exploit sometimes booting PS1 game?

[Lifegrind]

I've been using the independence exploit for about 2 years now.

I was just wondering, does anyone else experience the PS2 sometimes just loading up the PSX game instead of their BOOT.ELF? Sometimes I have to reset 2-3 times before it actually boots my BOOT.ELF

[urbigbro]

Yes I have had that experience with my friends v4 PS2. I tracked it down to the memory card contacts in the PS2 mem card. The PS2 didn't always detect the card so the exploit was not loaded.
If you try the exploit with another memory card then, and the prob goes away, then the following steps may help rejuvinate your mem card.

1. back-up your mem card to either another mem card, usb stick, or hdd with launch elf.

2. Format the card with the tool or your choice. (This will erase all data, please make sure your back-up was performed!)

3. Clean the contacts of both the mem card and the mem card interface pins inside the PS2 with a swab dipped in 90% rubbing alcohol. (I use 90% alcohol, since less water will evaporate quicker. 70% will still work fine though.)
* If you decide to disassemble your mem card or PS2 to do this cleaning, please make sure discharge static from your self to avoid frying aything. Use a grounding wrist strap or touch the side of your metal PC case.

4. (optional)If you notice the the mem card contacts are discolored, or step 2 above doesn't fix it, you can try to, "Lightly", clean them with some 1000 grit or higher emery cloth (aka sandpaper). Make sure you don't sand anything but the contacts as you could damage the card. Clean with alcohol dipped swab again.

5. Let the alcohol evaporate before trying the mem card in the PS2 again.
**If your card doesn't reliably work after this you will probably need a new one.**

6. If your PS2 is especially old or the memory card slot has been mistreated, there is a small possibility that the mem card interface pins inside the PS2 have bent over time and don't make a solid connection to the mem card. This can be fixed replacing the mem card interface unit or oh so carefully and slightly bending the pins back to give them more spring. If you have the skills to try this then you will know how much to bend them.

Disclaimer: I take no responsibilty for damage that may be caused by using the steps above.

Good Luck!

[Lifegrind]

Well I also have a problem with some games completely freezing when they try to access the memory card. I thought it was a problem with HDLoader but I guess it is probably a problem with my memory card. I haven't mistreated it at all, strange.

I will try cleaning it (getting the exploit installed again is a bit of a problem) so hopefully that works.

[l75eya]

This has happened to me a few times recently as well, but I know for sure it wasn't the MC to blame for my ps2's mishap.
I'll share for the sake of anyone that find this happening to them and they also know it's not because of the MC
It happened to me because of my PSX trigger disc.
Apparently, if your trigger disc is scratched, or otherwise damaged, or if for some reason your ps2 isn't reading the disc correctly (in my case it was all three of those things) then the ps2 may not boot the exploit and will instead try to just boot the psx normally.
I assume this has something to do with the ps2 not getting all the information it needs from the disc while reading it, or not being able to get the data in sync from the time it reads the boot file on the mc and the disc ID on the trigger disc, but that's just what I said; an assumption.
For those of you that tried urbigbro's suggestion of cleaning the contacts and reformatting the MC and that didn't work, try checking out your trigger disc for scratches or dirt and if possible try setting up a new trigger disc =)
I'm gonna go clean the contacts for my mem-card now just for the sake of it considering it's probably never been done hehe

[Proton_]

i had the same problem in a friend's console it was the jungle book the trigger disc and the title.db correctly with the SLUS, but in his console didn't boot it's a v9 and in my v9 it booted same cd and same memory card, he had a messiah 3.2 modchip (my ex-modchip i desoldered it and gave it to him) but with the modchip in my ps2 it booted and his not thats weird