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FMCB 1.964 + Modbo 4.0 (FW v1.93)
SCPH-50004
Yesterday I've installed a Modbo 4.0 I bought from Eurasia.nu in my V9. After I was done it seemed to work fine, except when I started OPL and it showed no games at all. Long-story short I opened uLaunchELF which showed that the HDD was connected, but not formatted. So I formatted it again via uLaunch and it showed the partitions now, BUT as soon as the PS2 is reset, the drive is shown as not formatted again. Connecting it to my PC and opening WinHIIP reveals, that the drive is still formatted, so the issues lies somewhere on the PS2.
I've tried three different hard drives, same issue. I've formatted the drives via uLaunch and WinHIIP but it doesn't make a difference.
I've tried to skip booting the Matrix firmware from the Modbo, but it also doesn't seem to be the cause of the issues.
Before I assembled the system after the Modbo installation, I've checked for bridged contacts with my multimeter, but it didn't seem like I've bridged anything.
I can't rule out the possibility of having bridged contacts, but I'd say I've done a pretty good job and I've checked everything thoroughly.
The problem is, the last time the PS2 was running, was in November and I've disassembled it right after I got the Modchip, so I can't say if the issue was already present before the Modchip installation.
But I can definitely say that the PS2 worked without issues back in Nov.
Could it be that my third party SATA network adapter is about to die? I mean if it were dead, the drive wouldn't show or format at all I guess, but does anyone know this issue?
FMCB 1.964 + Modbo 4.0 (FW v1.93)
SCPH-50004
Yesterday I've installed a Modbo 4.0 I bought from Eurasia.nu in my V9. After I was done it seemed to work fine, except when I started OPL and it showed no games at all. Long-story short I opened uLaunchELF which showed that the HDD was connected, but not formatted. So I formatted it again via uLaunch and it showed the partitions now, BUT as soon as the PS2 is reset, the drive is shown as not formatted again. Connecting it to my PC and opening WinHIIP reveals, that the drive is still formatted, so the issues lies somewhere on the PS2.
I've tried three different hard drives, same issue. I've formatted the drives via uLaunch and WinHIIP but it doesn't make a difference.
I've tried to skip booting the Matrix firmware from the Modbo, but it also doesn't seem to be the cause of the issues.
Before I assembled the system after the Modbo installation, I've checked for bridged contacts with my multimeter, but it didn't seem like I've bridged anything.
I can't rule out the possibility of having bridged contacts, but I'd say I've done a pretty good job and I've checked everything thoroughly.
The problem is, the last time the PS2 was running, was in November and I've disassembled it right after I got the Modchip, so I can't say if the issue was already present before the Modchip installation.
But I can definitely say that the PS2 worked without issues back in Nov.
Could it be that my third party SATA network adapter is about to die? I mean if it were dead, the drive wouldn't show or format at all I guess, but does anyone know this issue?