If not, could you guys refer me to a mod chip that would be best? My girlfriend is wanting me to mod her PS2 as I did my PS3, but I have no prior knowledge of how this process works. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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If not, could you guys refer me to a mod chip that would be best? My girlfriend is wanting me to mod her PS2 as I did my PS3, but I have no prior knowledge of how this process works. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Have a look on the back of the PS2slim. near the model sticker should be a small square sticker with the date code. if that is 8b or less then yes FMCB will boot directly on this console. if it is 8c then its a bit of pot luck as this was the quarter that SONY changed the bios from 2.2 to 2.3 and FMCB wont directly boot. for these models you can still get a copy of Swapmagic 3.6 or swapmagic coder 3.8 and use that to boot into uLE and then start homebrew . anything 8d or greater then FMCB wont boot and you need either a chip or the swapmagic methods.
Well, the PS2 softmods work quite differently from the PS3 custom firmwares, so the only thing they might have in common is that a PS2 backwards compatible PS3 might use some of the same homebrew software as a PS2 console, such as "Open PS2 Loader" etc. But the softmod boot methods are entirely different.Quote:
Originally Posted by NerdcoreMC
Fortunately the answer to the question in your thread title is "YES !".
FMCB will work on all consoles of the SCPH-770xx models. (where xx are 2 digits that denote the region, with 01 meaning USA/Canada)
@spud42:
I think you must have missed the "SCPH-77001" part of the thread title.
Surely you know that it is only the SCPH-900xx model for which the datecode relates to FMCB compatibility.
Best regards: dlanor
Thank you very much guys, You have been incredibly helpfull! I am about to dive into some new territory here, give myself a little project again!
in the intrests of complete information and to further his education . this PS2 may be ok but in future he may need to do another install or take the card to a friends place with a different PS2 slim and wonder why it wont boot.Quote:
Originally Posted by dlanor