so is there a way to replace the disk drive with a hdYes. You can remove the whole drive if you want.
No, but you can solder the points to include an HDD. It takes significant skill in soldering and is not worth it otherwise.
http://www.maxdiypower.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=80
http://www.acidmods.com/forum/index.php/topic,44215.0.html
A significantly easier option would be to get a fat PS2 to install an HDD.
If you have to use a slim PS2, USB compatibility has been constantly improving. FMV has minor skipping, lower quality FMV like Metal Slug Anthology has no skipping. Everything else plays smoothly.
A third option is over network/SMB. It's faster than USB, slower than HDD, but more complicated.
I interpreted his question as asking for a swapping of the disk drive for a solid state solution like with the Dreamcast's GDEMU.
yes u understand what i am trying to do. Why would it be hardI see no reason why that couldn't be fit inside the PS2 in place of the optical drive. It would be a difficult mod, but a really cool one.
I think that kit has SATA support built in already, you don't need an adapter.cant i take out the disc drive and use the solder on way then add an extension cable to the ide cable and then use ide to sata converterr and throw a 2.5 inside
Have you seen the solder points on the PS2? They are tiny.yes u understand what i am trying to do. Why would it be hard
i know aguy who microsolders for me all the time. what kit are you talking aboutI think that kit has SATA support built in already, you don't need an adapter.
Have you seen the solder points on the PS2? They are tiny.
cant i take out the disc drive and use the solder on way then add an extension cable to the ide cable and then use ide to sata converterr and throw a 2.5 inside
The one @zfreeman linked. http://www.maxdiypower.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=80i know aguy who microsolders for me all the time. what kit are you talking about
There was the HD Combo, a variant of the HD Connect with the cables going towards the right instead of the back, plus a matching bottom case replacement to have a truly internal disk... but they haven't been made for many years, sadlyPersonally i don´t know about a "done and dusted" Kit for this.
I also wanted to do a hand-wired internal disk replacement for the optical drive