Scph-90006 problem

[rain82]

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.

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).


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.

Yes, that should work fine.

Best regards: dlanor

Hi dlanor,i am sorry for such late reply,i haven't try burning a uLE CD yet,since i run out of blank CD-R discs to burn,i will try to get some discs and the crossover cable.

but i got some more questions to ask about

can uLaunchELF read USB drives ???

so that i can put in my USB drive with FreeMcBoot or (OpenPS2loader if FreeMcBoot doesn't works on my ps2 slim if i have BIOS 2.30) and run these programs through uLE ?

or the uLaunchELF CD version has included these programs in it ???

sorry for asking such weird questions since i am newbie with these stuff

[dlanor]

Hi dlanor,i am sorry for such late reply,i haven't try burning a uLE CD yet,since i run out of blank CD-R discs to burn,i will try to get some discs and the crossover cable.

but i got some more questions to ask about

can uLaunchELF read USB drives ???

Yes. Most USB drives work well with uLE, provided they are formatted to FAT32.
(FAT32 is the required USB format for all PS2 homebrews.)

so that i can put in my USB drive with FreeMcBoot or (OpenPS2loader if FreeMcBoot doesn't works on my ps2 slim if i have BIOS 2.30) and run these programs through uLE ?

Sure. Except that if you want to run FreeMcBoot on a console with the new bios that prevents booting it, you can't just launch it as a normal elf from a USB (or other) drive. FMCB still needs to be installed to the MC and can then only be launched by a special command built into uLE. (accessed through uLE FileBrowser as "MISC/OSDSYS")

But if you have the newer bios there is no real advantage in having FMCB installed on your MC, except if you plan to bring it with you to friends that may have older console versions, and thus may be able to boot FMCB from your MC. But for your own use on a console with the newer bios, there is no real point in having FMCB installed.

Instead you should focus on configuring uLE well, to work as launch center for all the homebrew applications you use. And then you may want to look into more advanced uLE configuration methods, using nice-looking skins and multiple menu pages etc.

or the uLaunchELF CD version has included these programs in it ???

The boot CD and DVD ISOs provided in the uLaunchELF release post include no other programs than uLE itself. But all else can be copied by uLE from USB drives, or used as-is on those drives.

sorry for asking such weird questions since i am newbie with these stuff

That is how we all started out, though some seem to forget that...

Best regards: dlanor

[rain82]

Yes. Most USB drives work well with uLE, provided they are formatted to FAT32.
(FAT32 is the required USB format for all PS2 homebrews.)

Sure. Except that if you want to run FreeMcBoot on a console with the new bios that prevents booting it, you can't just launch it as a normal elf from a USB (or other) drive. FMCB still needs to be installed to the MC and can then only be launched by a special command built into uLE. (accessed through uLE FileBrowser as "MISC/OSDSYS")

But if you have the newer bios there is no real advantage in having FMCB installed on your MC, except if you plan to bring it with you to friends that may have older console versions, and thus may be able to boot FMCB from your MC. But for your own use on a console with the newer bios, there is no real point in having FMCB installed.

Instead you should focus on configuring uLE well, to work as launch center for all the homebrew applications you use. And then you may want to look into more advanced uLE configuration methods, using nice-looking skins and multiple menu pages etc.

The boot CD and DVD ISOs provided in the uLaunchELF release post include no other programs than uLE itself. But all else can be copied by uLE from USB drives, or used as-is on those drives.

That is how we all started out, though some seem to forget that...

Best regards: dlanor

hi dlanor, i planning to follow this guide i wanna ask that i am now using my pc that i use for surfing the internet and posting this post here.going to set up SMB PC TO PS2.by setting a SMB on my this PC will mess my internet or disable my internet or something ?? or can i switch to my internet cable when i needed to browser the internet checking FAQs/Forums ???

[dlanor]

hi dlanor, i planning to follow this guide i wanna ask that i am now using my pc that i use for surfing the internet and posting this post here.going to set up SMB PC TO PS2.by setting a SMB on my this PC will mess my internet or disable my internet or something ??

Not at all. SMB is not any exotic server that changes the way the OS works at all.

SMB is the native protocol used by all Windows OS versions to share files between such computers in a LAN. So it is the most natural protocol for any Windows computer to use in sharing files with another computer (and in this context the PS2 is such a computer).

or can i switch to my internet cable when i needed to browser the internet checking FAQs/Forums ???

You could do it some such way, but that would be very awkward.

