FreeMcBoot do not run on my SCPH - 77003

Hi,

I bought a second hand PS2 recently and I installed FMcB to its' MC and tried to run the console but it failed. When I connect the MC and turn on the console, the screen just flickers on and on. But when I format the MC and then reload the console then it works as usual.

How I installed FMcB to the memory card :

1) I used a friends PS2(SCPH - 77002) of which the MC had FMcB already installed. Then I inserted my MC to the MC slot 2 of that PS2 and installed FMcB through a flash drive.

2) I used the other PS2 and installed FMcB via the regular 007-Nightfire method as I did not want to remove my warranty sticker.

By using the method : 1 , I installed FMcB 1.6, 1.7, 1.8, 1.8b, 1.8c -beta. I also installed the 1.8 and 1.8b versions under Normal and Multi install options. Yeah, this is sad.

Also my MC (after installing FMcB) works on the SCPH77002.

Configuration of my PS2 : SCPH - 77003, 6C, PAL, region should be UK, slim console.
Configuration of the auxiliary PS2 : SCPH - 77002, 6C, PAL, region - Australia, slim console.

The auxiliary PS2 has been used before as in method 1 to successfully install FMcB and run on a SCPH 5xxxxx slim line console.

So, what should I do now ?

1.8c with multi install should work it is region free the others you mentioned are region locked
So try again with 1.8c beta and use multi installation should work then but install on PS2 that can boot FMCB

The games (non-backups/originals) that did work on the auxiliary PS2 (already booted with FMB) also did run on my SCPH-77003 (without FMB, of course).
FMB was properly installed in the auxiliary PS2's MC and did boot that PS2 successfully, the flash drive was loaded through an add-on (USB loader or something like that I think) that was installed over the FMB matrix.

Thanks for the suggestion RandQalan, I'm going to try it tomorrow.

I tried installing FMcB 1.8 on the MC but still the PS2 won't load. I also discovered the same thing happens when I insert a esr-patched back-up disk into the PS2. Of what I've heard of PS2s without FMcB, the PS2 should display an error message if a backup copy is inserted saying something about invalid disk..... but that is not even being read in my case !?

Please help !

Go to browser and see if your DVD is being read at all maybe bad laser or drive motor

But the original/non-backup PS2 disks work fine.

I can't browse the disk through the browse option. The PS2 doesn't even boot(normal) up to that menu once an esr patched disk is inserted, as I've said before the black screen keeps on flickering.

Other media DVDs works, well I did watch Kunfu Panda.

Sounds like ESR is not installed correctly so maybe a look throu this

http://psx-scene.com/forums/f164/esr-public-beta-58441/

and replace your version of ESR