may bad.....the other bin file is actually GINXFER.BIN and NOT MAIGO.BIN as i said earlier. also there are 3 BIN files not 2.... d'oh!! (IP.BIN, 1ST_READ.BIN and GINXFER.BIN) i was backing up another game that had maigo so i got confused sorry.
what i do is run DAHACK first on all BIN files (except IP.BIN) then BINHACK on 1ST_READ.BIN and IP.BIN. GINXFER.BIN was not modified when i ran DAHACK on it. i'm thinking that maybe the problem with my backup.
when i try the game on the DC it boots and after the logo screen it sits for a little while then it somehow detects it's not an original and then exits to the DC menu.
i guess that's the problem....what file(s) do you hack to stop the game from detecting it's not an original?
if you ripped MHPBMX yourself and created a working backup how did you do it?