still took almost 2 hrs to copy tekken 5 via the command line! i am furious about that

[Apprentice]

A tip how to speed up installs significantly with Windows XP: My Computer->Properties->Hardware->Device Manager->Disk Drives->(external one here)->Properties->Policies->Optimize for performance. Speed ups from 1MBps to about 10-15MBps, but do not forget to unplug the device the proper way (that is Unplug or eject hardware...)

I just did that, don't you ever read the news? ;)

[Apprentice]

Anyway I played GTA SA for some hours and it tends to lockup randomly at the beguining of the game to constant lockup later. but beside that the game play real smooth, just a little slower than dvd. Not that bad :)

[ebob]

Anyone tried using an SD card? I plugged mine in and it recognized it (and the size of hte files on it) and even formatted it. It just wasn't big enough for a game. Crappy product, just thought the idea of a ps2 flash card was a little silly/net :P

[[SAF] josh]

any one tried a dvd-9 game on usbadvance command line util? my 5.6 gb disk read 3.1gb.. any ideas guys?

i guess it dosent work :P

[mp3thief]

A tip how to speed up installs significantly with Windows XP: My Computer->Properties->Hardware->Device Manager->Disk Drives->(external one here)->Properties->Policies->Optimize for performance. Speed ups from 1MBps to about 10-15MBps, but do not forget to unplug the device the proper way (that is Unplug or eject hardware...)

I just did that, don't you ever read the news? ;)

except i did that, and it still took forever. 2hrs for 4.4gb
:rant:

[[SAF] josh]

at least you guys managed to get it in your hdd.. i am getting read errors 50% of the time..

[Apprentice]

Something must be wrong, You need to reboot win after setting the drive on perf mode. And try to hook it up to the pc using usb 2 instead, maybe it'll help.

[mp3thief]

any one tried a dvd-9 game on usbadvance command line util? my 5.6 gb disk read 3.1gb.. any ideas guys?

i guess it dosent work :P


the fat32 system it formats in has a limt of 4gb or 4.5gb...something like that

[Nytroman]

Has anyone tried switching out the USB 1.1 for USB2.0? i only ask because i want to tackle it, and was wondering if it was worth the trouble?

[Apprentice]

usb 1 or 2 it doesn't matter, pstwo is usb 1 and it isn't going to change.

[Nytroman]

im saying to open up the pstwo, rip out the USB 1, and solder in USB 2

[mp3thief]

not worth the trouble, becuase i'm 99.9% sure it can't be done. it's more than just switching out the hardware...becuase that would be easy, you would need to flash the bios with the driver as well or some other such nonsense.

[[SAF] josh]

:) got it working..

[strikeuk]

im saying to open up the pstwo, rip out the USB 1, and solder in USB 2

That would be hell of a lot of work since soldering the port is not the only thing you have to do.

[parapudaw]

worked fine for me with not one mod on my pstwo. Unless you consider ARMAX a mod! ;) Loaded up the image onto alcohol 120% virtual drive. put the USBADVN.ELF on the pendrive (make sure to rename to autoexec.elf on the pendrive) and load up ARMAX. Then just go into media player and it comes right up.
A bit pissed off at the command line only, took 2 hrs to copy tekken 5 over to the hdd...even at 10mb/s (4.5gb total), But for me, i can't tell the difference between the loading time through the hdd or the disc.
I don't really care who released it...just glad they did. Didn't have to buy a chip, or a fliptop, or magicswitch, magic swap, any of that crap


What version of ARMAX are you using? TIA!

[mp3thief]

What version of ARMAX are you using? TIA!


hell if i know man, just walked into bestbuy and got the one with a pendrive on it.

[Ka-rosu]

That's ARMAX EVO edition

[mp3thief]

ok, no longer upset, got home and rebooted after i set the drive for performance, and copied tekken 5 from a virtual drive in 5 minutes...MUCH better than the 2 hrs it took last night...also helpful in pstwo performace if you defragment after you copy...and i think the 16mb cache on the drive helps to...still think i'll have to get a modded chubby, and use my unmodded slim for dnas online games

[Enzomatrx]

Okay so those who are getting it working on their slimline PSTwo's (and perhaps, like me, have never had a standard PS2 with HDLoader so have nothing 'biased' to compare this to), how are the results?