Most people prefer either to use a router (the BEST way) or to have a second networking card in the PC, dedicated to traffic with the PS2.

But in my opinion it is best to have a router, with static IPs assiged to all local units, including the router and the PS2 as well as any computers on that LAN, including the one that is to act as SMB server for the PS2 running OPL.

In any case, since SMB is the native filesharing protocol of Windows, with a server process that is ALWAYS active, whether you know it or not, using this protocol with the PS2 does not incur any new cost (in CPU load or delays or whatever) except during those periods when such traffic with the PS2 is occurring, at which time the CPU load cost is identical to that of similar bandwidth traffic with another PC (or with Internet). No more and no less.

Best regards: dlanor

[activex]

hello dlanor,

I have same problem with PS2 90006 slim.........
it cannot boot freemcboot.........

my question....???
If I add a modchip/modbo/matrix , can it boot freemcboot on my MC...????

thanks before......

[dlanor]

hello dlanor,

I have same problem with PS2 90006 slim.........
it cannot boot freemcboot.........

my question....???
If I add a modchip/modbo/matrix , can it boot freemcboot on my MC...????

No. If the bios version is v2.30 then it no longer looks for any OSDSYS extensions on MC, like all older bios versions did, which is how FMCB is booted with those bios versions.

Having a modchip does not alter any of this in any way.
But having a modchip with DEV1 booting you don't really need FMCB anyway.

Instead you can set up the modchip to boot uLaunchELF from MC, in much the same way as it would have been launched by FMCB, stored in the same "BOOT" folder on MC. And then you can use the uLE menu and/or its FileBrowser to launch any other programs you need (such as SMS, OPL, etc), just like I do on the consoles that do boot FMCB.

And if you absolutely want to see the FMCB menu, you can do that too, by using the uLE command "MISC/OSDSYS" which was created specifically to open the FMCB menu on consoles that can't boot into FMCB. (Though it works for older consoles too.) But this assumes that you've bothered to make an FMCB installation even though you can't boot it, which would be a rather big waste of MC storage space...

Best regards: dlanor

[NikkiBella]

my ps2 scph-90006 bios 2.30 can't boot up memory card
please help me how can it possible

[dlanor]

my ps2 scph-90006 bios 2.30 can't boot up memory card
please help me how can it possible

Sorry, but that's impossible.

An unmodified PS2 console with bios 2.30 has no way of booting anything from memory card.
Older bios versions did look for special boot files on MC, but version 2.30 does not.

The closest you can get to that functionality is the same method I use myself with my SCPH-90004 having bios 2.30

For that console I've bought the "SwapMagic v3.8 coder" package, which includes:

1 DVD boot disc
1 CD boot disc
1 disc-swapping CDVD modification kit (may differ for PS2 models)

The last item should be thrown in the garbage where it belongs, being super-shoddy nonsense.
Even if that hardware had been of good quality, the swapping method itself is still garbage to be avoided.

But the boot discs are an excellent method of booting PS2 homebrews, and also provides a decent cheat engine for PS2 games.

With such a boot disc in your PS2 the software on it will boot up as you power on, and the first thing it does is to check both your PS2 MC and any USB drive you may have connected, to see if there is a folder named "SWAPMAGIC" in the root directory. And if such a folder exists and contains a program file named "SWAPMAGIC.ELF", then that program is automatically launched.

So before your first such boot you can simply use a PC to prepare a "SWAPMAGIC" folder on a USB flash drive, and then put a copy of the "BOOT.ELF" file from a uLaunchELF release into that folder, renaming that copy to "SWAPMAGIC.ELF". That's all you need in order to let the SwapMagic boot disc start uLaunchELF from that flash drive when booting the PS2 with that USB drive connected. And once you have uLaunchELF running you can use its FileManager to copy the same "SWAPMAGIC" folder from the USB drive to your PS2 MC, so you can boot uLaunchELF even without that USB drive in future.

The best choice for this kind of operation is SwapMagic v3.8 as stated above.
SwapMagic v3.6 can be used the same way, but has no cheat engine on the discs.
Older versions of SwapMagic can only boot homebrew from MC, not USB, so they are less suitable.
(Would make it harder to get started.)

Best regards: dlanor

[aiman139]

I also has a ps2 SCPH 90006 CR and its Bios is 0230 .
My problem is i've just install FMCB on my MC and when i click Launch FMCB yeah its launching (FMCB Menu) but after i reset the PS2 nothings happen help me please

i found my bios at the end of the string when i check using Ule