[spedmetal]

Just so everyone knows. HD-Advance (HDA) is nothing more then the freely distributed patched HD-Loader (HDL). They press it to a disc so that a non-chipped PS2 can boot it. But thats all they have done. All the data on the HDA discs was created by others that have released this for free. This is OK I guess for the guy that doesnt want a modded system, but a modded system with the patched HDL is a much more powerful solution then HDA alone. The patched HDL needs a mod chip or an exploit to be booted. If I didnt want to mod my system I would do the exploit before I ever considered purchasing HDA.

Any chip with dev1 mode can boot the patched HDL from a memory card with absolutely no disc in your PS2 at all... I would consider this better then booting the pressed HDA every time I wanted to play a game.