Load times, FMV, audio?
I'm in Japan and USB drives are cheap and pretty much standard here (people scared to open their own computers), so if there are any benefits to this, it seems worth the media to burn it.

But throughout this thread, besides a random "nicely worded" compatiblity report (and also helpful tools and the drive performance thing, good call) it's mainly not helpful.

Maybe a separate thread is in order simply for results...

[sparkycat]

ok im confused,i have the the hd loader exploit sussed and use it all the time but, say you have an un modded pstwo, heres what ive seen on various forums,
the usb extreme bin cue can be made to a cd via nero , alcohol etc. i can extract the usb elf with isobuster , is ar max evo needed to load the elf to the memory card,(is there any other way on an un modded console) if so how is the usb hdd triggered , ive seen that you can use the media player in ar max to do this , but could you load the elf like the hd loader and use a ps1 trigger disk to fire up the usb hdd , with the elf on the mem card or is that the whole point of the usb that you get the elf on the mem card and it boots the usb hdd without the need for any disks be it ps1 or other in the drive tray :crazy:

cheers
sparkycat

[Apprentice]

most people use swap magic with the burned USBa on unmoded pstwo

[dlanor]

ok im confused,i have the the hd loader exploit sussed and use it all the time but, say you have an un modded pstwo, heres what ive seen on various forums,
the usb extreme bin cue can be made to a cd via nero , alcohol etc. i can extract the usb elf with isobuster , is ar max evo needed to load the elf to the memory card,(is there any other way on an un modded console) if so how is the usb hdd triggered , ive seen that you can use the media player in ar max to do this ,
That is because that media player supports a special type of CD format, known as UMCDR. Essentially this is a mix of CDROM standards and CDAUDIO standards, so the PS2 allows it to be read (like an audio CD), and then the media player can load and run the ELF (like from a CDROM).

but could you load the elf like the hd loader and use a ps1 trigger disk to fire up the usb hdd
No that is impossible on a PStwo, because the weakness in the PS1 driver that the 'exploit' exploited has been removed. The PS2 exploit simply does NOT work on any PStwo.

, with the elf on the mem card or is that the whole point of the usb that you get the elf on the mem card and it boots the usb hdd without the need for any disks be it ps1 or other in the drive tray :crazy:
Sorry, it's not that easy...
The only way to boot ELFs from MC without using a disc is by having a mod-chip with special support for such booting (AKA Devolution mode 1).

Best regards: dlanor

[CooT]

I have the USBAdvance, and read earlier on the CD kept spinning like a banshee.
Here's (my) 2 ct,

I tried and succeeded to open the pstwo fliptop after booting SM3.3 + USB-A

After selecting the game, the disclid opening did not interfere with the hdd-game

[SeSchae]

My Tool had a small bug... sorry for that... The Installation of DVDs was not possible due to a spellingmistake in commandline... I think it was to late when I wrote this little app... now the corrected one is attached

[Ephemeris]

dlanor just reading through another forum and apparently with the matrix infinity you have to disable "macrovision" to boot USBAdvance???


how do i do this? o_O

[dlanor]

how do i do this? o_O
Well first of all, this problem is ONLY known to occur with a specific mod-chip, the Matrix Infinity (maybe also its 'clone-suspect' Ripper 3). If you have this chip, then the cure is simple.

Press down both Triangle and Circle keys on your controller while resetting the PS2, and hold them down waiting for the Matrix settings menu to appear. Use D-Pad to select the "Macrovision fix" entry, and change it to the "OFF" position with the X key, and then press Start key to save settings. Finally reset the system (when prompted) and you're all set.

Best regards: dlanor

[whooka]

I think I read through all these posts and still have two questions if anyone can entertain them:

1) how do you 'install' a game that you have only the iso for, not an actual cdr or dvdr that you can put in a drive and copy over? do you just unpack the iso into a folder or something?

2) if I already have some partitions on my usb drive do I need to create a separate one just for this application to format?

[canalaiz]

1) how do you 'install' a game that you have only the iso for, not an actual cdr or dvdr that you can put in a drive and copy over? do you just unpack the iso into a folder or something?

Well, you can mount the iso on daemon tools or Alcohol...

2) if I already have some partitions on my usb drive do I need to create a separate one just for this application to format?

i'm guessin, you only need a fat32 partition visible. I don't think it must be formatted with "ul_format.exe". As far as i've seen the game installer only splits the image in multiple 1gb files and adds the relative entry in ul.cfg. So (still guessin') you can have ps2 games and personal files at the same time on the usb hdd. After all, usbadvance only recognizes games that appear in the ul.cfg...

