Black Screen problems

[hasbroman]

Ok,I recieved my new KHS-400c laser and It reads my DVD-R just fine.I have GS and Both Cogswap cd-r,dvd-r and CDLOADER.Problem is as follows..

I place GS in it loads up I swap for cogswap cd-r.

Cogswap loads up and then I hit eject put in original dvd game(clone wars)

Disk turns yellow I hit X it prompts for swap I do the swap(ps2 is apart so i just lift it out the top)

I swap in dvd back-up in this case Fight night 2004 and hit X

The disk spins up screen goes black i hear the laser workin but all i get is blackscreen.

I try the same method for dvd-rips.Except at cogswap I switch an original ps2 cd game(triple play). then swap rip in. except for one rip,MK deception It will flash a white box then immediatly goto red please insert a ps2 disk screen.all others just go black.Any help would be appreciated as im out of possibilities.

[hasbroman]

well I played some more and gained some ground. I backed up mercenaries and burned to disk did the swap and made it to the rating screen then it went black from there.So now I think I have it to not burning the Games properly? I burned with cdrwin.I know alcohol 120 has a ps2 configuration is that a better way to burn???? Again any help is appreciated.

[J_A_C_K]

A lot of people use Dvddecrypter (freeware) from www.dvddecrypter.com to backup their Ps2 DVD games. It makes way more exact copies of ps2 games than most other burners (tho' u should be able to use Nero 5,6, alcohol 120%, Discjuggler 4 .... ).

If u are making ps2 CD backups u need burn using Raw/dao (if possible).

Burnin' at slower speeds tend to make better backups (on both cd-r and dvd+-r).

Sometimes media is an issue, so try a different brand i u still cant boot.

Try using cd-loader instead of cogswap-loader, some games need cd-loader to boot (u can do cogswap with cd-loader too).

When backups boot a little (or freeze/black screen), but not all the way, its usually because the toc disc is smaller than the backup.

So use a really big DVD game like Devil may cry or FFX as toc disc on DVD backups.

To play DVD-rips (cd-r)u pretty much need the Breaker Pro v1.1 disc or the HDAvance-cd. Both are close to 1GB in size ... and they are the only ones larger than 632mb.
All DVD-rips are pretty much above the 632mb, so without Breaker Pro/HDAvance u can boot like 5-10% dvd-rips.
Using the Cd-loader and BreakerPro/HDAvance-cd combo u can pretty much boot 99.9% of all dvd-rips backups. (Ive only had 2 fail on me... and they were probably bad anyways).

[hasbroman]

thanks for the advice! since you mentioned cdloader which i have.when I try cdloader, it loads up to screen that say insert game and press X.I try inserting back-ups and get invalid disk error.Then I stick in a original and it says ps2 DVD but disk keeps moving so i cant swap???Is there a technique to using cdloader that im not aware of??

[bladezero]

when you stick in a dvd you gotta press X and it will spin up then a few sec later it will say insert game by ea method