PS2 All my free mcboot apps give me a black screen.

[DogleFogle]

I recently bought a slim ps2 I think its SCPH-7700x and wanted to mod it so I can play games for free of of my usb. I modded it using this tutorial '

'. Now I heard that usb aren't a good way to play games and that it's better to play them of of a hdd but the slim doesn't have an expansion bay so I searched some more and I found something called a mx4sio card. It was close enough to a usb so I thought it would be easy to setup.

I followed this tutorial pretty accurately '

' but there was no bdm start on opl for me. So I decided to try and replace the versions of the opl's thinking it will maybe work that way. Instead it bricked my funtuna and it didn't want to launch no more... So I decided to do free mcboot instead. I did it by also following the tutorial above but the problem is whenever I click x to enter a app it's just black... There is however a 1 in a billion chance that maybe the app will launch, like it happend for me with free mcboot configurator.

I really don't know what to I am kinda desperate because I don't want mx4sio card alongside my sd card to go to waist after spending money on them so if you can help please do.

 

[jolek]

1. Download FreeDVDBoot:
https://github.com/CTurt/FreeDVDBoot/blob/master/PREBUILT ISOs/All PS2 Slims - English language.iso.
Write it on a DVD-R disc.

2, Format your flashdrive with MBR (FAT32).
Download, unpack and put one of this FMCB on it (all files):
https://www.psx-place.com/threads/fmcb-fhdb-noobie-package.21763/.

3. Insert a disc with FreeDVDBoot into PS2.
After a while this screen should be shown:

Insert your flashdrive to PS2.
Select FileBroswer, look for mass:/.
Launch FMCBInstaller.elf.
Install -> Normal Installation.

4. Post the results.

Spoiler: MX4SIO

Support for MX4SIO has been added to OPL v1.1.0:
https://github.com/ps2homebrew/Open-PS2-Loader/releases/tag/v1.1.0.

 

[DogleFogle]

Okay so I did everything that I could with free mcboot and it was allways 50/50 if I would get a black screen or not so I decided to reinstall funtuna and I realised that the tutorial was outdated.I found a different one that shows you how to install the new version and also how to update opl. Here it is for anyone wondering:

.

 

[HWNJ]

Alternative step 1:
1 - Download this file and extract it in the root of your pendrive.

Alternative step 3:
3 - Insert the pendrive in a USB port in your PS2 and turn it on.

Follow the other steps as mentioned by @jolek