[SkylineFX]

Nice, this is cool.

[khafan]

I just tested some of those hdloader incompatible games on usbadvance and they worked fine:
Crimson Sea 2
Crisis Zone
Italian job
Obscure
Resident Evil: Dead Aim
Samurai Warriors
Samurai Warriors Xtreme Legends
Spy Fiction
Syberia 2

is it possible to update HDLoader with the core of usbadvance? :chinscrat

[whooka]

thanks canalaiz, the daemon tools was a good idea, i had forgotten all about that.

has anyone tried this on a drive with multiple partitions? i have a 120gig western digital drive I use for work that has a 5gig fat32 partition, an 80gig ntfs partition with my work stuff, then i created a 20mb ntfs partition for use with usbadvance. it formatted and i was able to 'install' things correctly but when i try to use the program it keeps telling me 'insert usb device'. i've tried connecting the drive before swap magic 3.3 and also waiting until i see this message to connect the drive but it doesn't seem to recognize anything there. i've not had any problems using this usb drive on all types of computers so i know it works properly. i'm wondering if it looks for the ul formatted partition first and since it sees my other 10gig fat32 partition in front of it, just comes up with not being able to find a device.

[Jman]

Hi PPL
No matter what i try i only get to loading disk and the disk never loads.
I have a Crystal Chip if that makes a difference.
Any ideas any one..

Jman

[blackie]

Just tested USBAdvance on V9 PS2. Enthusia Racing (DVD) & Wangan Midnight (CD).
Video on Enthusia was cut off & Intro of Wangan very slow and choppy. Also load times are slower than playing off discs. Cannot compare to HDLoader. Intresting concept though.

[canalaiz]

Did anyone try with an online game?
I tried with central station disk... and it gets through the dnas check...

...but when finally starting the browser... it just hangs :banghead:
Who knows if it's gonna work with some online games? :chinscrat

[Ephemeris]

Well first of all, this problem is ONLY known to occur with a specific mod-chip, the Matrix Infinity (maybe also its 'clone-suspect' Ripper 3). If you have this chip, then the cure is simple.

Press down both Triangle and Circle keys on your controller while resetting the PS2, and hold them down waiting for the Matrix settings menu to appear. Use D-Pad to select the "Macrovision fix" entry, and change it to the "OFF" position with the X key, and then press Start key to save settings. Finally reset the system (when prompted) and you're all set.

Best regards: dlanor


thanks for your help. with your instructions, i made it to the menu... but for some reason it wouldn't save the setting! =/

i changed it to "OFF", press start and reset... but the disk didn't load. When i went back to check the settings... the macrovision fix was still on!

i've read the reports on how crappy usb advance is...but my pc (with dvd burner) crashed recently..... :(

[membre999]

So how do i get the Games onto my USB Stick ? I think because it is recognized as a removable device I can't select it in the Win upload tool :(

[dlanor]

thanks for your help. with your instructions, i made it to the menu... but for some reason it wouldn't save the setting! =/

i changed it to "OFF", press start and reset... but the disk didn't load. When i went back to check the settings... the macrovision fix was still on!
That's bad, very bad... :( If this error persists it means that you have NO means of saving your modchip settings, not only for this purpose but for other cases as well. That chip must be considered defective, and if you didn't get a warranty (and one still valid) for it, I'm afraid there's no way to solve your problem. :(

i've read the reports on how crappy usb advance is...but my pc (with dvd burner) crashed recently..... :(
Ok, but if you have a PS2 (rather than a PStwo) I still recommend getting HDLoader instead, as it works much better and has no known conflicts with any mod-chip.

Best regards: dlanor

[canalaiz]

Ok, but if you have a PS2 (rather than a PStwo) I still recommend getting HDLoader instead, as it works much better and has no known conflicts with any mod-chip.
Oh well... yes, indeed.
But actually i mostly think we're gathering information here and there about this usbadvance thing... who knows where it may lead in near future...!

[noNickName]

I've tested the USBAdvance with WD 250GB Lighted Firewire/USB External HD, and it doesn't pick up by it. But my 512mb memory stick by Scandisk worked. It's a PSTwo w/Matrix Infinity. Thanks for the tip about turning off Microvision for Matrix Infinity users.

