Play backup on softmodded PS2 SCPH 7xxxx?

[Arkidas]

I had a volunteer here install Free McBoot on my memory card. Now I just discovered that I cannot use HD loader with my Ps2 since it's SCPH 7xxxx. How can I play my backups? Do I need to buy any equipment?

[Dark Scyth]

Open PS2 Loader's USB or SMB loading or just use ESR. I don't think i'm forgetting anything else.

USB is the slowest (Slow videos, sometimes really bad) and compatibility, while it is pretty good, not all games will work.

SMB is nearly perfect for most games and the games that aren't have small video lag, compatibility isn't perfect but way better than USB.

ESR is patching a ISO of your backup and then burning it to a disc, compatibility isn't perfect but speeds remain the same as if you're using an original disc. A recommended brand of blank discs to use is Sony DVD-R, its what I used with no problems. Cheap blank discs can really screw with the PS2's puny laser.

[Player1]

You allways can install a modchip and use clean and well recorded dvds.

[TnA]

You allways can install a modchip and use clean and well recorded dvds.

...or he can simply use FMCB like he intends to, leave the PS2 in pure non-modified state and thus minimizing the chance of a hardware-fault...
Another thing is, that he can load his games from other devices and not need discs at all.

Btw.: OPL runs best on non-modified PS2s.


@Arkidas: You've got the old Nooby-Package installed.
You might try to install the new FMCB-Nooby-Installpackage to another MC.

You can get it on: Free McBoot Home

[dlanor]

I had a volunteer here install Free McBoot on my memory card. Now I just discovered that I cannot use HD loader with my Ps2 since it's SCPH 7xxxx. How can I play my backups?

There are several different ways, as others have already stated. ESR-patched DVD-R discs, USB drives, SMB fileshares (my favorite )

Do I need to buy any equipment?

That depends on what you already have.

If you have any USB drive large enough for a PS2 game, then you can use that to store games, and run them using OPL from this site.
This requires no new hardware at all. Just that USB drive. USB Memory stick or HDD both work. And OPL is a free download.

If you have any computer with a LAN port, then you can use that, to run games on its HDDs using OPL from this site.
The only new hardware required is a LAN cable. Crossover if your computer has no LAN router, or straight cable from PS2 to the router of your LAN.

This is what I mostly use myself. I have three PS2 consoles in my LAN, and any one of them can run games from the same game collection on one of the PC HDDs in that LAN, currently holding the equivalent of 244 PS2 game discs.

And for an ESR-patched DVD-R backup all you need is an unused DVD-R blank disc and a computer with a DVD burner.
The ESR patcher program is free, and the ESR device drivers were installed with FMCB.

Best regards: dlanor