ffx-2 problem

[mentro]

id like to know in general what it usually means if the copy that ur playing (in my case ffx-2) all of a sudden while playing the screen goes black but the music keeps on playing--ie i think the music is looping---btw i have a v7 magic 3.1 and the media is a maxell dvd-r....

[mentro]

oh btw i played to that point before and the screen didnt go blank so is this something that i have to put up with now and then---i can count on 1 hand how many times this kinda thing has happened and ive had this ps2 for about 4 months so its not a disaster but still curious....

[RAISTLIN]

If it's a DVD-R/+R badkup, it could be a flaky burn. Double check your media against your drive's firmware. (There's a sticky about test utilities up top). If your media passes for 2X and you burned at 1X or 4X, try it at 2X--this usually solves this type of problem most of the time.

Otherwise, it could be your 3.1 chip. I don't have a magic, and I'm running a v5--but I have seen posts about issues with a v7 and a 3.1 magic. I just broke down and bought FF-X2 to give my l'il v5 a -R break for a while--I'll trade it for Xenosaga2 when it comes out in a few months (hope it stays on schedule )

Raist

[prisoner1138]

I'd have to guess a somewhat flaky burn causing some data to be read corrupt and causing the game to crash.

[Ashramz]

well i have the same problem... i burnt it on a noname DVD-R and it works like a charm.. but sometime when there is a loading screen(black screen).. nothings happen...

ill try to burn it on a better media next week...

i have a v7 magic 3.1 ... and i burnt the game at 1x ...

[mentro]

thanks everyone for you're comments

[carnyharhar]

lol i got one comment

I had a xenosaga that had the problem...i'm not sure whether it was the burn or not, but since I only had to go to that area once i finally got it to get there....

it won't usually happen on your games tho, VERY rarely