If anyone got the above WD drive to work, let me know. Anyone have any known working device work with this?

[Ephemeris]

That's bad, very bad... :( If this error persists it means that you have NO means of saving your modchip settings, not only for this purpose but for other cases as well. That chip must be considered defective, and if you didn't get a warranty (and one still valid) for it, I'm afraid there's no way to solve your problem. :(

Ok, but if you have a PS2 (rather than a PStwo) I still recommend getting HDLoader instead, as it works much better and has no known conflicts with any mod-chip.

Best regards: dlanor

Damn. And here i thought thing's couldn't get any worse...

I have a PSTwo with Matrix Infinity. Thanks for your assistance anyways :)

[Zylyx]

An interesting note.. I just used CloneCD to make an image for FFX (I normally use DVD Decrypter to make DVD images) and I noticed it made a sequence of FF10.DVD, FF10.001, FF10.002, etc files. The numbered files are exactly 1GB large each. I'm going to try imaging another DVD with CloneCD to see if this is an inherent quirk in how it handles those images. If so, it might just make USB Extreme installs THAT much easier.

[Iblis]

thanx for all the info guys... found out a lot of stuff on my own, and then found it later in the thread :lol:

got the menu working, and it registers my 250 GB maxtor... but since it's NTFS it won't recocnize my images, and I'll be damned if I formatit or convert it to FAT32 just for this :crazy:

got a psTWO with Matrix infinity, and it's my first ever... so this has been a trial by fire into settings, formats and other stuff :banghead:

Besides.. I had no problems with the copying to HD... took me less than 5 minutes to do a full game :D

thanx again... gonna sleep now, and look into memcard booting later...

cheers

[faik]

i like to know if i can burn the OS in an cd and boot or do i have to burn it in dvd ? cause ive burned it on a cd and it wont work ? some help please

[canalaiz]

...if i can burn the OS in an ...

Os?

[noNickName]

I've look thru the forum and google, hasn't been able to locate information about delete a game off of the HD using the USBAdvance. Anyone know how to delete games on the HD using the USBAdvance? thx

[dlanor]

USBadvance (shockingly) does not contain any method to 'uninstall' a game :(

Apparently they expect people to reformat and start over, whenever they want to get rid of a game, which is ridiculous... :crazy:

Fortunately it is quite simple to hex edit the ul.cfg file to remove the 64-byte block releated to the game in question, and then simply remove the corresponding image file(s) from the USB disk. :)

However, you should avoid doing this in such a way as to fragment the free areas on the disk too much, as that may cause problems with games installed later (so that they use multiple fragments).

Best regards: dlanor

[noNickName]

USBadvance (shockingly) does not contain any method to 'uninstall' a game :(

Apparently they expect people to reformat and start over, whenever they want to get rid of a game, which is ridiculous... :crazy:

Fortunately it is quite simple to hex edit the ul.cfg file to remove the 64-byte block releated to the game in question, and then simply remove the corresponding image file(s) from the USB disk. :)

However, you should avoid doing this in such a way as to fragment the free areas on the disk too much, as that may cause problems with games installed later (so that they use multiple fragments).

Best regards: dlanor
That is kinda crazy, everytime I want to remove a game I have to reformat, yeah I'll do that. LOL. The hex editor thing is a good idea but time cosuming(for me anyway) I've found this USBExtr3m3 Game Installer GUI tool on their site and it allow you to uninstall games, it acutally work for USBAdvance too. I'm sure the next version of USBAdvance will have more tools allow user to have more fleable control over their HD.

[dlanor]

I've found this USBExtr3m3 Game Installer GUI tool on their site and it allow you to uninstall games, it acutally work for USBAdvance too.
USBadvance is identical to USBextreme.
It has just been ripped and reskinned.

I'm sure the next version of USBAdvance will have more tools allow user to have more fleable control over their HD.
Since USBadvance is just a rip of a commercial product, you shouldn't expect any support dedicated to USBadvance. But it shouldn't need any, as the USBextreme stuff should work fine anyway (as you already noted).

Best regards: dlanor

[MACRI]

Hi All, I have managed to test some more games.
I also have the choppy Audio and Graphics (using a PS2).

