HD Loader freezes

[jimmyd]

I did a full format and put only the games that worked before on. No luck. I'm guessing the pins are not contacting right from the NA to the PS2 or something. Pins on the HDD looks good.

[Kennedy]

Did you try HDL 0.8b, as I suggested?

[JNABK]

Another possibility is a blown fuse inside the ps2, preventing power from going to the NA.

Can you go online with a Original game disc or the Network Setup disc and see if you can go online at all.

[jimmyd]

HDL 0.8b didn't work.

The HDD powers up and spins, so I guess the NA gets power...

[JNABK]

Well, if the HDD spins up, then yes, its getting power and the NA should be fine then. I can only guess that the HDD has suffered from some type of damage if you had it working once before, but now it no longer works with any homebrew apps.


I'd suggest re-formatting it with Winhiip using the FULL format option and not the quick or partial format. If you have done that, then perhaps format with Windows or some other formatting software than can do a more thorough format process and check the sector blocks, disk surface and attempt a repair.

[Kennedy]

Yes, I already suggested a full format before, and he said that is what he tried, but with no success.

[JNABK]

He may need to use more specialized software to format with as Winhiip is only maent to format to PS2 Format, but is limited in what it can fix on a drive that may have gone bad.

He said he used this HDD just fine once before, but now its not working in the PS2, so if the hardware is fine, connections are all OK, then it maybe something Winhiip cant fix. I also thought maybe a connection problem, but he said it powers up and spins the HDD, so that would indicate the connections are good, although a single pin not making contact could also result in no access for the PS2 apps.