Help Backup Problem

[greenfly]

can anyone help me im having trouble backing up my ps2 games i have clone cd v5.0.3.1 nero v6.3.1.10 and i still cant back them up they all freeze or stop after the start up logo of playstaion 2 i have a v5 playstation 2 but no sure what chip can you help me??????

[DutchDemon]

i don't know much about the baacking up of games, but about the chip: if you boot an original, does it give the text 'playstation 2' with 'Matrix Infinity x.xx' underneath it? then its a matrix infinity (duh :P) otherwise i dont know.

as for the backing up, the other members of this forum will probably know more about that.

[greenfly]

no its not the matrix infinity i found out, it is the duo 1

[ADROiT]

Well until a couple of days ago I did all my PS2 backing up with RecordNow Max 4.5 using Global Images. But when that failed to backup GTA San Andreas, maccarulez1 suggested I try DVD Decryter which you can get completely free of charge from http://www.dvddecrypter.com.
It's a really small file download too, and it works perfectly.
Just put your original in your DVD drive, under "Mode" do an ISO Read which will write an ISO of your disc to the HDD, then put a DVD-R into your DVD Writer and under "Mode" do an ISO Write.
(There's a point; are you using DVD-R or DVD+R? You should use DVD-R).
Put your finished backup into your PS2 and enjoy.

[greenfly]

thanks adroit ill try that sound ohh and im useing dvd-r why does it make a difference what speed should you burn it at or does it make a diff cos i read in a few others to burn at slowest possible???

[ADROiT]

Originally Posted by greenfly

thanks adroit ill try that sound ohh and im useing dvd-r why does it make a difference

I'm not too sure why. I just know that before I started backing up my games I read all the forums to find out how people were doing it and everyone was saying to use DVD-R and not DVD+R. I think it's because DVD-R is compatible with a wider range of set-top machines, including PS2. To be honest, I've never tried a DVD+R in my PS2 but I've read in various forums that it doesn't always work.

[greenfly]

ok ill stick to the -r then

[greenfly]

ive tryed that and it still wont paly the egzact same thing is happenin ive tryed dvd decrypter, clone cd, clone dvd, nero, Alcohol 120%, MagicISO, blind read in combo with nero ive tryed every thing and they still wont play and it is not the playstation as i have tryed them in others and they dont work there either. Please can someone help me this is driveing me nuts

[H|LLJD00]

What media are you using?

Use Ritek G04, and use DVD Decrypter. Make sure it burns it as an .iso

[ADROiT]

Originally Posted by greenfly

ive tryed that and it still wont paly the egzact same thing is happenin ive tryed dvd decrypter, clone cd, clone dvd, nero, Alcohol 120%, MagicISO, blind read in combo with nero ive tryed every thing and they still wont play and it is not the playstation as i have tryed them in others and they dont work there either. Please can someone help me this is driveing me nuts

Ok, well the only things I can thing of then is that you're using cheap, crappy media that doesn't work very well (I burn all my backups to Verbatim DVD-R and I swear by them 150%), or else you're burning them at too high a speed (you should burn them at the slowest speed your writer will allow; you really shouldn't burn faster than 2x).
Other than that, I'm out of ideas.

[TylerDurden]

Originally Posted by ADROiT

(you should burn them at the slowest speed your writer will allow; you really shouldn't burn faster than 2x).

Thats untrue. You can burn as fast as your dvd burner and media combo allow. Cheap media is never a good idea.




Tyler!

[DutchDemon]

if he tried everything with his burning stuff, and it's not working, then the problem is probably not with his burning. Maybe something is wrong with his chip/soldering.
Did you solder it yourself greenfly?
Did it work before?

[lufcfan]

(you should burn them at the slowest speed your writer will allow; you really shouldn't burn faster than 2x).

Yeah, you beat me to it Tyler. It is wrong. Burn as fast as you possibly can, because the new high speed discs and dyes are made to perform best at these speeds. You will have problems burning slower on higher rated discs...

[greenfly]

yes it worked before i tryed a friends backup to check and it works fine i didn't get it chip it myself it was done before and im using datawrite discs they are Ritek G05. ive tryed dvd decrypter my burner is a BTC its a dual layer burner that writes -r at 4x and +r at 8x my normal reader drive is also btc reads dvds at 16x i tryed the newest version of blindwrite (v5.2.6.139)lastnight and had the same problem

[greenfly]

i recently also got another ps2 a v6 with d same chip (duo 1) and i am havin the same prob any ideas?????