hopeing a master will set me straight

[thatguy56]

im trying to set up a ps2 as a kind of rom library. i have a few valuable ps1 games (ff7 black case, lunar 1&2) and an extensive nes snes collection. i want to purchase and set up a ps2 so that i wont have to plug in my snes just to play mario kart when my cousin comes over (the only time n the past 5 years ive used it...). i know that esr and fmcb are by far the easiest way of doing the emulators and ps2 games but id love to just box up my ps1 games as well... will hdloader allow me to play backup ps1 games? or should i get a chip? ive heard that they can fry a laser but if hdloader wont play ps1 i think ill have to risk it.

[djflexmaster79]

I have several PS2's for sale in " buy/sell thread". PM if you are interested.

NO HDLoader will NOT play PS1 games. Using FMCB/ESR IS NOT the easiest way to play Emulators and ROMS. I have most of my ROMS on my internal HDD, and some on USB thumb drives.

Really no need to pay money for a chip, there is an Emulator in the works for PS1 games, to be played from Internal/USB drives. At the moment it in only able to load them over LAN with a command line app on PC. But it will be out sometime in the near future.

Not Original PS1, are not really hard on a laser.

Hope that helps a bit..

DJ


EDIT, one other thing: please delete your other posts, as thre is NO REASON to make multiple post of same questions..

[Rotosound_rb666]

The chips basicly inject data into the stream at the right time so the ps2 thinks it read it from the disc. This also makes the ps2 think it can read the disc, and the "disc read error" thing goes away. That's basicly a timeout, since the process of trying to read the disc tasks the laser and the ic that drives it as hard as possible, there is a time limit on it. But not when you install a chip, so yes, it can fry more than just the laser, IF you dont take care of your games, and IF you aren't bright enough to get that if it isn't reading the disc already, it isn't going to, in less than a minute or so. But if you are more patient than I, and are willing to watch it say "reading disc" for as long as it takes, eventually something will fry.
Laser diodes eventually burn, period.
Recordable media only makes about 30% of the reflected light that that stamped media does, and are that much harder to read.
Using the hard drive has nothing to do with the laser, nor does it count on the laser's life.