It was possible to use a PS2 for formatting the memory card.
Long time ago I found instructions somewhere to use some version of uLaunchELF to launch Memory card Annihilator and involving last-minute insertion of the FreePSXBoot memory card...
These are very expensive for only testing.
The £7,- is only the CD's. To let it ship to The Netherlands it will cost £9,33 shipping and £5,- taxes. And if it's delivered by PostNL they will charge me a additional €7,- when it's at the Dutch...
I don't have those CMC Pro discs. It's not easy to buy those in The Netherlands. Most discs in the shops here are cheap brands.
He tested it in a SCPH-9xxx and a PS One which seem to have better reading capabilities.
My SCPH-102 is also a PS...
I just pushed a very big update to the guide to make it nicer and add lots of info. Let me know any feedback here: https://alex-free.github.io/psx-cdr/
I saw a Lite-On iHAS 124 E burner in a thrift store for 5 euros and took it because it should be a good burner :)
However, it doesn't seem to be as good a the NEC ND-3550 and Pioneer DVR-107 when using cheap media. The Philips/Ritek CD-R I...
Once again, good for nothing BLuEtOoTH earbuds turned to regular earbuds because I fucking hate wireless headphones and whatever.
These sounds good. but not as good as my big headphones.
I'm surprised at how comfy these are.
Isn't it easier to get a old WiFi router or access point which can do WEP and connect it to the existing internet connection? Those are second-hand free te pick up or costs only a couple of euros.
I tried the PMAP program on my SCPH-39004 PS2. It does read (burned) discs, but it's not at it's best.
To use it, I followed this post:
Using the calibration tool I can't get the jitter lower then 3100-3200 which was the original position...
Had this dead GameCube sitting on the shelf for a while, and decided to take one last go at it before writing it off as a lost cause.
The problem was that near one of the RAM modules, one of the vias had corrosion on the inside. This made the...
From personal experience, cheap media never really works for the launch consoles even with a good burner. The tolerances just are not there in a VC0A CDROM analog servo from 1994 to handle such garbage :) Same with my VC1A USA consoles, which...
Unfortunately I don't have a SCPH-1xxx/3xxx PS1 to test cheap discs on it. The slightly worn SCPH-5552 is the oldest one I have.
The SCPH-39004 PS2 I have can read much bad burned discs, even those that stutter on the 7502 and 9002. But that PS2...