#Free mcboot ps2 slim compatibility install#
#Free mcboot ps2 slim compatibility mod#

Now we set the network settings so that the PS2 knows where to connect to. Remember to hit OK using the O key on your controller, and then go back to the main menu ( Figure 4) and select Save Changes using the O button on the controller as seen in Figure 6. Hit the O button on the PS2 controller to select the Settings option first.Д«y default, Ethernet is disabled in this menu and we want to enable the ETH device start mode and set the Default menu to ETH Games as seen in Figure 5.ДЇigure 5: Enable ETH device start mode in the OPNPS2LDR Settings Menu Hit the Start button on your controller to go to the settings menu as in Figure 4. You will see that it opens a screen with an error saying No HDD detected or similar. Select this option by pressing the X key on your PS2 controller.

This special program allows the PS2 to use its ethernet connection to connect to a SMB share on your network. To boot a game off the network you need to select the OPNPS2LDR option which stands for the Open PS2 Loader.

You will see the FMCB splash screen as in Figure 2 and then it continues to the FMCB bootloader menu as in Figure 3. The first step is to plug the card in the first (or left-most) memory card slot in the PS2 and restart your PS2. As of this writing the FMCB version I used was 1.966.ДЇigure 1: 64MB PS2 memory card with FreeMcBoot installed

#Free mcboot ps2 slim compatibility install#

I tried and failed since my PS2 was not hacked or modded to install uLaunchELF so that it could read FMCB off a USB drive, and therefore purchasing the memory card is the best way to go about maximizing use of If you do want to make this card yourself you need to follow the tutorial on the FMCB link above and try. It is amazing that people sell these things even today and that the prices are quite low relative to trying to do this yourself and buying a nearly $100 PS2 memory card adapter on eBay.

I purchased this memory card ( Figure 1) onДЄmazon for $17 including taxes.

#Free mcboot ps2 slim compatibility mod#

However, since it did not have a hardware mod-chip installed I decided to try to do a soft mod by using a hacked memory card with the FMCB firmware pre-installed. I had a PS2 Slim model SCPH-77001 which is supported by FreeMcBoot (FMCB). You have to use a wired ethernet connection for this. The CD/DVD reader had stopped working and after a few tries I gave up and decided to use the FreeMcBootД«ootloader to modify the PS2 so that it could load games off an SMB share on the network. Keeping the theme of re-using old hardware, I decided to take the non-working PlayStation 2 (PS2) off my brotherвЂ™s hands and try to get it to work.