Is there any way to avoid 127 GB hd limit?
It would be nice to have 400 GB
ANy ideas?

 

(a) Format the HDD with Winhiip's 48bit option (you've done a 28bit format which imposes that limit)
(b) Ensure you're using a 48bit patched HDL.

 

If your HDD is working then it's compatible...the format is just the issue! Reformat it with a 48bit Winhiip format, ensure you have a 48bit patched HDL (not a 28bit patched version) and it'll work. If it wasn''t compatible not being able to use anything over 127Gb would be the least of your problems!

This lists compatible HDD's.

(...and god i hate your Avatar!)

 

The thing is that IDE drives are kind of outdated now! The reason i'd always advise against that size drive you want is because unless you're modding your console to add extra ventilation, the HDD is going to heat up big time in the tiny little enclosure within your PS2. Plus there's always the game limit of 256 images that HDL imposes, so you may not be able to even use all that space anyway. Personally i'd advise around the 200Gb mark to give you a good size drive able to resist it's usage in an odd location.

Why the need for such a massive HDD?

 

Exactly...you're not comparing like with like as SATA drives are much newer, and it also depends on drive speed (5400 vs 7200)...As someone who's had a HDD in a PS2 since 2005 i'd advise against a 400gb mostly because it's pointlessly large.

 

Ok. So lets say 250GB should be fine, I have about 55 games.
Now give me the models name so it will work for sure with NA and won't overheating.

 

I'd have to agree with the pointlessly large part, given that you'd have to have every one of your games be greater than 4GB to get any real use out of it. At this point in time, though, there's probably little difference in the cost of a 200GB PATA drive and 500GB anyways.

I was trying to use the hard drive situation as an extreme example. I'll restate my point clearer.

Given two hard drives with the same rotation speed, number of platters, number of r/w heads, cache size, and similar technology in the same application (i.e. the only real difference being platter density): the drive with lower platter density will tend to run hotter, as it has to do more work for any given task than the drive with the higher platter density.

 

I wish I had a 400GB hdd in my PS2
ive had to delete tons of stuff from time to time to make room for more games on my 120GB

 

WinHIIP DOES support drives over 123GB. Go to the options and set the application mode to 48bit HDLoader, that should solve your problem.

 

Your drive is fragmented already? If you just wrote a bunch of games to it when it was blank then it shouldn't be fragmented at all. Fragmentation occurs when you delete games and add new ones. If you have a lot of games then it will just take a while to load up. The first time you boot up after you change your games it will take a while, but after that it shouldn't take too long. I have 85 games in my 300GB (Maxtor 7L300R0) drive and it takes about 20 seconds to start up.

Not sure about homebrew though. I use my xbox for my console homebrew needs.