Scph-90006 problem

[LaptoniC]

I used noobie package but it didn't work. I use 8MB sony mc and booted freemcboot with cd and installation didn't give me any error. My ps2 is Scph-90006 slim NTSC and on browser I see dvd 3.11g and ps2 driver 2.00

[Bootlegninja]

what is the date code on the back?

8A, 8B, 8C, 8D, or later?

[asakuraice]

Hello. I am rookie

I do not speak English proficiently Apologize.

I can installed FreeMCBoot from Ps2 slim (MC 8MB), but it is not.

Can not boot it up to sony enter .....

Ps2 slim.
Console Scph-90006
Browser 1.40
CD Player 2.00
Playstation Driver 2.00
DvD Player 3.11G
Mac address 00:1 F: A7: A5: 11: CF

Can you help?

To install a chip?

Date code, but that it see?

Please answer.

[dlanor]

Hello. I am rookie

I do not speak English proficiently Apologize.

Ok, but we'll have to guess at the meaning of what you said in some places.

I can installed FreeMCBoot from Ps2 slim (MC 8MB), but it is not.

Here "can" implies something for the future, while "installed" implies something in the past and the "is not" speaks of the present. But I can still guess at the intended meaning, which should be something like this:

I have installed FreeMCBoot for my slim PS2 (using an 8MB MC), but it is not working.

Can not boot it up to sony enter .....

Well, either something went wrong with the installation, or else you have the new BIOS that makes FMCB use impossible. As yet we can't be certain of that.

Ps2 slim.
Console Scph-90006

This is the model (any SCPH-900xx) where Sony started using the new bios v2.30 (blocks FMCB), but this happened in 'mid-production', so many such consoles still have the old bios v2.20 (allows FMCB).

Browser 1.40
CD Player 2.00
Playstation Driver 2.00
DvD Player 3.11G
Mac address 00:1 F: A7: A5: 11: CF

That information has no bearing on this problem.

Can you help?

Perhaps, but not without your own help too.

To install a chip?

That is a later issue, to be discussed when/if we know for sure that your console can't use FMCB.

Date code, but that it see?

The datecode should be printed/embossed on the plastic cover of your PS2, in the same 'label' area as the SCPH-90006 product code. Usually this is on the bottom side of the console, so you'll need to turn it upside-down to see it.

Code 8A or 8B both mean that FMCB should boot fine
Code 8D or 9x all mean that FMCB will not boot at all (x being A, B, or C)
Code 8C means that further checking is needed

For code 8C you need to find a way to run uLaunchELF on your console, and use its FileBrowser command "MISC/Debug Info", and check the content of the ROMVER string displayed. The first four digits of that string correspond to the BIOS version.

"0220" == BIOS v2.20 == allows FMCB to boot fine
"0230" == BIOS v2.30 == blocks FMCB from booting

Best regards: dlanor

[rain82]

Hi everyone

i got a similar problem i have a SCPH-90006 ps2 and i wanted to check whether my ps2 is able to install free mcboot,i saw that sticky topic about scph 90000 series and the datecode,i saw that pic with "8A" in the small square.

Well the problem is i flip my ps2 and i saw there's no datecode at all,the small square is left blank.there's no 8a,8b or something like that

i tried plugging a usb drive with free mcboot in it,my ps2 doesn't detect any usb,and i tried using codebreaker 9.2 with a usb drive plugged in,in the end the codebreaker doesn't load at all just a black screen i believe it froze or something like that

so is there anyway to check my ps2 whether it has bios 2.20 or 2.30 ????
and able or unable to install free mcboot,and about uLaunchELF what does this do ??? how to run it ?? through a burn CD/DVD or able to run at usb too ??

hope someone can answer these thanks

[SP193]

Hi everyone

i got a similar problem i have a SCPH-90006 ps2 and i wanted to check whether my ps2 is able to install free mcboot,i saw that sticky topic about scph 90000 series and the datecode,i saw that pic with "8A" in the small square.