Games Installed:
Kingdom Hearts - Seems to load but Choppy Intro, so I just turned it off
Simpsons Hit & Run - Black Screen
Sponge Bob Square Pants: Revenge of the Flying Dutchman - Works Until you go to 'Start new game' and then black screens (no HDD activity).
Treasure Planet - Black Screen

Over all, I would say your better off getting your PS2 / PSTwo chipped. I have the Magic chip in my PS2 as well as the HDD (using HD Advance), and they kill USB Advance. I guess if you dont want to mod, and you have pleanty of time (to wait for it to load), then USB is the way to go, but note that not that many games work properly on it.

[jdg]

shit! it doesn't work on pstwo modded w/ the nh9 modchip. and i'm hesitant to turn off the macrovision in the modchip config menu co'z it might end up messing the modchip. so is there any other way i can boot this?

[mmorais]

:)
I have PS2 slim and swapmagic 3.6 + USBAdvance(usbextreme)

to boot USBadvance with no swap discs its's easy:

plug HDD in the PC:
1- create a Directory 'SWAPMAGIC' in the USB HDD
2- insert USBAdvance CD (or mount a Virtual CD-rom)
3- Copy 'USBADVN.ELF' to SWAPMAGIC directory
3- rename 'USBADVN.ELF' to 'SWAPMAGIC.ELF'

in de PS2:
1- plug usb hdd in ps2
2- turn on ps2 and boot with swapmagic with CD version

no more swap disc's need and no spin CD's

A Software which running under Windows mode for format HDD, convert games and DELETE games!
Win client (http://www.hdadvance.com/download/USBExtreme_wininst.zip)

[dlanor]

:)
I have PS2 slim and swapmagic 3.6 + USBAdvance(usbextreme)

to boot USBadvance with no swap discs its's easy:

plug HDD in the PC:
1- create a Directory 'SWAPMAGIC' in the USB HDD
2- insert USBAdvance CD (or mount a Virtual CD-rom)
3- Copy 'USBADVN.ELF' to SWAPMAGIC directory
3- rename 'USBADVN.ELF' to 'SWAPMAGIC.ELF'

in de PS2:
1- plug usb hdd in ps2
2- turn on ps2 and boot with swapmagic with CD version

no more swap disc's need and no spin CD's
This is very important news for PStwo users, as it also means that the Swapmagic CD can be used to boot other homebrew apps on a no-mod PStwo. I'd strongly recommend trying this with LaunchELF or some other browser ELF renamed to SWAPMAGIC.ELF and installed as above. That should allow a no-mod PStwo the same amount of freedom as a no-mod PS2 would get through exploits.

A Software which running under Windows mode for format HDD, convert games and DELETE games!
Win client (http://www.hdadvance.com/download/USBExtreme_wininst.zip)
Unfortunately that software does NOT work with all USB units, since it only works with with those logical drives that windows classifies as "Harddisk" types. Also, take care, since those logical drives include all non-USB harddisk partitions as well, with drive C being the preselected default !?!

Best regards: dlanor

[anarchy2007]

I have tried the USB ADvance and could up to date not get one game to work. In the main menu the HD and games are recognised, but when I try to load a game it hangs on the "loading game" message. I have tried Rugby2005, GTA Sanandreas and Ratchet & Clank 3. I have noticed something interesting, when running the script "dir:\ul_format x format" it reformats the drive with the FAT32 file system. Is this correct, shouldn't it be NTFS?

[macnasty]

SHould i get a hard drive with the 8 mb cache or the 16mb cache. The sixteen only comes on the 200 Gig hard drives. Does it speed up the games(load times) ...better yet does it reduce the FMV skipping.

[stormwolf18]

Dont get USBextreme at all, it sux , really, i get random crash in gta : sa (specially when loading or walking into shops), didnt work with God of war, burnout 3 and Soul calibur 2. it seems to be working almost perfectly with Lego Star wars but who cares.... FFX is running too but a little slow, havent play much but im pretty sure it would jam juste like GTA. Is someone getting better result then me ?? im using a maxtor 200gb, 8mb of cache with a V1 ps2, swap magic 2.0 and an old Neo 2.2 mod chip.

[barf]

What is the compatibility list of USBAdvance/Extreme compared to HDLoader/Advance?

The same?

Or will I be able to load Downhill Domination with USBAdvance/Extreme?

[Zer0-X]

Just felt like a stupid enough idea...

[<G>]

Just felt like a stupid enough idea...

did you manage to unpack it yourself? I know kiyo did and posted it here a few times lol.

