Problem with ESR not loading my Swap Magic

Okay, now I've used the ESR app to load my DVD version of Swap Magic 3.8, and I've never had any problems with it until now. For some odd reason, when I select, "Launch CDVD" after it detects the Swap Magic, it'll start to act as if it'll load it, then it'll show the Pink Screen (like it normally does along with the bunch of other colors) and not load any other color. I'm kind of starting to freak out, because my copy of a game that I've wanted for a long time now just came in today, and of course, I want to play it ASAP. If anyone can help me figure out what the problem is that would be wonderful.

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Originally Posted by bobgoesw00t

Okay, now I've used the ESR app to load my DVD version of Swap Magic 3.8, and I've never had any problems with it until now. For some odd reason, when I select, "Launch CDVD" after it detects the Swap Magic, it'll start to act as if it'll load it, then it'll show the Pink Screen (like it normally does along with the bunch of other colors) and not load any other color. I'm kind of starting to freak out, because my copy of a game that I've wanted for a long time now just came in today, and of course, I want to play it ASAP. If anyone can help me figure out what the problem is that would be wonderful.

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Well, just one question: Why are you using the ESR app to do that?
The SM DVD disc isn't a DVD video disc (And isn't even ESR patched), and it should appear as a Playstation 2 DVD game disc.

Why don't you just boot the SM 3.8 DVD disc directly?

the reason I'm using the ESR to load the swap magic is because i ended up getting the bad version of the swap magic DVD, so i can't boot it up directly. Also, I've never had a problem with the ESR loading the swap magic disc until now, I really just want to play this stupid game that I got yesterday, but with the ESR freaking out on me, I'm about ready to try COGSWAP, which is something I really don't want to try.

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Originally Posted by bobgoesw00t

the reason I'm using the ESR to load the swap magic is because i ended up getting the bad version of the swap magic DVD, so i can't boot it up directly. Also, I've never had a problem with the ESR loading the swap magic disc until now, I really just want to play this stupid game that I got yesterday, but with the ESR freaking out on me, I'm about ready to try COGSWAP, which is something I really don't want to try.

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Ouch. Well, I guess that this problem you're experiencing might be a sign that your SM disc is deteriorating (Or your laser is).

It's odd, but it seems like the SM discs will deteriorate faster than any other pressed disc would. :(

Try cleaning the SM disc and your console's laser, if possible (Do it gently!!).

If the disc can't be read properly, cogswap will probably not work either.

If you can't get SM to work, your other option would be to use ESR or to use a Playstation 2 game loader that loads games from another device like the HDD, Ethernet or USB.

Try telling ESR to "Disable ESR after first IOP Reset" with the gui version, it should terminate ESR once swap magic has loaded, swap magic may error out though recognising any disc as a DVD-V instead of PS2 DVD.

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Originally Posted by kevstah2004

Try telling ESR to "Disable ESR after first IOP Reset" with the gui version, it should terminate ESR once swap magic has loaded, swap magic may error out though recognising any disc as a DVD-V instead of PS2 DVD.

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If the pink screen is shown, SM isn't even booted/loaded yet. ;)
Other than that,... AFAIK, SM doesn't have any issues with ESR.
You can even use it that way, to use any burned Video-DVD (regardless of their TOC-Size) as a Swap/TOC-Disc.

So it's possible to make a custom esr dvd-9 swap magic disc? since they never made one :rant:
no need to shrink your games.

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Originally Posted by kevstah2004

So it's possible to make a custom esr dvd-9 swap magic disc? since they never made one :rant:
no need to shrink your games.

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It should be, but I don't know it for sure.
Maybe it doesn't even matter if the TOC-Disc is a Dual-Layer one (no need to rebuild it on DVD9, if that's true). :crazy: