PS Copy

[DancingHomer]

Hi!

I'm new and from Germany, so plz forgive me my Lowskill and the mad grammar ;)

I have a NEC 1300 A 1.07 DVD-Burner and a modificated PS2 with the Magic3 Chip.

First question: If i want to boot a Backup with the Magic3 Chip - do i need to press a button first ? or just put in the DVD ?


I tried to backup several games like Baldurs Gate, Lord of the Rings, Blade2, Hitman2 and Max Payne.

I made Globale Images of each game with RecordNOW (reading MIN) and burned them with (Burning MIN) Speed. LOTR and Baldurs Gate works fine. The other Games didn't

Then i tried Blade2 with Nero6 and it dont work either.

Then i tried to burn MaxPayne with CloneDVD (1x) and it didn't work too.

My Second Question: I cant choose the correct speed of my DVD-Burner. If i burn with RecordNOW i can only choos MIN/MID etc. but no 1x/2x etc. With Nero i have the same problem.. i can only choose 2,4x/4x and MAX. But there is no support for 1x Burning-Speed (only in CloneDVD). Is there any flag which i can set ?

I burned all the Games on PRINCO DVD-R's. If noone of the games worked i would say: "ok Princo is crap". But BG and LOTR works very fine, so i couldnt say that my PS2 have big Problems with that kind of Media, isnt it ?

I will try it with VERBATIM Media today, but i hope you can give me a answer, because i dont want to destroy one DVD-R by another.

Thanks :)

EDIT: I have a SPCH-300004 Model and AnyDVD was running all the time

[DancingHomer]

^^ heeeeeeeeeeeeelp :/

[UrrBodyH8sMe]

u could also try download PrimoDvd it works good i also heard some games magic 3.1 dont like to boot maybe thats couple of them how many backups have u tryed on ur system.

[DancingHomer]

i tried the following games, everything tried to copy with RecordNow:

Dont Work (the originals do)
Blade2
Hitman2
MaxPayne


Work
LOTR
Baldurs Gate

which Media do you use for your copies ? i will try VERBATIM Today evening

[UrrBodyH8sMe]

well if u buy them off the net like i do i use dvd-on dvd-r's which work great and r cheap costs me 54$ for 50 pak there like 97$ for a 100 pack shiped and they work just as good as ritek to me riteks price went relly high like 115$ for 100 pack then u got to pay shiping but if ur getting ur VERBATIMs at a store then try that but if u had to order them i would go with dvd-on cause VERBATIMS r kinda pricey and princo sucks for big games the kind with alot of movies sences they skip relly bad only game i used on these dvds that works if breath of fire dragon quters

[BG]

Originally posted by DancingHomer
First question: If i want to boot a Backup with the Magic3 Chip - do i need to press a button first ? or just put in the DVD ?

First thing.... Have you EVER had a backup game that you did WORK?

Here is the boot procedure for your Magic 3..

Magic 3
http://www.modchip.com/images/magic3.jpg

NOTE: This is with the disk assumed in the tray and the tray closed:

Playstation 2 Games

• Power up normally from STANDBY with RESET button. A single tap is required.

Playstation 1 games & DVD Movies

• Power up from STANDBY with RESET button held until the blue EJECT light comes on; then release RESET and the disk will boot.

NOTE: Turn off the PS2 (to standby) before changing Mode (PS1/PS2/DVD)

[DancingHomer]

Baldurs Gate and LOTR worked very good - even the Movies in the LOTR Game etc.


"
Playstation 2 Games

• Power up normally from STANDBY with RESET button. A single tap is required

"

In other words: Simply put the DVD-R inside and start your PS2 ? If that is the way to boot Backups with DVD-R i have done this.

[Seven O Two]

if you have backups that work (which you do) then those games are bad burns, and you should reburn them on better blanks

[DancingHomer]

Well, this is my opinion too.

But what shall i do ? i cant do more than try it on 3 diffrent Medias

Princo, Verbatim, Sunstar, and Verbatim DVD-RW's

i tried the same game on Nero 6, RecordNow, CloneDVD.

I think the best way.. the MUST WORK way is to make a Global Image with Recordnow - readspeed MIN, and Burnspeed MIN.

But noone of the games worked, only BaldursGate and LOTR. These 2 games are still working without any problems (sometimes i need 2-3 resets to boot them).

I called the Vendor about the problem and the Vendor who build in the ModCHip in my PS2 says "the laser is the problem" - is true ? shall i try it with a new Laser ? cause every original Game and 2 Burned Games are working...

[lufcfan]

If you're using DVD-RW's then this is more than likely going to be your problem...

[Seven O Two]

try to copy one of your games (lotr) just a str8 copy onto your new media and if it works, then your burning sometahing wrong, but if it doesnt, then the media is your problem

peace