Hello, i have been an active lurker of GBATemp for a long time. i could normally solve every one of my problems by browsing threads, but this is one thing I can't find anyone have a similar issue.
I posted on Reddit on the PS2 thread, but I thought I could maybe get better insight here...
So I'm in a bit of a pickle here because I troubleshooted as far as I could.
Essentially I'm running games off my HDD through OPL (using a FreeMcBoot memory card), and I can play them just fine. However, they are unable to detect the second memory card. And the first FMB mem card has no extra space for saving.
I bought the card online so I wouldn't have to go through the process of making my own.
With WinHiip I installed the ISOs from game backups to my HDD, and like I said, they run just fine in OPL. I was even able to create VMCs so I could save at first. But for some reason, I stopped being able to create VMCs at all! Every time I try to create one, the PS2 freezes.
In fact, any time I try to access the HDD on my PS2 EXCEPT through OPL for PLAYING GAMES, it freezes my PS2 as well! Makes it load eternally. I tried accessing my HDD with UlaunchElf but it just freezes.
As a last resort, I tried converting my 128 Mb memory card into a FreeMcBoot card as well. I read online, and saw videos of it working, where people just copy the files from one card to another. And then restart the PS2 with the copied FMB card on the first slot, and it seems to work. but no luck for me here, I have done exactly that and the PS2 just displays black at boot.
I really am the end of my rope here. I can't identify the problem at all. it can't be the HDD because I can play all my games with no problem, right? Could it be the FMB card I got? It also freezes every time I try to launch "CodeBreaker", for some reason.
Thank you for reading, any help would be admired... I really can't find a way to save any of my games...
I posted on Reddit on the PS2 thread, but I thought I could maybe get better insight here...
So I'm in a bit of a pickle here because I troubleshooted as far as I could.
Essentially I'm running games off my HDD through OPL (using a FreeMcBoot memory card), and I can play them just fine. However, they are unable to detect the second memory card. And the first FMB mem card has no extra space for saving.
I bought the card online so I wouldn't have to go through the process of making my own.
With WinHiip I installed the ISOs from game backups to my HDD, and like I said, they run just fine in OPL. I was even able to create VMCs so I could save at first. But for some reason, I stopped being able to create VMCs at all! Every time I try to create one, the PS2 freezes.
In fact, any time I try to access the HDD on my PS2 EXCEPT through OPL for PLAYING GAMES, it freezes my PS2 as well! Makes it load eternally. I tried accessing my HDD with UlaunchElf but it just freezes.
As a last resort, I tried converting my 128 Mb memory card into a FreeMcBoot card as well. I read online, and saw videos of it working, where people just copy the files from one card to another. And then restart the PS2 with the copied FMB card on the first slot, and it seems to work. but no luck for me here, I have done exactly that and the PS2 just displays black at boot.
I really am the end of my rope here. I can't identify the problem at all. it can't be the HDD because I can play all my games with no problem, right? Could it be the FMB card I got? It also freezes every time I try to launch "CodeBreaker", for some reason.
Thank you for reading, any help would be admired... I really can't find a way to save any of my games...