Well the problem is i flip my ps2 and i saw there's no datecode at all,the small square is left blank.there's no 8a,8b or something like that

That's perfectly normal for consoles in our region (SCPH-xxx06).
The only way to determine the BIOS version is to be able to run uLE (And view the ROMVER string), or to get the BIOS dumped and check the contents of the ROMVER file.

i tried plugging a usb drive with free mcboot in it,my ps2 doesn't detect any usb,and i tried using codebreaker 9.2 with a usb drive plugged in,in the end the codebreaker doesn't load at all just a black screen i believe it froze or something like that

The PS2 doesn't contain any code that can handle USB devices in it's ROM (It won't detect, nor attempt to detect USB devices).
Codebreaker (Or at least it's USB support) doesn't seem to function properly on new consoles.

so is there anyway to check my ps2 whether it has bios 2.20 or 2.30 ????
and able or unable to install free mcboot,and about uLaunchELF what does this do ??? how to run it ?? through a burn CD/DVD or able to run at usb too ??

I don't think that you really have got a way to check your BIOS version if you don't have a way to run homebrew.

uLaunchELF (uLE for short) is a rather advanced file manager for the PS2 (It does a little more than just file management).

But I should think that you should be able to roughly guess which BIOS version your console has based on when you had bought the console.

The last consoles that will search for OSDSYS updates were manufactured somewhere in the 3rd quarter of 2008 (Hence the datecode of 8C).

Therefore, if you got your console way past that date, it's probably a console with a BIOS version of 2.30.

[rain82]

That's perfectly normal for consoles in our region (SCPH-xxx06).
The only way to determine the BIOS version is to be able to run uLE (And view the ROMVER string), or to get the BIOS dumped and check the contents of the ROMVER file.



The PS2 doesn't contain any code that can handle USB devices in it's ROM (It won't detect, nor attempt to detect USB devices).
Codebreaker (Or at least it's USB support) doesn't seem to function properly on new consoles.



I don't think that you really have got a way to check your BIOS version if you don't have a way to run homebrew.

uLaunchELF (uLE for short) is a rather advanced file manager for the PS2 (It does a little more than just file management).

But I should think that you should be able to roughly guess which BIOS version your console has based on when you had bought the console.

The last consoles that will search for OSDSYS updates were manufactured somewhere in the 3rd quarter of 2008 (Hence the datecode of 8C).

Therefore, if you got your console way past that date, it's probably a console with a BIOS version of 2.30.

well this is kinda sad since my bro got the original ps2 FAT and he played a burned DVD game and the lens got burn up pretty fast and he tried to fix or something like that,in the end he mess something inside the ps2 and unable to on

hmm so that means i have to Burn a CD/DVD with uLaunchELF in it to let my ps2 to run it to check which bios it has ??? well i wanted to try this since there's people saying that they got SCPH 90006 ps2 and free mcboot can be installed in mc i guess they are u lucky ones with 2.20 in it.

i got another question to ask,this scph 9xxxx series able to use OpenPS2loader like LAN cable pc to ps2.and able to run backups from pc to ps2 ??

[dlanor]

well this is kinda sad since my bro got the original ps2 FAT and he played a burned DVD game and the lens got burn up pretty fast and he tried to fix or something like that,in the end he mess something inside the ps2 and unable to on

That is sad, but not so unusual. Messing with the internals of a console should only be done by those having the necessary skills. Else the attempt to fix something is too likely to make it worse instead.

hmm so that means i have to Burn a CD/DVD with uLaunchELF in it to let my ps2 to run it to check which bios it has ???

Yes, and that is easier said than done, as the PS2 is not willing to boot a burned disc by normal methods. So you'll need to do the same kind of disc swapping as if you were really going to try an FMCB install, just so you get uLE started on your console to check the ROMVER content. (displayed by "MISC/Debug Info" which can be reached through the uLE FileBrowser)

well i wanted to try this since there's people saying that they got SCPH 90006 ps2 and free mcboot can be installed in mc i guess they are u lucky ones with 2.20 in it.

Yes. All SCPH-900xx consoles with datecode earlier than 8C can boot FMCB and a few of the ones with datecode 8C can do it too, but none with later datecode than that.

