Help w/ Action Replay Methods (v12 PS2)

[tdude51]

Hey everyone, I have been trying to do the methods stated in both of these topics for my v12 slim PS2:

1)http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/291684
2)http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/320910

However, I have been having a few probems...

1) I start action replay, go to media player, load cdloader.elf from a memory stick, and get to the main screen. In the bottom left corner it says ps2 cd because it detected action replay, it stops spinning, I take it out and put in the cogswaploader cd burnt from a bin and cue made with IC3, and hit X...and then, right away, the outlined red star galaxy screen of doom...
NOTE: I have also tried downloading the bin and cue from http://www.swapmagicfix.com/ of cogswaploader, and the same thing happened but it took a while to get to the outlined red galaxy star screen of doom.

2) Everything works fine, I load cdloader, press triangle to put back the laser, put in an original ps2 dvd game, press triangle to reset the laser, it detects ps2 dvd in the bottom left, and then i hit x...up comes a screen that says "ERROR VALIDATING THE DISC," or something to that effect. I have tried this with all the following games:
-Madden NFL 2005
-DDR Max 2
-DDR Extreme
-Star Wars Battlefront 2
-Call of Duty: Finest Hour
-SSX On Tour

I always burn things on the lowest speed that Nero Burning Rom 7 offers, 4x. I've tried 3 different kinds of media; Fujifilm, Optimum, and Memorex. I have a v12 slim black ps2 with a paper mod I made myself, plays with the top open perfectly.

If anyone knows what I'm doing wrong, how I could possibly fix it, or any other possible way to load games in a way similar to those, please let me know. Thank you for your help.

[ace1]

As far as I'm aware, the AR method of booting does not work with the newer PsTwo Slim models. You will need Swap Magic.

[tdude51]

Well, according to those methods it should...

[homesickalien]

It does work with the action replay and a USB pendrive. Unfortunately, both of those guides aren't entirely clear on what you have to do and they don't cover any troubleshooting.

I have a v13 (scph-70001) slim model that took me a day and a half to get working properly. I've been meaning to write a full tutorial explaining what you need to do to get it to work. I guess I'll start now. I'll have something up shortly. I'll post it in this forum in a couple hours.

[digitalps2]

There IS another one on afterdawn which I saw the other day, made by someone named "Ace"

[homesickalien]

You can find your fix in this thread:
http://www.psx-scene.com/forums/showthread.php?t=46196