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Jinomen
14-04-2003, 19:54
I successfully got my V4 PS2 modded a few days ago, and it works fine. One problem, though. I got a Madden 2003 burned on DVD-R, and it loads. Well, I burned Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution on a Verbatim CD-R...and it doesn't load. The PS2 recognizes the game, and when I go to the browser screen, the blue disc icon comes up. I select it, wait a few seconds, and it takes me back to the same browser screen.

Is it just my laser? Cause I've heard reports of V4 PS2s having bad lasers. Also, I can play all my other CD and DVD based games.
Jinomen
14-04-2003, 20:51
Can someone please help me out? I really wanna play my CD-R backups...
bighap
14-04-2003, 21:03
This is a message board not a chat room. You don't always get a response within 1 hour.:rolleyes: How did you burn this game?
Jinomen
14-04-2003, 21:06
CDRWin.
bighap
14-04-2003, 21:07
Use CloneCD and follow the tutorial in the backup procedues sticky. Your prob should be fixed.
Jinomen
14-04-2003, 21:11
Thank you very much.
bighap
14-04-2003, 21:20
Yep. Report back the results.
Jinomen
17-04-2003, 02:47
What should I do? I have Messiah 2, and I have a V4 PS2.
Nightfall Z
17-04-2003, 10:13
Maybe it was just a bad rip of the game.
RoX
17-04-2003, 13:34
V4's are meant to have really piss poor lasers, so that could be the problem.

especially if its not a new v4....

sell it and get a v7...its the only way..:p
Jinomen
17-04-2003, 14:33
Couldn't I just buy and get a new laser installed without selling it?
bighap
17-04-2003, 16:01
Before you go get a new laser or ps2, try making a direct burn of a cd game using CloneCd and the tutorial instead of burning something made by a rip kit. This could just be a bad rip. This way we will know if it is a bad rip(my guess) or a bad laser.
Jinomen
17-04-2003, 16:37
Okay, will do.
Headly
17-04-2003, 16:50
Just a note. I recently mooded a guys PS2. When it weas shipped to me he had a copy of Thrill Kill in it. This is a PSX game but the problem I had with it is similar. When his copy was booted as a PSX game it booted as an audio cd. So for the hell of it I tried it as a PS2 ga,e . Same thing as your copy happened. It acknowledge it as a disc in the browser screen but when you select the disc it brings you right back to browser. I question him and he said it was borrowed from a friend, and it worked in his PS1. So I attempted to make a copy of his copy and see what happened. I did a brief check to see that the game was the same size as the Thrill Kill that I own, and it appeared to be OK. However, when I went to make the copy in CloneCD I noticed that it was about 1k larger. So my guess is that you just have a corrupt backup. It could be your fault for doing a bad burn or it could be a bad rip. Why don't you just back it up at original size?:D
Headly
17-04-2003, 19:12
That also could be one of your problems.
Jinomen
17-04-2003, 19:15
Which I really think it is...I'm gonna try to clean the laser. If that doesn't work, I can get a new laser installed for about $50.
scamper
17-04-2003, 19:19
if i was you i would go back to one of your posts (Jinomen
) and change something before this thread gets closed and you get a warning (read the rules)
Headly
17-04-2003, 20:12
That is the problem I was speaking of. You will get no more help until you read the rules and follow them.