I plan on obtaining a pre-ready MC with Free MCBoot installed for my sister's PS2 console. However, I have literally zero experience with PS2 modding. (I've done Wii, Wii U, 3DS.)I want to load PS2 games from a USB harddrive. I also want to know if you can play PS1 games too with it.It's going to come with Free MCBoot 1.953 installed, but from there I'm a complete noob.Console is a PAL Fat PS2, I believe its a 39XXX model (Can't remember the last digits when I checked earlier, but I know it started with 39). So I have the MC now and I have PS1 games working through POPS, but for the life of me I can't get PS2 games to work.

Nor can I get the ps2 to recognize my USB HDD (I'm using a Y-cable and it still doesn't, and I've tried three different ones and none of them will read.)Whenever I use OPL I get a 'this can't be opened' error, and if I have to use USBUtil (I think it's called, to split games that are 4gb+) then it often says there's some kind of error, tried several games and all give this error. I'm getting games from a 'reliable' source, but I can't get anything to work.Can someone help me? The reason I can run normal PS1 games is because I have those on a general USB, not my USB HDD.Also, I tried burning them to disc after patching them with ESRPatcher to use with ESR, but they result in a pink screen after I choose 'Launch CDVD' in the menu and hang there. Click to expand.Okay. I bought a MC preinstalled with MCBoot and stuff. It has ULE, OPL, HD Loader, etc etc installed.PS2 model is SCPH-39003.USB HDD formatted as FAT32 filesystem with Y-cable (although the PS2 won't actually detect it?

I don't know why.)For PS1 games I'm just using a USB thumbdrive, seems to do the trick using POPS.Whenever I choose my ISO in USBUtil it transfers into several 1GB files (I'm guessing it should do this) and then says something about it being a bad copy? It says to press the 'fill space' (i can't remember the name of the button) so I did and it didn't help. Everything just throws an error in OPL.OPL version is 0.9.3 I believe.— Posts automatically merged - Please don't double post!

Updated for 2019 - everything still remains the same, but added a few more details.For any PS2 (slim or fat) with model number less than 9xxx, the simplest method is to obtain a memory card with Free MC Boot installed. The cost of such a memory card is around $10 (USD) on ebay. Once you have such a memory card, you can create new ones or update it to the most recent version (I always have one as a backup that I have stored away safely). For owners of the fat PS2 consoles, you can also soft mod your PS2 to use your HDD (and even use Free HD Boot - the HDD version of Free MC Boot).Yes, I am aware that many users are kind enough to provide a free service for installing FMCB.

R/ps2 This subreddit is dedicated to the best selling video game console in history, Sony's Playstation 2 We are all about the games, discussions, news, questions or suggestions related to the PS2. Tell us what you love(d) about it, what game you hated, when you first got your system,. Throwing it back old school with a PS2 Tutorial. Today i will be showing you guys how to install FMCB with ANY ps2 game disc on most slim consoles (not including 9x models - these are untested). Please watch the video below for instructions, otherwise please read below, there will be a written tutorial for more advanced modders who do not need videos.

I am of the opinion buying one from ebay is better than the time/cost it takes to send away a memory card and have it freely modified with FMCB.The process below is for those who DO NOT already have access to Free MC Boot, but DO have a PS2 with Network Adapter and HDD.HARDWARE REQUIREMENTSIf you own a fat PS2, then you actually can create your own FMCB memory card without having to do any of the disk swapping nonsense. All you need are:.

the official network adapter. and a PATA IDE HDD.

Consult for compatibility. You can alternately modify your network adapter to use SATA hard drives with:. If you stick with PATA drives, then chances are you will need some sort of USB adapter. I personally use: which has support for both SATA and PATA and runs on the faster USB3 ports (backward compatible with USB2). In theory, you can use any IDE/SATA adapter that fits the network adapter, and a 2.5' SATA HDD. You will have to figure out a way to secure the drive inside the bay, however.NOTE: A 3rd-party SATA 'network' adapter might work, too, if you do not have access to an official network adapter (with or without a SATA modkit).

A USB drive formatted to FAT32. An official 8MB memory card (unofficial cards will likely work, but your mileage may vary)INSTALLATION PROCESSOnce you have the necessary hardware, it is a fairly simple process. The idea is to write a boot image to the HDD so that we can run custom code.

The boot image can be found in the first post of this thread:. Connect the HDD to your computer. Mac and Linux users can copy the image file to their HDD using the dd command. Windows users can use HDD Raw Copy or Win32 Disk Imager.

There are plenty of alternatives, so feel free to use your favorite. Connect the HDD to the PS2 via the network adapter. (Make sure that the PS2 is unplugged whenever installing or removing the HDD or you could very well blow a fuse!).

When you boot the PS2, it should eventually load up the PS2 menu. Select UlaunchELF (wLE 4.43a), which is basically like a very simple-looking (but powerful) Finder on a Mac, or Windows Explorer on Windows platforms. Use this to run the FreeMCBoot installer by copying the installer from you computer onto your USB drive, and plugging the USB drive into the PS2. Use UlanchELF and traverse to the USB drive (called mass in the UlaunchELF browser) to find the installer. Always format your memory card first - this is a necessary step in the Free MC Boot installer! The FreeMCBoot installer will also have a FreeHDBoot option.

Install FreeMCBoot onto your memory card. Danny krivit edits by mr.k vol. 2 rare. After FreeMCBoot is installed onto your memory card, power off the PS2, and then power it back on.

Navigate to uLaunchELF from the PS2 browser menu and launch it. (This version is likely newer than the one that came with the HDD image.) REQUIRED: Use the disk manager tool within uLaunchELF to format your hard drive.

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(This step is required regardless of whether you choose to install FreeHDBoot. This is necessary to recover the entire storage space on the HDD since the boot image we used earlier is only about 5MB!) Then run the FreeMCBoot installer again to install FreeHDBoot onto the HDD.Installing FreeHDBoot is optional (the HDD equivalent of FreeMCBoot) but it will likely be slightly slower (just a few seconds) in terms of bootup time when compared to FMCB. Though a few seconds slower, using FHDB means you no longer have to have a memory card dedicated to FMCB in one of your memory card slots.NOTES FOR THOSE NEW FMCBOnce you have FMCB installed onto a memory card (and optionally the HDD), you can use uLaunchELF to install more apps such as Open PS2 Loader (OPL) for loading games through the HDD. Just download the apps onto your USB drive and copy them to either your memory card or HDD, and edit the FMCB/FHDB menu (it is one of the options in the PS2 browser menu when you boot with FMCB/FHDB). Click to expand.If you absolutely do not want to shell out $10 (US dollars) for a pre-made memory card, then slim users must unfortunately use the disk swapping method (which I will not get into here because I have not done this myself) to install FMCB themselves.If you instead meant to ask whether the HDD is required at all to softmod your PS2 (slim or fat), then no an HDD is not required. Having an HDD simply makes it easier to do it yourself, and allows you to play games off of the HDD. There are other methods for playing games (e.g.

Via ethernet or USB) once you have your system softmodded. Click to expand.Yeah, I would see no reason to get one in your situation either.Not sure if there is a misunderstanding here, the adapter is from IDE to SATA so he can continue using the Network Adapter he already has. He's not saving a whole bunch of money on it though since what you linked was only 15 bucks (really cheap and an awesome thing for everyone who doesn't have the official network adapter already). I think you could get a IDE - SATA for 3-4 dollars. If he happens to play online on his PS2 still he can keep doing that too. So I don't really see any downside whatsoever to my suggestion.