PS2 128MB memory card problem....

[chaoscreater]

Hi guys, need some help badly here....

Recently I've purchased a 128MB memory card, it looks like this:



And yes I know it's made by a 3rd party so it's cheap and not very reliable, but apparently people have got it to work with Free MCBoot and other homebrews, and since I needed the extra space since my 8MB was already full, I thought I'd give it a try.

So here's the problem, I can get my Free MCBoot, Codebreaker and pretty much everything else to work fine on my 8MB memory card (it's the official SONY one btw). But for some reason, the 128MB one doesn't seem to work. By that, I mean that everything installs on it fine no problem, but it doesn't seem to work as it should, Free MCBoot doesn't work properly and everything else as well, it's like the PS2 doesn't seem to read it properly at all.

I can install everything on it fine no problem, but it seems to be a 2s delay in reading those files. Whenever I use ULaunchElf to read it, it always shows that it's empty. I have to go back to the menu and read it again, and maybe do this 2 or 3 times until it actually refreshes and shows the contents inside.

At first I thought maybe it's because I didn't format it yet, so I tried to use ffgrievers annihalitor V2 found here:
http://psx-scene.com/forums/f19/rele...-v2-0-a-65652/ (Release: MC Annihilator v2.0)

and it formatted successfully, had no errors or anything. But still, nothing works properly on it. So then I tried to use the "Format MC" option in Free MCBoot, at first it didn't read it just like ULE, but after clicking it the 2nd or 3rd time it detected the memory card and I was able to format it successfully. I then installed Free MCBoot and launched FMCB, and finally it showed the Free MCBoot logo and it showed the contents in the PS2Browser correctly, such as:

Browser
System Configuration
HDLoader
ESR
FMCB Configuration

etc etc.....


but when I reset my PS2 and boot into the PS2Browser, it just showed the default options and it didn't show any Free MCBoot logo either. If I boot into DEV1 and use ULE to launch the .ELF files in my memory card, it'll boot into them fine. I can still boot into CodeBreaker fine but everything still don't work properly because after I load the game, it doesn't seem to detect the PS2 memory card properly, because there seems to be a delay in reading it so it doesn't load them properly.


Does anyone how to fix this? Apparently it should be able to work from this thread here:
http://psx-scene.com/forums/f153/fmc...success-59491/ (FMCB and 128mb Mem Card a success!)

but I can't seem to get it working...




UPDATE:


Nevermind I got it working. Don't know what I did, maybe it's because I tried to use the Format option under "Codebreaker" in the options menu and then tried to install Free MCBoot and this time it shows up properly. Everything else loads fine too so problem solved XD

[spud42]

for now.....
i would suggest you use uLE to copy saves to a USB device ASAP . these big carda are known to be flakey... they may work for a while but are usually very slow to write and sometimes wont read.
there are many threads about these cards....
but maybe you have a good one...... i hope so.

[spiderman]

I have a large MC (64M) and I also had problems with FMCB. Even when installed correctly, it would only sometimes work. Eventually what I did was to use my 64M in slot 1 just for game saves and use a smaller MC (16M) in slot 2 just for FMCB and other elf files. This helps me to stay organized, and makes it easier to make changes to FMCB or elf files without worrying about messing up my game saves.

I've heard people say that they've never had a problem with a large MC, but you'd be wise to listen to spud42, make backups often!

[chaoscreater]

thanks guys, but i've already got it working as stated in my first post......

it does work, you just need to format the card properly and it'll work fine. Codebreaker works for me, everything else works too like FMCB, ULE, OPL, etc etc.

[kamak]

Formatted card successfully and I got error during installation of free mcboot ver 1.8 on soft modding non sony or generic ps2 128 mb mem card bought from Ebay...HELP!!!

[SP193]

Try using my unofficial FMCB v1.8C installer that can be found here: http://psx-scene.com/forums/f153/uno...tml#post923245 (Unofficial FMCB v1.8C installer)

[spud42]

Formatted card successfully and I got error during installation of free mcboot ver 1.8 on soft modding non sony or generic ps2 128 mb mem card bought from Ebay...HELP!!!

what exactly was the error? these cards sometimes do not have the correct MG on them and they wont sign properly.

@SP193
does the multi region install have this problem?

[SP193]

what exactly was the error? these cards sometimes do not have the correct MG on them and they wont sign properly.

@SP193
does the multi region install have this problem?

So far, it seems like my new FMCB installer has a higher rate of compatibility with compatible cards when compared to the FMCB v1.8B installer.

At least, multi-installs don't fail at the "Patching dummies" step (Or in the equivalent step in that installer: "Creating cross-linked files").

As for the MCID issue: If the hardware reports a failure retrieving the MC ID, there is nothing we can do because that is a hardware implementation issue.

After all, none of those compatible cards were licensed by Sony (With only one or two exceptions), and hence were built without the official specifications, standards and guidelines. Hence, it's not too surprising if the implementation of some of the Magicgate functionality isn't complete.

Nevertheless, since this installer uses a different set of modules and is different internally, why not give it a try first?

[Berion]

Buying such cards is always huge risk. They are slow and many o them has half of declared capacity (sectors are... two times mapped).