[Zer0-X]

Encryption is easy to deal with if you leave the decrypter into the code (if only TOS0.3 would be that neat). And the program itself was packed with good old RNC.

[Angelus3X]

I wish I knew what you guys were talking about lol!

[macnasty]

Hey. I create a new folder named SWAPMAGIC. PUT THE USBADVANCE.ELF inside. Rename it to SWAPMAGIC.ELF. Put disk in pstwo. get to swap magic cd screen that tells me load game. Then what. what am i doing wrong

[motomoto]

To use this technique you need the latest swap magic which is version 3.6, it doesnt work with older versions

[macnasty]

damn it i got 3.3

[motomoto]

that exactly wot i sed when i heard!! lol, i jus paid £14 quid for the new 1

[BedHog]

I'm annoyed about the USBeXtreme disc keep spinning so I tried somthing....

I used Extreme installer to install USBAdvance on the USB HD.

Booted up with the Extreme disc, and selected USBAdvance, which run!!

Then I selected a game, which ran fine, using USBAdvance run from USBeXtreme.....still with me.... lol

Unfortunately the CD still kept spinning so the original USBeXtreme must have still had control. Still, nice to know I can boot homebrew stuff from USB.

If the USBAdvance gets developed more than USBeXtreme then I'll get Swapmagic.

BTW I have a V12, so even though USBeXtreme isn't brilliant, it's way better than nothing :-)

Oh and I installed 23 games - 15 worked fine (including The Urbz), but 8 failed - so for me compatability is 65%, not very good......

[stormwolf18]

hey BedHog, can you tell me which games work for you?

[macnasty]

the choppy fmv's are annoying

[FUSION6]

This is an idea, but has anyone tryed Winhiip after Windows finds the USB HDD? Maybe by using Winhiip you can format to a proper PS2 partition, and be able to tranfer games more easily?

[djramar]

USBadvance is identical to USBextreme.
It has just been ripped and reskinned.

Since USBadvance is just a rip of a commercial product, you shouldn't expect any support dedicated to USBadvance. But it shouldn't need any, as the USBextreme stuff should work fine anyway (as you already noted).

Best regards: dlanor
where is usb advance or how do i crack my copy of usbextreme

[djramar]

hey BedHog, can you tell me which games work for you?
only budakai and medal gear 2 but i have usb extreme do you know how to get usbadvance
v12
80gb hd
usbextreme gui
madden 05
live 05
sanandreas dont work

[dlanor]

where is usb advance
Posting that file, or links to it, is not permitted here.

or how do i crack my copy of usbextreme
I don't really know, as I don't have USBextreme, but believe it may be packed and protected in ways different from the crack release (USBadvance).

Best regards: dlanor

[BedHog]

hey BedHog, can you tell me which games work for you?

Games I have that seem to work ok (Load and play and save to memory card, but not played extensively so problems may occur later??)

Sonic Mega Collection
The Incredibles
Wallace & Gromit: Project Zoo
Gunbird: Special Edition
Call Of Duty: Finest Hour
The Urbz: Sims In The City
GTA: San Andreas
GTA: Vice City
GTA III
Rugrats: Royal Ransom
Medal Of Honor: Frontline
Medal Of Honor: Rising Sun
Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec
Driv3r
The Getaway: Black Monday
Playboy: The Mansion
Lego Soccer Mania
Garfield: The Movie

Games that do not work.

Brothers In Arms
Robots: The Movie
Half Life
Max Payne
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons Of Liberty
The Getaway
Splinter Cell
Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow
Worms Forts Under Seige

The majority are original games (PAL. UK) but some are PAL games that I d/l. Lego soccer mania I believe is NTSC but it works fine.

[cakcetin]

Hi, I have a problem; I installed a few game in usb hd(maximo,ico) then I need play it; I insert usb advance cd in pstwo give me logo but then black screen what I make wrong?(I use in pack of bin and cue formatted usb-advance burned with nero my chip is marspro SE)

[fasman]

Hi, I have a problem; I installed a few game in usb hd(maximo,ico) then I need play it; I insert usb advance cd in pstwo give me logo but then black screen what I make wrong?(I use in pack of bin and cue formatted usb-advance burned with nero my chip is marspro SE)

Try not using nero,try alchole 120% or cdrwin to burn the bin and cue.

