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					 Posted: Fri, 29th Oct 2004 02:20    Post subject: [PS2] HDAdvance: does it work without a chip? | 
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						I was reading up on the HDAdvance hard drive solution and I came upon this at the official site:
 
 
 	  | www.hdadvance.com wrote: | 	 		  | HDAdvance is the latest technology for PS2 to store and load game from HDD. Other than converting original game discs to HDD, HDAdvance also supports converting Backup/Import Game discs to HDD. 2 discs(CD+DVD) are included in the package. The CD version is used for converting CD Backups/Imports while DVD version is used for converting DVD Backups/Imports | 	  
 
 
While I'm sure that it's a long shot, do you require a mod chip to use this software?  If you do, I think that the site is a little misleading for not mentioning the requirement.
  
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					 Posted: Fri, 29th Oct 2004 03:18    Post subject:  | 
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						you only need a chip or swap magic discs if you are using a pirate version i believe
  I looked up "gormless" in the dictionary, it said "without gorm" .... so i looked up "gorm" but it wasn't there ????
  
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					 Posted: Fri, 29th Oct 2004 09:52    Post subject:  | 
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						should work fine i think.
 
swapmagic works fine without a modchip, so why should the included disks be any different.
 
they probably included swapmagic (sounds like it, anyway) to be able to convert backups.
  
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					 Posted: Fri, 29th Oct 2004 10:34    Post subject:  | 
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						You can install games onto the hdd via the PC, thats what I do, installing takes around 5 mins for a bigger dvd game. You dont need a boot thing to boot it, it boots just the same way action replay does
  
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					 Posted: Fri, 29th Oct 2004 13:00    Post subject:  | 
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						how do u install from the PC ? Connect the PC to the PS2 with the Network card?
  George W Bush - 
 
 
'...more and more of our imports are coming from overseas.'
  
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					 Posted: Fri, 29th Oct 2004 13:19    Post subject:  | 
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						 	  | Martinius wrote: | 	 		  | You can install games onto the hdd via the PC, thats what I do, installing takes around 5 mins for a bigger dvd game. You dont need a boot thing to boot it, it boots just the same way action replay does | 	  
 
 
I'm interested.  What software do you use to do this?
  
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					 Posted: Fri, 29th Oct 2004 13:21    Post subject:  | 
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						 	  | Steve-O 2004 wrote: | 	 		  | how do u install from the PC ? Connect the PC to the PS2 with the Network card? | 	  
 
 
Yes thats one way of doing it.
 
 
I take out the hdd from ps2 and connect it as slave on my pc
 
then i use WinHIIP to install games to the ps2 drive, you do that
 
in windows when you use WinHIIP.
  
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					 Posted: Fri, 29th Oct 2004 15:35    Post subject:  | 
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						I have a spare IDE connection, got a PCI IDE card. I just stick in and boot win xp. The OS wont detect the HDD but the program WinHIP does. The HD Loader, HD Advance will boot up on a none modded ps2 with no extra things to do if the region is correct.
 
 
I have a dms3 chip so I have put a reduced HD loader prog on my memory card and I boot hd loader of my mem card : )
 
 
I think HD Advance is just HD loader with a bigger TOC.
  
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					 Posted: Fri, 29th Oct 2004 22:45    Post subject:  | 
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						 	  | Kifodk wrote: | 	 		   	  | Steve-O 2004 wrote: | 	 		  | how do u install from the PC ? Connect the PC to the PS2 with the Network card? | 	  
 
 
Yes thats one way of doing it. | 	  
 
 
What about this solution?  How would you go about doing this?
  
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					 Posted: Fri, 29th Oct 2004 23:33    Post subject:  | 
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						 	  | dwnwrd_sprl wrote: | 	 		   	  | Kifodk wrote: | 	 		   	  | Steve-O 2004 wrote: | 	 		  | how do u install from the PC ? Connect the PC to the PS2 with the Network card? | 	  
 
 
Yes thats one way of doing it. | 	  
 
 
What about this solution?  How would you go about doing this? | 	  
 
 
hhhmmm, wasnt it something about just dragging the Files onto it or a FTP or something /?????
  
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					 Posted: Sat, 30th Oct 2004 13:36    Post subject:  | 
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						 	  | dwnwrd_sprl wrote: | 	 		   	  | Kifodk wrote: | 	 		   	  | Steve-O 2004 wrote: | 	 		  | how do u install from the PC ? Connect the PC to the PS2 with the Network card? | 	  
 
 
Yes thats one way of doing it. | 	  
 
 
What about this solution?  How would you go about doing this? | 	  
 
 
I have never tried that way but like Steve-O says you have to install
 
a ftp on your ps2 drive and then i belive you should use something
 
like HDL_Dump to connect and transfer files to the ps2, but i'm not
 
100% sure as i just started to use hdd on my ps2 and the only thing
 
i have tried is WinHIIP.
 
 
http://www.ps2-scene.org is a great place for info about tools and how
 
to use them for ps2.
  
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