This rule still applies even if your console cover doesn't show the datecode anywhere, thus making it hard to check.

i got another question to ask,this scph 9xxxx series able to use OpenPS2loader like LAN cable pc to ps2.and able to run backups from pc to ps2 ??

Yes, all PSTwo consoles can do that. It is just that you must use a different boot method than FMCB for those with bios v2.30 or newer.

Personally I recommend using "SwapMagic v3.8 coder" to boot uLE from USB or MC with these newer console models. That is what I do with my SCPH-90004 (datecode 9C and bios v2.30).

Best regards: dlanor

[rain82]

That is sad, but not so unusual. Messing with the internals of a console should only be done by those having the necessary skills. Else the attempt to fix something is too likely to make it worse instead.

Yes, and that is easier said than done, as the PS2 is not willing to boot a burned disc by normal methods. So you'll need to do the same kind of disc swapping as if you were really going to try an FMCB install, just so you get uLE started on your console to check the ROMVER content. (displayed by "MISC/Debug Info" which can be reached through the uLE FileBrowser)

Yes. All SCPH-900xx consoles with datecode earlier than 8C can boot FMCB and a few of the ones with datecode 8C can do it too, but none with later datecode than that.

This rule still applies even if your console cover doesn't show the datecode anywhere, thus making it hard to check.

Yes, all PSTwo consoles can do that. It is just that you must use a different boot method than FMCB for those with bios v2.30 or newer.

Personally I recommend using "SwapMagic v3.8 coder" to boot uLE from USB or MC with these newer console models. That is what I do with my SCPH-90004 (datecode 9C and bios v2.30).

Best regards: dlanor

well yes i do agree with that it's hard to check since my ps2 doesn't even have a datecode behind it.hmm i have a modchip installed in my scph 90006 ps2 so i just have to make a burn CD or DVD with uLaunchELF in it and put it in and run it through disc drive ?? ermm i have to use which program to burn it?? since i don't want to mess up after burn in uLaunch and it doesn't boot
if i burn in uLaunchELF CD iso in the CD and put it in my ps2 will the program automatically run itself or u need to do something about it??? as for now i can only burn CDs for now.

so if i have a uLaunchELF burned CD/DVD and if it works,can i use OpenPS2Loader PC to PS2 LAN with crossover cable connected ???

[dlanor]

well yes i do agree with that it's hard to check since my ps2 doesn't even have a datecode behind it.hmm i have a modchip installed in my scph 90006 ps2 so i just have to make a burn CD or DVD with uLaunchELF in it and put it in and run it through disc drive ??

Well, with a modchip that should be the easiest way to get started, and also a boot method you might stick with if it turns out that your console can't use FMCB.

That's if your modchip does not have a DEV1 boot mode. Because if it does then that would be the best choice for you, using DEV1 to boot uLE from "mc0:/BOOT/" just as FMCB can do.

But if you decide on a uLE boot disc for long-term use, then it makes sense to modify it a bit from the very simple form of the ISOs I've prepared for download in the uLaunchELF release post. For long-term use it is far more useful to let the uLE instance on the boot disc launch another instance of uLE from MC, similar to how it would be done by DEV1 and FMCB booting. That will allow many configuration methods of those boot methods to apply to yours as well.

ermm i have to use which program to burn it?? since i don't want to mess up after burn in uLaunch and it doesn't boot

Lots of programs can burn PS2 boot discs, but for DVD discs I prefer to use ImgBurn, and for CD discs I use "Alcohol 120%" (it has special support modes for both PS1 and PS2 CDs).

if i burn in uLaunchELF CD iso in the CD and put it in my ps2 will the program automatically run itself or u need to do something about it??? as for now i can only burn CDs for now.

Yes, since you have a modchip it should be able to boot uLE automatically from a disc burned using the ISOs prepared for download in the release post.

so if i have a uLaunchELF burned CD/DVD and if it works,can i use OpenPS2Loader PC to PS2 LAN with crossover cable connected ???

Yes, that should work fine.

Best regards: dlanor