[cakcetin]

Thanks Fasman I use alcohol 120% (write metod: DAO SAO write----> OK!
Number of copies 1
enable buffer underrun tehnology---> OK!
Datatype:Playstation2)
Maybe I need lesson how I burn bin and cue sorry but I still have black screen after playstation2 logo.

[Zer0-X]

Would there be any need for a ISO & BIN/CUE installer?

[cakcetin]

Really I don't like post "how I can make this" like rookie (mean example my problem I burned 20 cd-r and now I look all its;my god not work even one)I can install everything on usb hd then when I need connect usb hd to pstwo,I burned bin&cue with alcohol give me PLAYSTATiON2 logo after black screen....:(
Where I make a mistake?Please help....

[cakcetin]

Ok,Thank you guys I see my mistake and damn marspro805 SE cannot support macrovision off...When I install new infinity and macrovision off bin&cue woked:)
Now I can make in mars pro 805 SE macrovision off?
regards.

[member91040]

Hello Peeps Can any one help me out, I wrote usb adv files on cd-r but its not loading and files are two small, actual what i need a cd-r or dvd-r or extra files in it can any one tell me what are all the files i need and how to load ...!

[gnudi]

Would there be any need for a ISO & BIN/CUE installer?

Well yeah it would be simpler than mounting the image...
But maybe you have better to do ;)

[ulyssesdraco]

Wooh, cool, so I just got my swapmagic discs in. I did the whole thing with the swapmagic folder in my usb hdd, and usbadvance boots up. Now I just need to install a backup. One problem though, the installer aint working. It just...doesnt work... I open up the ul_install.exe but it closes right after. I noticed this happens alot in xp, with programs opening up the msdos promt.

Edit: I got it to work. Once it finishes installing god of war I'll try it out.

[gnudi]

Are there incompatible drives?
I just tried with a Archos MiniHD (2,5" drive) and usbadvance boots and detects nothing... The disk needed a driver on windows xp which suprised me , maybe its the reason... Its a 6GB but there isnt any minimum capacity right?

[ulyssesdraco]

It's really odd. usbadvanced is running from my western digital 80gb usb hdd, but usbadvanced says there is no usb device detected.

[dlanor]

It's really odd. usbadvanced is running from my western digital 80gb usb hdd, but usbadvanced says there is no usb device detected.
Are you sure you've formatted it correctly to FAT32, not FAT16 or just FAT (==FAT16) ?

Some homebrews, like LaunchELF, will accept either of those formats, but USBadvance appears to require FAT32.

Best regards: dlanor

[ulyssesdraco]

The hdd came formatted fat32. well...It already has files in it. I didnt reformat cause I didn't want to lose all my important files. Theoretically it shouldnt matter, but...maybe.

[gnudi]

I formatted mine with the ul-format...(I checked its FAT32) and then transfered my game (flatetn GT4) then when USBadvance boots it says no device :-(

[ulyssesdraco]

You dont really need ul-format. You can just format it any other way as long as you format it to fat32.
Weird, maybe usbadvance doesnt support our brand of hardrives.

[leeborn]

Ok,Thank you guys I see my mistake and damn marspro805 SE cannot support macrovision off...When I install new infinity and macrovision off bin&cue woked:)
Now I can make in mars pro 805 SE macrovision off?
regards.
i create file bin/cue and burn cd similar to you and no run
what is mars pro 805 SE macrovision ? i don"t know
can you write clear ! thank you

[magicmaker]

I have a western digital usb harddrive and usb advance screen comes up but it then tells me to insert usb device. I noticed a few other people with the same problem.
Has anyone figured out why this happens?
could it be the type of harddrive?

I have tried for a week or longer to figure it out
I am about ready to give up if noone knows what the problem is

:banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

[dlanor]

i create file bin/cue and burn cd similar to you and no run
what is mars pro 805 SE
Apparently that is a mod-chip, with the same macrovision fix the Matrix Infinity has, but no way to disable it. (As needed for USBadvance.)

macrovision ? i don"t know
can you write clear ! thank you
Macrovision is a patented technique to distort video signals, with the purpose of causing recorded copies of that signal to fail (sync & AGC problems) when replayed, while not affecting the picture quality produced on a directly connected TV set.

Its purpose in the PS2 is to prevent the copying of DVD movies to videotape recorders. The "Macrovision Fix" of some mod chips prevents the signal distortion, making it possible to record the signal even when playing DVD movies. (But who wants to mess with tapes nowdays...?)

