Recent content by In99flames

Alright. So....i now have one 7700 that boots to xmb but crashes on PS2 DVD games and will not mount any CD, and the other 7700 that was fully working is now dead completely. The hard drive in the working one is trashed. The drive I bought and the original drive both behave the same way...

Tomorrow I'll find out more. I left it at work last night and will be back tomorrow. Either drive does nothing. The PSX boots to the PSX screen, then goes black. It looks like some static or odd distortion flickers at top of screen every couple of seconds then stops after 20 seconds or so. Both...

I haven't given up yet. The drive im speaking of was from the fully working 7700. I'm still quite bitter about this. I still have the 7700 that boots but crashes on ps2 games. Im wondering if I swap motherboards.....what have I got to lose at this point?

The transfer completed today. I swapped control boards on the drives.....PSX does not boot....from either HDD anymore. Im really mad at this result. Now I am not sure what happened here. It appears this PSX is now dead. Damn.

I managed to fix the duplicator yesterday. I set the HDD on the machine to clone and left work. Its a slow machine but it is reliable. Transfers about 130-170MB per MINUTE. So....it takes a long time. Ill be back there on Monday and it should be finished. Then I can proceed with my test.

Yea i wasnt optimistic with the other HDD tests i did today but I figured what the hell since all the parts were in front of me. :) mad about my HDD duplicator failing though. Just when I needed it....usually how this stuff happens anyways isn't it.

Thats great about this progress but yes 320 is steep. So I did buy another DESR 7700. I got it fairly cheap and it was listed as not working. Much to my surprise, the new one I got is in fact 100% working! It reads Ps1 discs, Ps2 discs, and DVDs as well as booting into the systen. Now that I...

@Berion I wanted to update you. I havent tried the freemcboot yet. I went a different option. I bought another desr7700. I should be getting it at the end of the month. This apparently does not read disks either and is probably laser. It was also not clear if the system boots or not. It doesnt...

Great idea. I will have to research how to do that. I will actually be away from the system for about a as I am taking time off work. I wont be able to try till late February. I will definitely update here though when it happens.

Yea....based upon how my PSX is acting....i fear for the worst. Again, BOTH lasers have been replaced with new lasers. Other than launching a game, the system currently works but disc functionality is questionable other than a blank DVD+R No cds will read. Ps2 game crashes and glitches out once...

Ok Ill read more. I think I have another issue. This may have been there before the laser swap. First, putting in a blank DVD+R disc works and is recognized properly. When playing a ps2 game(dvd) the game loads no problem. In the middle of playing, (doesnt take long to happen) the game will...

You guys are great. Thank you for replying. I put my old HDD back in and it is working again. I just noticed my firmware is 2.10. I doubt ill find an official update disc to 2.11. I also doubt there is any benefit to hooking it up online at this point. I need to learn the terminology more with...

Ahh understood. Thank you so much for that information! I started to get cross eyed reading everything. I will be patient. In the meantime, should I keep that copied HDD as a backup? maybe it is good to have that backup. Also. I thought of another option. If its a custom firmware on the drive...

Hello all. Been a lurker for a while and finally want to post some questions if I may. I've read a lot about it here and on other forums. Ive found a ton of info and not all I understand. So thus I will ask here! I have a completely working unmodified DESR 7700. I replaced PS2 and DVDR laser...