Best regards: dlanor

[fasman]

I have a western digital usb harddrive and usb advance screen comes up but it then tells me to insert usb device. I noticed a few other people with the same problem.
Has anyone figured out why this happens?
could it be the type of harddrive?

I have tried for a week or longer to figure it out
I am about ready to give up if noone knows what the problem is

:banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

Did you remember to use the format tool to format the hdd on your pc before you put it into your pstwo,also if it still doesnt work it means that the usb device isnt supported on the pstwo,not all external hdd works due to this.

[magicmaker]

I guess my usb hard drive just is not compatible.

That Sucks!!!!!!

:rant:

[sentex]

Hi everybody, i'm very n00b in pstwo modifications. My console has a chip (but i don't know which) . I've burned a .bin/.cue image of USB Advance and loads well, but when i plug my USB HD it hangs up. The USB Box is a Conceptronic, the HD is a Seagate Barracuda 80 Gb.

is there any compatibility list of that?
The compatibility list of hdadvance.com is not available.

Thanks.

[pr3dat0rs]

did you format you harddrive you have to do that reformat to the settings and try it

[sentex]

Yes, i've re-formated my hd using usbxtreme tools, but nothing goes better.
I've read somewhere that my usb-box is not compatible whith that soft... i'll try another one.

[Donny3000]

ok guys..
I have a PS2(Old, unmodded)..
SO i want to make the USbExtreme Swapmagic Trick.
I have downoaded the Swapmagic 3.6 package. i can burn it onto dvd or cd...
Must i have a chip, to load up the Swapmagic 3.6????

SO all in on....
Is it possible too use USBExtreme/Advance WITHOUT a modchip or the original Swapmagic set???

THXXX

[barf]

Is it possible too use USBExtreme/Advance WITHOUT a modchip or the original Swapmagic set???There is something called a knife trick... never tried it, it should do similar as Swap Magic trick

[Mesut]

no you have to BUY the Orginal Swapmagic then you can download and burn you own games and if you want to play with USB Exstream just download it to ALL you have to do is to BUY SWAPMAGIC

[i.am.dark]

Enaybody that wants the Nfo file and dont want to download it from ps2hd can get it here.

i.m using as like in the txt .. don't worked with me .. is there a way to make it work

[alidona]

i have PStwo slim and it can play copy game CD-R / DVD-R

How can i know the mode chip in it ?

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could any one show me how to load USB HD with USB Advance

I bay a Maxtor 200GB 6L200P0

whene i load the usb advance cd it load the ps2 logo than the secrean come black for

i try to boot from MC and HD it stell the same

PLS could any one help me with this

not: i format the HD with NTFS than i use USBeXtreme_tools_DOS

also with USBExtreme_wininst

[alidona]

Well first of all, this problem is ONLY known to occur with a specific mod-chip, the Matrix Infinity (maybe also its 'clone-suspect' Ripper 3). If you have this chip, then the cure is simple.

Press down both Triangle and Circle keys on your controller while resetting the PS2, and hold them down waiting for the Matrix settings menu to appear. Use D-Pad to select the "Macrovision fix" entry, and change it to the "OFF" position with the X key, and then press Start key to save settings. Finally reset the system (when prompted) and you're all set.

Best regards: dlanor

i have done the same but after i reset the system it give the red logo for PS2 and saying please insert PS1 or PS2 disk

than i change it back but stel it give the same massege and it is not booting the CD DVD game (not orgenal one (gold and silver sorface)) + CD-R

could you help

[dlanor]

i have done the same but after i reset the system it give the red logo for PS2 and saying please insert PS1 or PS2 disk

than i change it back but stel it give the same massege and it is not booting the CD DVD game (not orgenal one (gold and silver sorface)) + CD-R
If your PS2 fails to boot any discs now, and started failing this way after your attempt to turn off the 'Macrovision fix', then that is probably because you don't have an original MI chip, but only a clone. For many such clones changing their settings is impossible, and the attempt to do so can kill the chip. This is a well known problem with the cheap clones, and has been mentioned here many times.

I'm sorry you didn't see those posts before your attempt, but there's nothing we can do about that now. If the chip is dead, as seems to be the case, then it must be removed to allow the PS2 to function properly again.

Best regards: dlanor

[Nebur_692]

Where I can be unloaded usbextreme???